For the sake of this exercise I have him on the way to doing that, to the point where he's an obvious inclusion on the roster. The following is a combination of what I'd do, what I'm hoping for in terms of player development and injury luck, and what I think Berhalter will do. Posted on 13 December 2019 in Futsal Team. © 2020 MLS. The association was able to take advantage of the Canadian Employee Wage Subsidy program. Staff are officially working four days a week, with an accompanying reduction in pay, although they continue to work longer hours. Each has done so before on the club level. Wolfsburg slow-play their youth prospects unlike most German teams, so for both of these guys, I'm counting on progress in 2020-21, but not so much that they'll have made the jump past the U-20 level. It's a 21-man roster for this tournament. From a tactical standpoint, consider that Morris ... doesn't actually fit what Berhalter had his wingers do the last time the US took the field, which was pull inside and knock the ball around in the half-spaces. SEE MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM. he added. Zimmerman, Miazga, Carter-Vickers and Palmer-Brown: Four guys who were, at one point or another, on the verge of becoming core players. Bench: Sean Johnson, Brad Guzan; Reggie Cannon, Chris Richards, Tim Ream, Nick Lima; Jackson Yueill, Alfredo Morales, Sebastian Lletget; Paul Arriola, Jozy Altidore, Tim Weah. I genuinely think we had a chance to medal if the Olympics were this past summer. We listened to them.". It is not worth it. I am throwing Horvath a lifeline. TORONTO — On the advice of medical experts, Canada Soccer has cancelled a planned women's national team camp this month in England. If that's on the menu as Plan A for this tournament and subsequent outings, then Gio Reyna is a natural fit, which would then open up a central midfield role for Lletget — who's been superb every time he's taken the field for the US. And lest you forget, the US have to qualify. It's fantastic. Canada recovered to defeat Guatemala in the third-place playoff, a rematch of their first round game, winning on penalties (5–3) after a scoreless draw through 120 minutes. He will have to embrace the role of a super-sub for the USMNT if he's to get one last chance at a World Cup roster. The Nations League doesn't matter like that, either. That is fine (and he's not really an actual center forward anyway; this group is thin at that spot). The following player participated in the tournament group stage: The following players made the preliminary roster but were not called in during the tournament: As in past years, teams that qualify for the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup will be allowed to change their 23-player roster following the group stage by replacing up to six players with players from their 40-man preliminary roster. I love registas, and Sands is not one. "And in the end, they were instructing us not to travel. CanadaRED is the best way for Canada Soccer supporters to ensure an inside track to fan promotions, early access to National Team home matches, exclusive merchance offers and information Second is that with him and Opara, I intend to dominate on set pieces. All rights reserved. Sargis, from the Sacramento Republic, should probably be in the XI over George Campbell from Atlanta United. Youth National Teams . RSL's David Ochoa is another veteran of the 2019 U-20 World Cup, and is the obvious first choice here. Is there a good argument to move De La Fuente and Llanez to the Olympic team? I'm not sure Tyler Boyd has earned this with his play, but at this point he's the best 1v1 winger left in the pool and oh by the way he's on Besiktas which means he'll get to play in some of the world's fiercest derbies as well as a few Europa League games every year. Also remember that I'm assuming MLS teams will play nice with releasing players while European teams mostly won't. All rights reserved. It's been too long. Privacy Policy   Terms of Service   Do Not Sell My Personal Information. It would be foolish to plan on having him for the full national team. Tony Fonseca led Canada to an opening game 0–0 draw against El Salvador. Like other national sports bodies, the Canadian Soccer Association has taken a body blow because of COVID-19. Maybe there's a Bobby Wood renaissance? In-person early voting has started in over 25 states. They have outsized importance in these tournaments. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). The Gold Cup (July 10-August 1) and the U-20 World Cup (May 20-June 12) were already scheduled for every-other summer in the odd years; to those have now been added the Olympics (July 22-August 7) and the inaugural Concacaf Nations Cup (exact dates still TBD, but likely in June). There will be four tournaments next summer — provided the US qualify for both the Olympics and U-20 World Cup — with, quite likely, four entirely different rosters. The Gold Cup draw was held on Monday night. But I don't want to tempt fate and start assuming he'll displace the guys in that front three. The following players were called up for the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship that took place from May 2 to May 16, 2019 in Bradenton, Florida.