Last night, Canada wrapped up its group stage matches at the Gold Cup in Miami, Florida. A 2-2 draw against Costa Rica gave the Canucks top spot in Group A, after two previous victories over Jamaica and El Salvador.
Stephen Hart rested a number of our key players last night, including Julian De Guzman, Ali Gerba, Dejan Jakovic, Paul Stalteri, and Atiba Hutchinson. Right now, we're ranked 92 in the world by FIFA, and a de-facto 'B' team of ours just tied the Costa Ricans, who are ranked at number 30. This team has the potential to be in the top 5 of CONCACAF, and Stephen Hart seems to be able to bring out the best in our national team.
The talent available to the Canadian national team is at an all time high, and now we need to start to move forward for the future. After the 2007 Gold Cup, it seemed like we were starting to get somewhere, but Dale Mitchell's tenure as our coach brought us all back down to the pits of CONCACAF.
We're making noise now at the Gold Cup, and let's move forward for good when the tournament's done. C'mon, give Hart the Job
Stephen Hart rested a number of our key players last night, including Julian De Guzman, Ali Gerba, Dejan Jakovic, Paul Stalteri, and Atiba Hutchinson. Right now, we're ranked 92 in the world by FIFA, and a de-facto 'B' team of ours just tied the Costa Ricans, who are ranked at number 30. This team has the potential to be in the top 5 of CONCACAF, and Stephen Hart seems to be able to bring out the best in our national team.
The talent available to the Canadian national team is at an all time high, and now we need to start to move forward for the future. After the 2007 Gold Cup, it seemed like we were starting to get somewhere, but Dale Mitchell's tenure as our coach brought us all back down to the pits of CONCACAF.
We're making noise now at the Gold Cup, and let's move forward for good when the tournament's done. C'mon, give Hart the Job
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Seems like the obvious decision, but as the CSA has shown before they will probably wait for like 6 months before announcing anything. Give him the job.
I'm hoping that Stephen gets the job full time. Of course there's always the question 'Does he want it?'; he's got a plush job with the CSA as TD. I said to some people in '07 that we should cancel the Mitchell deal to let Hart have a crack at the WCQ.
That said, after the debacle that was Dale Mitchell, a cocker spaniel on the touchline would be a managerial improvement (no disrespect to Stephen, but disrespect intended to Dale Mitchell).
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