Canada U20 vs Brazil U20

[bigp]

Canada WON 2-1.

******* great performance against a Brazilian team that had Kerlon(even though he got injured in the game).

Will Johnson and Jaime Peters shreded the Brazilians and I was also impressed with Kennedy Owusu-Ansah.

This was the first of a three match series with Brazil.

 

[$teauA]

friendlys?

 

[::shinji::]

yeah it was a friendly, but nevertheless it was a good win.. and not only did the Canadian boys win, but they even dominated for large parts of the match. Meaningless or not, it's an encouraging result for Canadian soccer fans.

anyhow, for those who care... I have to say Jaime Peters was amazing in that game, seeing him dribble past the Brazilian defenders and leave them way behind with his speed bursts was a great sight. I'd love to see him leave the Ipswich reserves and come out for Toronto FC, he could really make a name for himself in MLS if he continues to improve. Great goal by David Edgar too, a world class volley at any level..

 

[Johnny_Big]

Canada winning Brazil? Heck...that must have been a cracker. Good motivations for Canada soccer. Congrats!

 

[jani]

can anyone post the line ups?

like to see what nice sounding name star Brazil is gonna come up next with.

 

[rony31]

I got to watch the 2nd half of it, fantastic game

Peters and Johnson just ran ****. Peters with his amazing speed and Johnson with his incredible power, he was shrugging players off left and right. although Peters needs to improve in the final 3rd, his crosses aren't the best, but the passes he was giving, beautiful and Johnson needs to improve finishing, he scored a tough half volley but couldn't finish on 2 breakaways. still a bright player nonetheless.

and how about that clearance off the goal line with about 5 minutes left. not sure who it was, but I almost had a heart attack... for a friendly

 

[mark77]

Great game, I was also impressed by Johnson, Peters and Edgar.

 

[Seggie8]

Anyone have the highlights?

 

[WilliamFAlmeida]

why are they playing 3 games?
Good for Canada...BAD news for Brasil...

 

[yoyo913]

sweet sig shinji

 

[SlowSilver]

why are they playing 3 games?
Good for Canada...BAD news for Brasil...

Oh c'mon.. Don't tell me you except the U20's to go unbeaten forever. Every team loses sometime.

 

[Kibe Kru]

Rosters:

Brazil

MURIEL GK 14.02.87 S.C.Internacional
ELISSON GK 26.03.87 Cruzeiro E.C.
CAÇAPA CB 15.02.87 Grêmio F.P.A.
CHICO CB 02.02.87 C. Alt. Paranaense
EDSON CB 06.07.87 Figueirense F.C.
LEYRIELTON FB 22.06.88 Goiás E.C.
CARLÃO FB 19.07.87 Coritiba F.C.
EDIMAR FB 22.04.87 C. Atl. Paranaense
JI PARANÁ MF 11.06.87 S.C.Corinthians P.
FERNANDO MF 25.07.87 Vila Nova F.C.
LUISINHO MF 09.03.87 Fluminense F.C.
KERLON MF 27.01.88 Cruzeiro E.C.
DIOGO MF 26.05.87 A.Portuguesa D.
RAMON MF 28.10.87 Santos F.C.
TAIANAN MF 13.03.87 S.C.Internacional
RENATINHO F 14.05.87 Santos F.C.
BETO F 31.05.87 S.E.Palmeiras
LUIS ADRIANO F 12.04.87 S.C. Internacional

(heh, how's that for nice names eh? Leyrielton!)

