Disappointed but congrats Josh, really loved your content this tournament!

Marsch will need to prioritize confidence and focus of players as the roster rotates thru the 11 and the shuffling of positions a players is asked to fill.

Biggest takeaway: we need to start Bair and Tani

@@jonathancurtis5122 Tani should definitely start. He has got a goal coming. So unlucky not to have one yet in this tourney. At this point, I'd probably start him with Larin (assuming we don't go with 3 in the midfield). David's just too tired but Larin is really putting in the work despite all the hate he's getting. Bring in Bair late and let him bully the tired legs.

Pitch same for both teams. No excuses. Argentina just better.

Yea I don’t buy that. I think it’s just a grueling schedule/travel that catches up to your guys who exert a lot of energy or cover a lot of ground, especially when Marsch underutilized other winger options like Ahmed or striker options like Bair

Same

Embarrassing we haven’t had Bair on

When Davies got injured, it was a clean tackle and Montiel got the ball first. Davies knew he'd get there second and put himself in that situation. Unfortunate, but that's fútbol. The sideline call was bad. Refs thought it was gong out and the unlevel grass kept it in. Now do the calls that went against Argentina. Again, you can't win if you got don't score.

France had one own goal, one pen and only goal in open play. By your logic they're also piss poor😂

​@@fit_man_cam1713you finally came around. You can't keep skating by with no scoring.

My only takeaway is you don't know what you are talking about. Canada beat Peru when folks like you said they wouldn't. They outplayed Chile and achieved the draw they were looking for to advance to the quarterfinals. They outplayed a 3-0 Venezuela team to advance to the semi finals. They did all of this in hot and humid conditions, under a new manager, in their first Copa tournament and in front of opposition crowds. Messi also tipped his hat to Canada for being such a strong team. Perhaps you get your jolly's off of being a negative person. It's sad. I feel for people like you. Or perhaps you're just young or really naive and lack perspective.

And we can’t score if Larin is on the pitch

Exactly.All these canadians are just cry babies.This is real football.This ain't the Gold Cup.

This.

We also have eyes

Penalty kicks against Argentina of all teams isn't gonna go well 😅

That strategy is precisely what ensured they had zero chance of pulling off an upset. Only possibility for Canada to win was to open up a bit and take the game to Argentina. Missed opportunity.

It's funny because you guys don't exist.

Agreed. Tani has been unfortunate to not have scored yet in this tourney. He's ready to bang. And Ahmed has looked every bit as good as expected. No value whatsoever in starting the usual suspects at this point.

Your take is incorrect. Both David and Larin played well. They didn't play amazing but they certainly weren't bad. They played sound defensively, had a tremendous work rate, ran more than most other players (due to their position & Marsch's system) and made some great reads. David scored and assisted on the other Canadian goal. He also scored in the shootout. Larin was often in the right positions but rarely received the ball (he could have scored a few times had the ball gone to him). He was also one of the key reasons David scored as his work on the defensive side, followed by his pass to Shaffelburg was the reason David was able to score. I find too many people, perhaps because they are naive or young, have unrealistic expectations of what this team is. They played some of their finest soccer ever. They earned their way to the semi final of the Copa America on the backs of players like David and Larin and they have pushed Canada into new territory with the World Cup around the corner. But after success, there are always the naysayers who come out and start blaming. Millar shouldn't be on the pitch, Larin sucks, Bombito doesn't know what he's doing, Crepeau doesn't know how to play goal...the list goes on and on. It's fine that you like Tani, but he played as a sub with fresh legs against old ones. He's very young and does not have a lot of experience. And a players performance isn't one sided, there is a defense side too, which so many folks overlook. And by the way, if you're cranking on David and Larin for not scoring, neither did Tani and he had several A1 chances.

@@mccullochmike did they play well or were they not bad? Your sentence makes no sense. David has one goal, Larin none.

@@tednitta1785 Perhaps you are having difficulty comprehending. I specifically wrote “Both David and Larin played well. They didn't play amazing but they certainly weren't bad.”. This is fairly easy to comprehend. If you want to base a players performance strictly on goals scored, then I presume you’re also cranking on Messi, who until yesterday hadn’t scored either. It’s a simpletons view on player performance. Canada made it to the semi finals. At worst they will be 4th place. Canada played very well. David had 1 goal, 1 assist and Larin had a hockey assist.

​@@mccullochmikedavid didn't play well in that last game. At least offensively. He would loose the ball too easily and could not convert chances in real opportunity. Maybe he was tired because off the system, but he didn't look at all like the seccond best player on this squad.

