FOR the FAO of Jayford Loopdokter
mono-stereo B) bitter disappointment with a side portion of emptiness.
Many of us are England fans too, so we’re well prepared.
Cringe.
I call it football. I hate the word soccer; despite our FA being called ‘Canada Soccer’. I play and referee up to a semi-pro level on a weekly basis - which is a far cry better than most of you armchair midfielders do. I scored about 13 goals a season for about five years from age 35-40, but my current strike rate has slowed with age. My pub side are called Game Of Throw-ins FC and I’m the oldest fucker on it at 46.
Maybe I shouldn’t have boasted about the last one….
Needless to day, I know what I’m doing when I play the position of attacking running back. [snickers]
Bwahahaha. Brilliant!
The little known village in Berks from which my brood stem. They love a good hunt there.
Fuck me. Cleats? They’re boots mate. You’ve been sitting next to Bry Adams at the Bridge too long.
Adidas or get the fuck out. Maybe some Diadoras. I can’t wear Nike, New Balance, etc. It’s all about the fit and kangaroo leather. I don’t do synthetics.
He asked people! I’m a man of the people!
Well played. I imagine that sounds quite charming with your Dublin accent as your hand meets your face whilst your head shakes! 
Pleased to have you back Loopmeister!
Good to see you back in your wheelhouse Jaydon
loopdokter haha it’s true thought, isnt’ it.
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It’s already happening in the Voyageurs forum on Facebook - who are the official supporters group of our side.
“Y’all need to throw the ball to Davies and put all 10 men up front by the goal except for the goalie!”
I applaud their enthusiasm at least. BMO Field in Toronto was rammed to 30K capacity and they were loud as fuck yesterday, even though about half of that audience couldn’t spot an offside from a well played through ball. …Wait, that’s about 90 percent of fans.
In all seriousness, when we lost for the first time in WC qualifying the other night down in Costa Rica, Canada Soccer had to put out a statement saying they don’t support racism.
The backstory: Mark Anthony-Kaye, one of our midfielders picked up two yellows in the game and thus a red. He happens to be black - as is about 85% of our team. I’ve got a pic of him, my son and I after the game and he is absolutely lovely. Some absolute poor excuses for people racially abused him online saying it was his fault for the loss, despite us still being atop of the group with the most goals scored than ANY team in the world last year.
People are absolute muppets.
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On penalties no less. Every. Single. Time.
WOW Jay.
Just fucking
WOWSERS
The USA will qualify, but I don’t think they’re as good as the team that met up with England in 2010 at the World Cup. I doubt they’ll get out of their group. Greg Berghalter is a woefully unexciting manager who struggles to get the job done. They’ve been inconsistent and Pulisic has disappeared for multiple games in row despite his form for Chelsea. They do have some exciting young players in Rayna and Pepi, but when you draw Jamaica in the latter stages of WQ qualifying, that’s pretty shocking when you consider we just rolled over them 4-0.
Mexico are the bigger ‘surprise’ at how shit they are and all of their supposed firepower and superstars. They won’t get out of their group either. They’ve been woefully inconsistent for the supposed ‘powerhouse’ nation of CONCACAF. They really struggled against us even when they were at home in the Azteca.
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Trust me when i say this Jayronemo, you are a breath of fresh air.
They’d all be talking about coffee in the ‘nonce’ thread if it weren’t for you today.
loopdokter The little known village in Berks from which my brood stem.
It still doesn’t feel real.
Related, but not… Canada has been without a fully national professional footy league since the early 1980s. We’ve had a few semi-pro things come and go, along with individual teams based in US leagues like the PDL, USL and MLS, but the Canadian Premier League is the first league that’s from coast to coast and fully Canadian run and based. Incidentally, the last time we qualified for the World Cup was when we had a professional league in Canada.
Each team has to have at least 6 Canadian starters. They can only have a maximum of 7 foreign players out of the 23 man roster. 3 of the Canadians have to be under the age of 21 and play at least 1,500 minutes.
A women’s league with sister clubs is scheduled to launch in the next five years. They started out with 7 clubs in 2018 and have already expanded to Ottawa (who’s co-owned by Atletico Madrid) and three more to come shortly in Sasketchewan, Windsor (Ontario - Richie Hawtin’s hometown) and Vancouver, BC. They’re also looking to expand beyond with a team based in my hometown of Kitchener-Waterloo.
The quality of the football is meh, but it’s still a new league and is meant more as a developmental path for players. This is a rather good documentary about the first year.