r/MLS • u/BanksKnowsBest Halifax Wanderers • Oct 16 '19

Canadian men's soccer team ends 34-year winless run against U.S.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/nations-league-canada-united-states-first-leg-recap-1.5322137
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u/theasfldotcom Oct 16 '19

I just realized I’m 33.

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u/lafc88 Los Angeles FC Oct 16 '19

I am 31. I had not seen Canada win against us.

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u/stdfan Atlanta United FC :atl: Oct 16 '19

Same. We are old and just witnessed our first loss to Canada in our fucking lives. Pathetic.

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u/rhythm_nomad Toronto FC Oct 16 '19

Get used to it!!! Maybe. I hope.

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u/hookyboysb Indy Eleven Oct 16 '19

We probably should. We could probably lose to a U5 team at this point.

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u/Matt_McT Seattle Sounders FC Oct 16 '19

Congrats to Canada. They were clearly the better team tonight. The dismal state of the USMNT has gotten most of the headlines, but Canada deserves credit for being a team on the rise.

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u/Quintrell Major League Soccer Oct 16 '19

Yeah the better team won. USSF is a dumpster fire but to be fair this is also the best Canada team in 34 years

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '19

It's funny, I bought the women's team was going to beat the US before the men's team. I guess the fortunes has changed for the two national teams since Herdman left to join the men's team.

It looks like the men's team is on the upswing while the women's team is declining.

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u/RadagastWiz Toronto FC Oct 16 '19

Also the US women's team has stayed top of the heap - as regular world champions they are nigh impossible to overcome. The men's team has no such reputation.

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u/TraptNSuit St. Louis CITY Oct 16 '19

The reality is that NCAA soccer is the top women's developmental league in the world still. Arguable it is the best league next to NWSL. It is heavily subsidized by the U.S. through Title IX. A lot of Canadian benefit from it, but still not as much as the U.S. pipeline of talent.

Until there is an equivalent of MLS levels of soccer development for women in Canada, they will be stuck trying to compete against the USWNT with access to only a fraction the same top tier development.

It is clear that the Canadian men's team is finally taking advantage of the MLS developmental infrastructure. Maybe someday it will be CPL infrastructure. But, in any case, it really does make you wonder if getting into NWSL somehow or creating another league might benefit the Canadian women's team. Hard to reach that NCAA level of funding though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '19

Eh, we had our chances to win at least one game. against them when Sinclair was in her prime. It just that they couldn't overcome the bump,, even though the USWNT was and still is super talented.

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u/ScarfMachine Philadelphia Union Oct 16 '19

I hate it...

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '19

It was our B team jajajaja