Job (not) done
Well then.
Look, that wasn’t good.
To say the least. when you are leading 3-1, at home, in winter conditions while playing a Caribbean team, you need to win the damn game.
Yet, here we are. You have every right to be frustrated. I get it. Burn it all down and all that.
Me telling you that Canada was the better team for three of four halves isn’t going to appease anyone. That doesn’t make it any less true, but I recognize that it is pointless.
Suggesting that they got a bit of a bad break with the penalty call goes without saying. I mean, it did hit Eustáquio’s hand, but that’s a call that doesn’t get made in Europe and without the call they probably hold on to win.
For many fans, it was their first experience being Concacaf’d. Welcome to the club. It will happen again.
Be angry. It’s fine. It won’t accomplish anything, but it’s fine.
Clearly, I’m being a little flippant here. The thing is, however, that the problems that sunk Canada yesterday have been brewing for a while and they aren’t easily fixable. They lost because they got opened up and fell asleep at the back. That’s a talent issue, not a coaching problem or something that is fixed by “Sacking the CSA” (whatever that means, exactly).
It’s fixed by having better defenders. Sorry. I wish there were another way because then you could have hope that it gets fixed quicker. Instead, we just have to hope that someone emerges or evolves in the next year.
Well, five months. That’s when they play Trinidad & Tobago in a single game to capture one of the last two Copa America spots. They should be able to do that. They should be able to beat T&T, but they should have beaten Jamaica. So, who knows.
What I do know is that five months is a long time to maintain the current level of rage.
Allez Les Rouges?
Personally, I think Sid got it right.