5-0 Canada Is Embarassed By Argentina In Soccer

dumpthemonarchy

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I watched this soccer game. Canada's passing was so poor and they lacked hustle, I was embarrassed. The Argentines had much more hustle. We can't compete on skill but we can on effort and we didn't. Fire everyone at Soccer Canada.


Canada routed in Argentina - The Globe and Mail

Canada routed in Argentina

Argentina's Carlos Tevez (L) runs for the ball as Daniel Imhof of Canada looks on during their friendly soccer match in Buenos Aires, May 24, 2010. REUTERS

Diego Maradona’s World Cup contenders romp to 5-0 victory over 63rd-ranked Canadians

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The Canadian Press Published on Monday, May. 24, 2010 6:06PM EDT Last updated on Monday, May. 24, 2010 7:44PM EDT

Call it a learning experience for Canadian soccer.

Maxi Rodriguez led a balanced attack with a pair of goals Monday as Argentina trounced Canada 5-0 in a soccer friendly.

The Argentines, ranked seventh in the world, had their way with an overmatched Canadian team that came in ranked 63rd. Angel Di Maria, Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguerro added goals for Argentina, which earned the victory in front of 65,000 at El Monumental Stadium.

Injuries and club commitments forced Canada to field a mix of youth and experience, with the main goal to get some experience as a group against one of the top sides in the world.

The result: Canada's worst loss since dropping a 5-1 decision to Czech Republic in November 2003 in Teplice. Canada lost 8-0 to Mexico in July 1993 in Mexico City.
“Today, it was school,” said Canadian coach Stephen Hart.

El Monumental was a sea of noise an hour before kickoff. As the Canadian players came out for warm-ups, the host crowd whistled loudly and that was just a taste of what was to come.

Even though Canada may not have been a “prestige” friendly for the hosts, the fans reacted to every hard tackle, every close chance and showed how much passion there is in the country for the game.

“There is no friendly match when you are wearing the Argentine uniform,” Argentina coach Diego Maradona said. “The guys showed we have a great team — and more. Argentines should relax, we have some tremendous players.”
Argentina, playing its final game before next month's World Cup in South Africa, looked sound from the opening minute. The Argentines played without superstar Lionel Messi , but still had no trouble creating chances in its first-ever game against Canada.

“It's obviously something special for most of the players having probably seldom played in South America and in such a famous stadium and probably one of the favourite teams to win the World Cup so you know it's special for us,” said Canadian captain Paul Stalteri.

Rodriguez played through into Canada's penalty area in the sixth minute, but Montreal's Andrew Hainault did well to get a foot in. Argentina's next wave of attack came just a minute later when Tevez swung in a cross from the right side, but Stalteri headed the ball out for a corner.

Argentina finally broke through in the 16th minute. Stalteri committed a foul on the right-hand side, just outside the box. Rodriguez's free kick was perfectly struck, finding its way into the net to the left of Canadian goalkeeper Pat Onstad.
Rodriguez added his second in the 32nd minute. With Argentina attacking quickly, Tevez ran onto a loose ball and fed Rodriguez, who was making a run from his right. The pass was played in stride to Rodriguez and his low shot got by Onstad.
A mesmerizing goal from Di Maria rounded off the first-half scoring. Di Maria picked up the ball about 25 yards from goal and let a shot go with the outside of his left foot that had both power and precision, hitting the top left corner.

“I thought the way we gave up the goals was kind of tough to swallow but I think it was a good lesson playing against one of the elite teams in the world,” said Onstad, who earned his 57th cap for the national squad, the most by a goalkeeper.
Canada came out of the half-time break seeing a bit more possession but, in the 63rd minute, some poor marking allowed Di Maria to find a wide open Tevez for a simple tap-in from right in close.

Kelowna's Rob Friend had Canada's best chance not long after Argentina's fourth goal. A high cross from the left was met by Friend but Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero came out to stop the header.

Aguerro rounded out the scoring with another fantastic finish in the 71st minute. He beat defender Richard Hastings for pace on the left side before unleashing a shot across the goal that eluded Onstad.

“I don't think throughout the 90 minutes that they absolutely created too many chances on us,” said Stalteri, “I think the chances came from our mistakes and I think that's what we need to tidy up to set ourselves up for qualifying.”
Canada will play a second friendly on Saturday against Venezuela
 

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The 63rd ranked team loses 5-0 to one of the top ranked teams in the world? That's not an embarrassment, that's completely predictable, like the Stanley Cup winner playing a junior A hockey team. 900-0 would be embarrassing, 5-0 is fairly respectable under the circumstances.
 

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Exactly. What kind of score would you expect if Team Canada played Team Argentina in a friendly hockey match? I would expect a far more lopsided score, though 5-0 is quite lopsided as far as soccer scores go.
 

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Don't be embarrassed Monarchy... Soccer just isn't Canada's (nor the US's sport for that matter) sport. If soccer WAS your sport the results may be a little different.

If the Argies put skates on I bet it would be a 20-0 game and I am just rounding off that number. I bet Canada would score on every line. The only thing that would stop Canada from scoring would be the clock running out.
 

