Canadians in 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League

[afun]

Don't get to post about TFC victories all that often these days so might as well now - Dunfield scores twice with Morgan assisting on the second in a 3-0 win over Aguila of El Salvador. Both players went 90 minutes with Cann playing the last 22 minutes or so. Doneil Henry nailed to the bench for some inexplicable reason and Stinson not even dressed as TFC went with a 5 player bench in what I can only assume is a cheap-ass cost-cutting move - Rogers & Bell aren't making enough money I guess.

Dunfield is a Canadian legend!

I think he must be the top Canadian in Concacaf scoring history.

[Free kick]

This game was perfect opportunity to give young players experience in a foreign environment. I know I have beaten this to death, but I am really frustrated with the lack of opportunity for young Canadian players at TFC. I wont be shocked (but I will be be upset) if Stinson, Makubuya and Cordon are all let go from Toronto. Pretty crazy to think that a this time last year, Stinson had gotten called up to the senior national team. Can Andrew Wiedeman, Quincy Amirikwa and Aaron Maund really be that much better that Mariner would choose them over players who don't count against the cap?

Yes, I have to agree. When i was alluding to Mariner favoring players who haven't haven't shown much this year (over Canadians etc), you mentioned two of the ones I was thinking of. Amerikwa has shown flashes of real potential, so i would exclude him from your list.


but the other two, i just dont get it. I am not suggesting that throw a guy like Maunde overboard. As a rookie first rounder, he should be given a fair chance and quite frankly, they haven't done that enough over the past 6 six years with rookie first rounders. He should be given fair shot and deserves the coach's patience just like academy signings. But what bugs me is that players like Weedman and Maund, seem to be getting some kind of preferential treatment. And i really really don't see what there is in their play to justify it.

[Ivan]

^ Agree with all above.

[narduch]

I think you can tell who is a Mariner player vs. who is a Winter player based on who plays more.

[Ivan]

I think you can tell who is a Mariner player vs. who is a Winter player based on who plays more.

And this is what really scares me. I know I have said this before, but if the guys Mariner keeps trotting out there are an idea of what he considers to be valuable players (how Maund plays over Stinson and Emory.Cann/Williams over Henry is well beyond me) he is not the coach I want at the club and will be happy for yet another change.

[Gian-Luca]

This game was perfect opportunity to give young players experience in a foreign environment. I know I have beaten this to death, but I am really frustrated with the lack of opportunity for young Canadian players at TFC. I wont be shocked (but I will be be upset) if Stinson, Makubuya and Cordon are all let go from Toronto. Pretty crazy to think that a this time last year, Stinson had gotten called up to the senior national team.

Despite Mariner's inexplicable love affair with Maund (who may have unleashed the worst shot I've ever seen in my life last night, in a play which also ballsed up a 3 on 1), I'd be surprised if Stinson was let go (he has at least seen the field under Mariner and was injured for most of Mariner's term - a guy like Cordon I'd be more worried about staying after this season as he rarely even makes the bench). I would also be pretty pissed off if that happened.

The only excuse I can come up with for Mariner is that he wants to see what these older (older than the likes of Stinson, Cordon, Henry, Makubuya) can do now before they decided to keep them or not, so that's why he's not playing the younger kids who still have some time. I don't really believe that, but I'd desperately would like to (and it still wouldn't explain the playing of Maund, who just has no clue as to what he's supposed to be doing out there and shows no signs of being able to learn - just like Jeremy Hall I might add, Mariner seems to like some really stupid players who make really stupid decisions on the pitch).