😂😂😂

Crybaby gonna cry. Funny how that always seems to happen with fans.

He’s as tough as a Kleenex

@@jonathancurtis5122 so.... he's Canadian?

@@jonathancurtis5122 Soft as Charmin🤣

Only hit ball so 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, after Montiel got the ball first and won the tackle, Davies fouled him. And hurt himself in the process. Good call.

It was a clean tackle

Some folks argue that because Montiel got to the ball first, there is no foul. This is incorrect. I'll take you back to the Peru game when Miguel Araujo got to the ball first, but still received a red card for his contact with Shaffelburg. Getting to the ball first has minimal relevance as to whether a foul has occurred. There is no reference to making contact with the ball in the section relating to Fouls and Misconduct in the Laws of the Game, but it may be considered by the referee in deciding whether contact was careless, reckless or excessively forceful. And that is the key, was the contact careless, reckless or with excessive force (in a nut shell). In the Davies situation, it wasn't careless, reckless and it did not result from excessive force. No foul on the play.

@@mccullochmike Exactly this. Just like getting to the ball first doesn't mean there isn't a foul, a player getting injured doesn't mean there was a foul. Davies got injured from a normal movement of play. The tackle wasn't reckless and can't be considered a foul (let alone a YELLOW CARD like OP suggested) only because Davies got injured. It was just unfortunate, but clearly no foul there.

Exactly, North American have no idea how the dynamics between Chile and Argentina work. Chileans will never ever favour Argentina in Futbol

@@matiasleder6804 we got beat fair and square. Good learning experience for Canada to play you guys twice.

The ref here, I gave as many calls as I could in argentinas favour

Heat and field were the same for Argentina. We are not good enough.

Canada has shown repeatedly and consistently that they cannot play in the heat. My expectations of them pulling off an upset here went down dramatically when I knew they wouldn't be playing in a climate controlled stadium. The conditions affect Argentina just the same but it dramatically reduces the chances of the underdog securing something, whereas Argentina's superior quality of structured play and game management allows them to get the job done.

Have you watched Theo recently? I hope he has a bright future, but he was absolutely awful when he saw the field this year. Like noticeably the worst player on the field at all times, and it wasn't even close to the second worst. Millar had a tough tournament, but there is no justification for taking Theo over anyone else on the team right now. Hope he has a bright future, he's still young, but he's not even close to the national team right now.

No I haven’t watched Theo Corbeanu recently but, we have to be honest what the heck does Liam Millar bring to the team?

They don’t play the same position. I might be wrong but Liam plays on the left while Corbeanu plays on the right.

@@elieamani379being shockingly shockingly shite

I was saying I hope he's okay sarcastically 😂 De Paul was embarrassing yesterday...

For being a Karen

Yeah, that's not it. Canada can't score. You don't win games by not scoring. You get frustrated and start thinking the refs are against you. They'd not how this goes. You played in 2 games up a man and still only managed 2 goals in 5 games. Get better.

@@elche1976we’ll get better and be like you, Messi

@@jonathancurtis5122 let's be honest, no you won't. Enjoy your best finish for the next 3 decades.

@@elche1976 Any suggestion that the refs management of a game does not dramatically impact the flow is highly naive. The ref is there to ensure the game stays balanced, fair, and that the two sides can contest uninhibited but they wield a very real power over the game - that is a fact. When calls are inconsistent and one-sided (which any unbiased assessment of this match and the last one reveals to have been the case), it significantly sucks the life out of the play. That ball along the touchline Shaff was carrying was in and he was off. A few moments later an Argentina ball clear goes out and is allowed to play, giving Argentina a very strong scoring chance where one was taken away from Canada. Even late in the match when a yellow card is issued to Argentina, it effectively stops the flow when what Canada really needed was to be allowed to take a quick throw in. Game management, indeed. Yes, this is a part of the game, and Canada simply needs to rise above it, but one shouldn't pretend that it doesn't have a massive impact, and anyone who thinks there isn't a very real bias towards Argentina reaching the final is utterly naive about the monetary realities involved in these things. No excuses, Canada knew this would be the case and that they would need to rise up and overcome. They weren't able to muster that on this day, and that is on them and nobody else.

@greglawrence9230 great therapy session. You initially cast blame on the refs and play victim. But in the end, you come full circle to acceptance and admit Canada wasn't good enough and is to blame. Your hour is up. See you next session.