If there is a Caribbean nation to check out for talent, it should be Antigua and Barbuda who somehow managed to put together a decent run despite population of 80k and other than few players in English lower leagues, all their talent is local.
If there is a Caribbean nation to check out for talent, it should be Antigua and Barbuda who somehow managed to put together a decent run despite population of 80k and other than few players in English lower leagues, all their talent is local.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
If TFC ever plays in the CCL again (unlikely for a few years), they need to get some players from St. Lucia...now those guys know how to dive!
Anyway, I wonder if Guevara would be interested in scouting for TFC in Honduras?
Or maybe we should be looking for a coach from Central America?
O, Maple Leaf around the world, You speak as you rise high above,
Of courage, peace and quiet strength, Of the Canada that I love.
Remind us all, our union bound by ties we cannot sever,
Bright flag revered on every ground, The Maple Leaf forever
anyone wanna do a bulk order of Bermuda national team kits?
Can't wait for WCQ's 2018, round 2, Canada vs Toronto FC!
Fire Mariner right now! Seriously, this is getting way out of hand right now.
DEVOS: IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE WAY CANADA DEVELOPS PLAYERS
believe it or not, this is actually why I'm optimistic. Our development system is still bad, but it seems to be better now than it was when the current NT players were developed, and the creation of three pro soccer teams plus FCE makes professional soccer more of a reality and something that more people will consider rather than just seeing it as something to keep the kids activeFrom the time young players in Canada begin kicking a soccer ball, they encounter a player development system that is a broken, fractured mess. They often have unqualified, volunteer coaches, poor (if any) training facilities, an over-emphasis on winning over skill development and programs that are set up by adults who have no idea how to develop young soccer players.
Players who actually make it out alive and go on to represent our Men's and Women's National teams do so IN SPITE of our player development system, not because of it.
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This is why the success of TFC, Montreal and Vancouver is critical to the growth of the game in the country. Kids need heroes to look up to, and winning teams are more popular.
TFC 5 years ago, with a packed stadium got kids interested in pro soccer and wearing Dichio TFC jerseys instead of Leafs Jerseys. TFC today is doing little to attract the next generation...
Also with three pro clubs in MLS, gives Canadian a chance to play pro soccer at high level (CONCACAF standards). Sadly though, none of Canadian teams aren't interested in playing Canadian players right now (TFC POV: Paul Mariner has been worst thing to happen for Canadian players since Mo Johnson).
TFC is just one gigantic orgy of cronyism at this point. Based on the calibre of Lambe & Hall, there is nothing that suggests this signing will be any sort of revelation. The real question is what does Paul Mariner get out of this? Side money? Excuses to go to Bermuda on the company payroll?
So this Russell player is 25 and he has potential, potential. Great
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
it is all about the kick backs. First it was Mo and First Wave (I think that is the name of the agency) where we signed all of the Canadians and multiple other players. Mo gets a cut. With Preki see the two Eastern Europeans (I try and block them out) and Mista. Preki gets a cut. Winter I never really heard anything blatantly like the his two predecessors. Now Mariner bringing in the "greatest untapped talent football market in the modern day". *someone posted this earlier and it is gold. He gets a cut has place down there and where he spends a lot of time in the offseason.
He and Mo were the most blatantly abusing their position for personal gain. It is so obvious, I wish I could ask Anselmi if I could help in the hiring process of a team president. Any proper president would see that and toss him in a heart beat.
All I want is my team back, not this shit they call football.
That he's getting away with signing three players from Bermuda, a country with a population half that of St. Catharines, is freaking astonishing. Are they ALL getting vacations in the front office? Is Paul Scope's company in Bermuda handling offshore banking for someone in Toronto? Jesus, soccer isn't even the most popular sport in Bermuda; cricket is, then probably sailing, then golf, then rugby, then soccer. Maybe.
It's nuts unless there's a motive involved we don't know about.
Why, given Bermuda's lowly status and the players' even lowlier status, isn't someone in the media asking Anselmi WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON. Skip TFC. Go past that mess. Go to the fucking boss at this point, daily.
My nose for stories is rarely wrong and there are deals involving this club that have had a strange whiff to them.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
The FC Edmonton player I'd like to see here in Paul Hamilton. He a good youngish (24) centre back who was named to the NASL best XI last year.