[1]. Maybe Ronald Koeman convinces Dest to file a one-time switch to the Netherlands (he still can!). That can sometimes be tricky, but they are strong favorites with this group. The search continues for a women's head coach to succeed Kenneth Heiner-Moller, who has returned to his native Denmark. The Canada U-17 men's national soccer team, also known as Canada Under-17s or Canada U-17s, is a youth club for national soccer in Canada. I gave Paredes and Cowell the nods over Griffin Yow and Cameron Harper, though obviously much can change. It is a tough draw, relatively speaking, but tough is good. After a highly promising 5–0 win over Guatemala on a night when Mexico had to better that result against Haiti but could only win 5–1, Canada fell to the United States 3–0 in the semifinal, losing out on a spot in Beijing at the Olympics that summer. They are not thin in central midfield, where Cardoso could easily claim a starting spot over Busio or Tessmann, while Kayo could end up being the star of this team. Privacy Policy   Terms of Service   Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Plus I want him to pinch inside and operate in the half-spaces, which has the added effect of inviting Yedlin forward on the overlap. I think his goalscoring is sustainable because his movement is so clever, but if it's not, maybe there's room for Christian Ramirez or Khiry Shelton? They are super deep and talented at a bunch of spots, none more so than the wings. will be higher-level international players next summer. World Cup qualifying is now scheduled to run from June 2021 to March 2022, and everything that Berhalter, Stewart et al do has to be aimed at making sure the best players are healthy, available and fully integrated into their role with the team. The fact that the US will have this kind of depth anyway ... the talent pool has gotten both broader and deeper. The same knock next year could potentially deprive the US of his services for four World Cup qualifiers, while at the same time knocking him down Chelsea's depth chart. And there are also going to be a lot of roster choices for Gregg Berhalter and Earnie Stewart to make. But not in the summer of 2021. "What competitions are we committing to? Underpinning all of this: Concacaf World Cup qualifying begins for the US next June and it is more important than the rest of the competitions combined. And this is an odd group. But Olympic medals don't mean crap if you don't qualify for the World Cup. He's that level of a talent. Canada Soccer | National Team home matches, exclusive merchandise offers and information Canada Soccer outlines Return to Soccer Guidelines as part of Safe Sport Roster - Canada Soccer “The role of Canada Soccer's Sports Medicine leadership to ensure safe sport for all levels of the game in our country has never been more paramount during this "It's fair to say we're going to be faced with some tough decisions the longer this goes, as any NSO (national sports organization)," Montopoli said. From 2017 to 2020, Canada were one of only four nations to finish top-6 across all three major Concacaf competitions – fifth place in 2019-20 Concacaf Nations League and sixth place at both the 2017 and 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup. They both get the nod over Joe Scally, who's already been sold for multiple millions of dollars to a Bundesliga side, and Tayvon Gray, who I absolutely love (but who isn't getting playing time in 2020). But unless one of them makes a major leap this year — and again, bear in mind both that it's possible and that I refuse to count on it — I'm entirely happy with the idea of them running out for this side, which has a chance to make it to the quarterfinals (or beyond) of the U-20 World Cup for the fourth consecutive tournament. Those first two guys have been very good in MLS this year; the third was very good for the USMNT in the not-too-distant past, and is still on the right side of 30. * Knockout phase roster change: Notes players who were added on July 16, when the Canadian national team announced it had made one of the six allowed roster changes after reaching the quarterfinals, per tournament regulations. I'm proud of that in these difficult times," said Montopoli. Independent cinemas sell popcorn, seat naming rights amid shutdown in COVID hot spots, Field Hockey Canada names Andrew Wilson as its women's national team head coach, Senators sign forward Evgenii Dadonov to three-year, $15-million contract. Any of that can happen. Roster invitations were sent out, but then the trip was called off.