OT: 2024 Soccer and Vancouver Whitecaps Thread

[SeawaterOnIce]

Wrexham is a good story but $250 to see a third tier English team vs the Whitecaps B team?

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Wrexham is a good story but $250 to see a third tier English team vs the Whitecaps B team?

It's $250 to come see Ryan Reynolds.

 

[Petey O]

Wrexham is a good story but $250 to see a third tier English team vs the Whitecaps B team?

LOL that price is insane. What a ****ing joke.

Reynolds being from Vancouver should realize how expensive it is, and not agree for prices to be this much. Surely.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Sure this will only increase in time:

Cost to host 2026 FIFA World Cup in Vancouver doubles, may hit $581M

Organizers of the seven FIFA World Cup soccer matches coming to Vancouver in 2026 say the estimated cost of hosting the event has more than doubled in the last two years.

www.sportsnet.ca

 

[Javaman]

So it's nearly May. Will the Caps be on TSN this month? Or no?

 

[Red]

So it's nearly May. Will the Caps be on TSN this month? Or no?

3 games in May I think

MLS on TSN Schedule - TSN.ca

www.tsn.ca

 

[VanJack]

Actually sat down and watched the entirety of the TSN broadcast of the Austin-Vancouver game on Saturday night. It was the 50th anniversary game for Whitecaps pro soccer in Vancouver. That was the good news.

I swear the ball never appeared in the Whitecaps half of the field. A 0-0 draw was a travesty. Just so excruciatingly boring to muck your way through.

 

[Red]

Actually sat down and watched the entirety of the TSN broadcast of the Austin-Vancouver game on Saturday night. It was the 50th anniversary game for Whitecaps pro soccer in Vancouver. That was the good news.

I swear the ball never appeared in the Whitecaps half of the field. A 0-0 draw was a travesty. Just so excruciatingly boring to muck your way through.

I thought overturning the 1-0 goal was a shocking decision. VAR did not show conclusive evidence that there was a handball as it looked to go off his shoulder and his arm was not in any unnatural position yet they overturned it.

Then later Fafa clearly fouled in the box. Ref goes to VAR and says no pen? What's the point of VAR? Should have been 2-0 Caps.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Jesse Marsch hired to manage the CDN Men's team. Good hire IMO.

 

[Red]

Jesse Marsch hired to manage the CDN Men's team. Good hire IMO.

I'm not thrilled with him but it's definitely the best choice out of the names that were being circulated.

 

[Bubbles]

Jesse Marsch hired to manage the CDN Men's team. Good hire IMO.

I was reading the press release and I saw this nugget:

Marsch’s hire was facilitated by “major philanthropic contributions” from the owners of the three Canadian-based MLS clubs — Vancouver Whitecaps, CF Montreal (Joey Saputo) and Toronto FC (Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment) — and supplemented by other private donors, according to Canada Soccer.

Canada Soccer is such a joke. We have world class players under the umbrella of a Dollarama budget. I remember there was a story where some Canadian merch was re-used for a U21 team or something like that.

 

[Red]

I was reading the press release and I saw this nugget:

Marsch’s hire was facilitated by “major philanthropic contributions” from the owners of the three Canadian-based MLS clubs — Vancouver Whitecaps, CF Montreal (Joey Saputo) and Toronto FC (Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment) — and supplemented by other private donors, according to Canada Soccer.

Canada Soccer is such a joke. We have world class players under the umbrella of a Dollarama budget. I remember there was a story where some Canadian merch was re-used for a U21 team or something like that.

The new General Secretary is actually competent in terms of funding and budgeting.

The big problem is that a few years ago Canada Soccer signed a contract with an organization called CSB that gave CSB the profits from any potential world cup appearances, merchandise, etc. in exchange for basically $3m per year for 10 years, knowing that a new generation was coming, knowing that there might be a World Cup held in Canada. On top of that, CSB can unilaterally extend the contract for 10 more years.

It was an appalling deal that will handcuff Canada Soccer for a generation. The people who signed it need to be held accountable. But all the current issues stem from that deal.

 

[Bubbles]

The new General Secretary is actually competent in terms of funding and budgeting.

The big problem is that a few years ago Canada Soccer signed a contract with an organization called CSB that gave CSB the profits from any potential world cup appearances, merchandise, etc. in exchange for basically $3m per year for 10 years, knowing that a new generation was coming, knowing that there might be a World Cup held in Canada. On top of that, CSB can unilaterally extend the contract for 10 more years.

It was an appalling deal that will handcuff Canada Soccer for a generation. The people who signed it need to be held accountable. But all the current issues stem from that deal.

I knew that. It just sucks that this is happening and will continue to happen.

 

[MS]

I liked Marsch at Leeds and thought he was pretty unlucky there with tons of injuries and also it was a tough deal following such a legendary predecessor.

Getting a qualified Premier League manager to manage the MNT is a big deal.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

I'm not thrilled with him but it's definitely the best choice out of the names that were being circulated.

There was that one blown up rumor about Ancelotti, but it was always a pipedream. We couldn't afford him and he was always going to stay in Europe anyways.

I was worried we were going to settle with Phil Neville, who was a decent player but has a not-so-proven resume in managing.

At the end of the day, Jesse Marsch is a legitimate manager and that's something we've lacked in this generation. Floro sucked. Herdman was a players coach who could inspire a team, but this approach had an expiry date. Biello was dreadful.