U17 Women's World Cup: September 5-25, Trinidad and Tobago

[paul-collins]

Paul if that was the case he would have said "you're joking - they don't have a u17 world cup do they" and not "you're joking - they don't have a world cup for U17 girls do they"

kj's response to the "you're kidding" post was "I tend to agree, I think it's too young. As soon as you have something that big, winning the tournament becomes the main object - never mind working on developing players." I choose to read the entire post on this basis, YMMV.

As to the age of competition etc I'm more thinking about physiology and mental ability than I am about external factors (level of professionalization, motherhood timing etc) but I take your point. It's a delicate balance we are trying to strike...

[The Ref]

Korea great winner of the U17 FIFA world cup. Pity that the cup cannot be shared between Korea and Japan. Both teams were outstanding. Congratulation to the coaches. Entertaining game, extra time and PKs to watch.

[Vic]

Imagine taking 37 shots on goal and losing a game!

[ThruBall]

Yes that does make them much stronger than I thought they were. Now there is at least some meat on the bone. And I'm glad, love the Quebec soccer, always have. Perhaps I have misread you. I just read back through things and noticed you are reasonable and the only issue I have is with a casual insinuating toss of a very serious allegation. I was catching up on things and mistakenly logged you in with a few others of less gray matter who've been fanning the flames to incite their older and deeper issues and agendas.

Thanks for the correction on the birth years. I've been there too and posted similar geometrics in the past myself. I used to think there was an East/West bias and each took turns overcompensating their rosters in reply and response to the previous iteration on the other side of the country that did the same. But I've since gained a lot more respect for the professionalism of the people involved. They're driven to succeed more than anyone, that's how the got their jobs and what they commit their lives too, and I can't see them putting their whims and personal wishes ahead of their job and cheating the country, which is the accusation.

If you are familiar with BR's background and qualification for his posting at the OSA I think many would be interested! It's well known that Jim Cannovan hired him however his arrival on the scene ata the OSA after his playing days were up is not known.

There are 15 players in the age pool who have signed letters of intent to NCAA scholarships in the next two years. 10 are from Ontario, 2 from Quebec, 2 from BC and one from Alberta. It appears the Americans scouts and their investment wallets have a preference for Ontarians at this age too.

The number of committments to US Colleges by players on the U17WC roster is currently 7; all from the 93 class, 5 from Ontario, 1 from BC and 1 from QC. The total player pool committment so far is 16; 14 from the 93 class and 2 from the 94 class; 9 players who have recieved a nod by College coaches were not included by BR. Of those nine players, 0 are members of the Provincial Programs in Ontario. I'm not clear on players status from Outside of Ontario however in BR's quote prior to the tournament he stated all of his selection came from with in the Provincial Development Program......Now why does he half to say that? What differance should it make....they are all Canadians and learned their skills here in Canada!

You can follow the player committments on this link below.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?...put=html&gid=0

Our U20 team also had the exact same number of players from West of London and a reverse mathematical double-dose of Quebec players per population.

CM has designed a scouting program that exists outside of the Provincial Programs. She has representatives working with in the East, Central and West to ID players. Once these players have been ID they are watched by CM's coaching staff. If in agreement, they were invited to the West Coast ID camp and the East (held in Vaughan) ID Camp. She also included players from the Provincial Programs who were handled in the same manor.

In CM's Press she always mentions the Provincial Programs as a source for where the player is developed. However there are many other places mentioned as well......make pefect sense to me.

Unless our goal is political correctness areas will always be over and under-represented and I don't see much here worthy of assaulting someone's reputation.

Political nonsense is exactly what many posters have been speaking to. It's silly and rediculous what is happening to the Canadian game. What is abundantly clear is that BR is lacking in skill and his perfomances speak for themselves. Evolving the staff at the OSA needs to happen. Without a change we can expect more of the same from Ontario.