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If Argentina were to play france today and won 5-0,it surely would be a hard loss but it wouldn't be a suprise.They may lack organization and communication to compete teams like spain but with the level of skill those guys have,Canada loosing to argentina 5-0 is absolutely not an embaressment
 

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By the way i checked and Canadian players ran a total of 143 kms while Argentina ran only 110...But thats only because of the tiring ball movement of Argentina,they don't run,they make you run and chase the ball.
 
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Canada hasn't qualified for the world cup since the 80's.. Something needs to be done, this is pathetic. No reason we should be this bad.. I am better than half our team, I should join and help bring us to the world cup..
 

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Jeeez It's a game. The whole idea is to enjoy it and get better at it than you were before.
 

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Canada used to slaughter teams like Norway, or Germany by scores like 5 or 6 to nothing in hockey.. countries you would expect to have developed some respectability in the game.

But all their best athletes go into other things, soccer in Germany, nordic sports in Norway. It's deeply held bias in Canada. People who are gifted enough to excel in athletics go into sports where they will be recognized and potentially profit, and nobody sees that in soccer.

My guess is it won't change, even though Canada has vibrant and well coached youth leagues, when you get to this level it comes down the best 11 players you can field, not how the averages fair.
 

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Canada used to slaughter teams like Norway, or Germany by scores like 5 or 6 to nothing in hockey.. countries you would expect to have developed some respectability in the game. But all there best athletes go into other things, soccer in Germany, nordic sports in Norway. It's deeply held bias in Canada. People who are gifted enough to excel in athletics go into sports where they will be recognized and potentially profit, and nobody sees that in soccer. My guess is it won't change.
Well if the Turkish goverment can invest 10 million in hockey,Canada can surely try something:D
 

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The 63rd ranked team loses 5-0 to one of the top ranked teams in the world? That's not an embarrassment, that's completely predictable, like the Stanley Cup winner playing a junior A hockey team. 900-0 would be embarrassing, 5-0 is fairly respectable under the circumstances.

You are much too easy on the slackers that run the CSA. A 5-0 score is far too much. These Canadians guys are not teenagers, they are men and they mailed in the two points.

There were 65,000 people at the game, and they expected a better challenge I bet.

900-0? Good BC Bud there.

Don't be embarrassed Monarchy... Soccer just isn't Canada's (nor the US's sport for that matter) sport. If soccer WAS your sport the results may be a little different.

If the Argies put skates on I bet it would be a 20-0 game and I am just rounding off that number. I bet Canada would score on every line. The only thing that would stop Canada from scoring would be the clock running out.

Earth to spacemen, hockey has nothing to do with this. Canada made it to the World Cup of SOCCER in 1986. Argentina has never participated in an international hockey tournament. Resorting to "we're so awesome at hockey" is infantile.

Soccer is on TV here, it is attempting to become a big time sport. In Argentina, hockey mean field hockey.
 

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Canada used to slaughter teams like Norway, or Germany by scores like 5 or 6 to nothing in hockey.. countries you would expect to have developed some respectability in the game.

But all their best athletes go into other things, soccer in Germany, nordic sports in Norway. It's deeply held bias in Canada. People who are gifted enough to excel in athletics go into sports where they will be recognized and potentially profit, and nobody sees that in soccer.

My guess is it won't change, even though Canada has vibrant and well coached youth leagues, when you get to this level it comes down the best 11 players you can field, not how the averages fair.

Norway is not great in hockey, but Germany and Switzerland are getting much better and the latter beat Canada in the recent World Championship. We're not like that in soccer.

Canada has players who have made it into the top leagues in Britain like Owen Hargreaves who plays on Manchester United. He was born in Canada but his parents were born in England and has taken out UK citizneship and has played on the English national team.

Hockey in Canada I guess is like soccer in the USA, a small number really like it, but the vast majority are just puzzled by the whole deal.
 

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Earth to spacemen, hockey has nothing to do with this. Canada made it to the World Cup of SOCCER in 1986. Argentina has never participated in an international hockey tournament. Resorting to "we're so awesome at hockey" is infantile.

Soccer is on TV here, it is attempting to become a big time sport. In Argentina, hockey mean field hockey.

Well then. Here I am trying to make you feel a little better and to simply say it's not your sport. Also to not feel so bad because the interest isn't there in Canada and if it was you would most likely be able to compete and possibly win.

But if you want to be a classless d*** then be a classless d***.
 

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What Canada needs is a pro league with a farm system in this country. Without it we can't develope new players or give young players something to look forward to. We wouldn't be beating Argentina right away but in a few years we would be giving them a much better run for their money.
 

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Well then. Here I am trying to make you feel a little better and to simply say it's not your sport. Also to not feel so bad because the interest isn't there in Canada and if it was you would most likely be able to compete and possibly win.

But if you want to be a classless d*** then be a classless d***.

Thanks for trying to make me feel better but the fact a Canadian sports team is playing so poorly at the highest level frustrates me.

What Canada needs is a pro league with a farm system in this country. Without it we can't develope new players or give young players something to look forward to. We wouldn't be beating Argentina right away but in a few years we would be giving them a much better run for their money.

That is never going to happen. The biggest 3 Canadian cities want to be part of Major Leage Soccer that is up and running in the US. Toronto is already in this league. Vancouver will be soon.
 

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I don't consider 5-0 an embarassment since Canada's futbol rankings are so low. Had it been the USA that lost by this margin I would have called it an embarassment.