Canada

1 GK BEGOVIC, Asmir La Louviere (Belgium) 20-Jun-87 Edmonton AB
2 D LORETH, Joey Oregon State University (USA) 19-Jan-87 Victoria BC
3 D O’CONNOR, Kent 1860 Munich (Germany) 5-Mar-87 North Vancouver BC
4 M BOURGAULT, Jonathan St. Pauli FC (Germany) 27-Sep-88 Ile Bizard QC
5 D LUMLEY, Stephen National Training Centre - ON 16-Apr-87 Mississauga ON
6 D EDGAR, David Newcastle United FC (England) 19-May-87 Kitchener ON
7 M PETERS, Jaime Ipswich Town FC (England) 04-May-87 Pickering ON
8 M NUNEZ, Cristian National Training Centre - QC 07-Jul-88 Montreal QC
9 F ELLIOTT, Alex University of Portland (USA) 24-Apr-87 Vancouver BC
10 F JOHNSON, Will Heerenveen (Holland) 21-Jan-87 Woodridge IL
11 M BABINEAU, Olivier University of Montreal 12-Jul-87 Dieppe NB
12 M BALDE, Ibrahim National Training Centre - QC 24-Dec-87 Montreal QC
13 M CONTRERAS, Hector National Training Centre - QC 24-Jun-87 Montreal QC
14 M AYRE, Keegan Hibernian FC (Scotland) 4-Jul-88 Coquitlam BC
15 F LOMBARDO, Andrea Perugia Calcio (Italy) 23-May-87 Toronto ON
16 F Carlos*SON, Simeon Rushden & Diamonds FC (England) 28-Mar-87 Mississauga ON
17 M McCALLUM, Gavin Yeovil Town FC (England) 24-Aug-87 Mississauga ON
18 D GALA, Gabe National Training Centre - ON 29-Jun-89 Brampton ON
19 M D’AGOSTINO, Mike University of Kentucky (USA) 1-Jul-87 Langley BC
20 D TURNBULL, Masumi University of Kentucky (USA) 30-Mar-87 Richmond BC
21 D HABER, Marcus National Training Centre - BC 11-Jan-89 Vancouver BC
22 GK MONSALVE, David National Training Centre - ON 2-Feb-88 Brampton ON

(stolen from bigsoccer)

 

[bigp]

Kennedy Owusu Ansah really impressed me at rightback. He was good defensively and made runs up the field. He's a local Toronto kid and Toronto FC should sign him.

And it was Stephen Lumley who cleared the ball off the line. The future looks really bright considering that there was no Jonathan De Guzman, Jacob Lensky was resting and Portugal stole Steven Vitoria.

 

[Run DMB]

I'm really disappointed Chicago couldn't hold on to Will Johnson. It's unfortunate, because Generation Adidas is only for American players and it's not helping us keep young foreign players in MLS. I wonder if Toronto will have their own version of Generation Adidas with Canadian players.

 

[Paulo Da Silva]

Kennedy Owusu Ansah really impressed me at rightback. He was good defensively and made runs up the field. He's a local Toronto kid and Toronto FC should sign him.

And it was Stephen Lumley who cleared the ball off the line. The future looks really bright considering that there was no Jonathan De Guzman, Jacob Lensky was resting and Portugal stole Steven Vitoria.

steven vitoria hasn't been used by any level of Portuguese soccer. Same goes with U-16 Canadian player Michael Pereira. Both Playing for Porto.

I think canada missed out on a really great Gk in Daniel Fernandes, the starter for Paok in Greece and playing for Portugal in the U-21

BTW great game yesterday

 

[bigp]

steven vitoria hasn't been used by any level of Portuguese soccer. Same goes with U-16 Canadian player Michael Pereira. Both Playing for Porto.

I think canada missed out on a really great Gk in Daniel Fernandes, the starter for Paok in Greece and playing for Portugal in the U-21

BTW great game yesterday

Vitoria played for the Portugal team in the Porto Tournament AGAINST Canada

 

[Paulo Da Silva]

oh i din;t know that that sucks. Canada still has Michael Pereira

 

[WilliamFAlmeida]

slowsilver-
there are some teams that Brasil should never lose to....especially at that yound age.
I like how Brasil gets humbled every now and then, so that these young players dont all think they are Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. But getting dominated aganist Canada is not good for Brasil. At least this wasnt a tournament...


btw, when is the next game? will it be on american tv?

 

[bigp]

The next game is on Monday I think. You have to pay around $6.00 to watch it on a streaming webcast. Then they play again on Thursday which will be on Sportsnet. I'm not sure they're showing it on American TV.

 

[::shinji::]

I'm pretty sure we'll lose the next two games in the series as I'm sure the Brazilians will be a bit more careful now and not take us so lightly. Still, it'll be good experience for the Canadians..