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Morace era ends shamefully for Canadian soccer

Jul 23, 2011 09:28

Stephen Brunt | Globe and Mail

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mapmakerscolors July 23 2011, 15:41:35 UTC

I think Morace did what she could. The reality is that quite a few of the Canadian players play for non-pro teams, which is always going to limit what a NT can do. And anyone who thought they were going to squeak past France had clearly not seen France play recently (or seen half of the French NT take home the Women's CL in May). The only thing I would really criticize about their performance was their match against Nigeria--Nigeria was clearly putting in their all in an effort to take at least one win home, while Canada had just thrown in the towel. (It was kind of like watching Sweden v. France in the third place match, actually.) Understandable that they were rattled after such a decisive throttling but if they'd regrouped and fought in the last match I think they could have left Germany with their heads up, you know ( ... )

tjalorak July 23 2011, 19:22:01 UTC

Neid took a whole three days to reflect and then decided to come back to the German WNT. I'm sure her high six figure salary in Euros had no impact on this decision.

mapmakerscolors July 23 2011, 19:30:04 UTC

hahaha I mean I could have guessed she wanted to stay, I just didn't know if she would be allowed. Although I suppose that's what contracts are for...wonder how the DFB feels about that contract now...

tjalorak July 23 2011, 20:12:50 UTC

Eh. Gamble, right? If Germany had done really well / won a third, reupping the contract afterward would have been even more expensive. Of course, given the events now, they're probably regretting that contract...

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akillarian July 23 2011, 20:56:17 UTC

I'm not surprise the coach quits after the World Cup. I'm surprised though that there is talk that she did not even support her team properly after they lost to France.

black_swan87 July 23 2011, 21:32:29 UTC

Isn't Hope Powell quitting or getting fired too? I wonder how long it will take for Batista to get fired.

mapmakerscolors July 23 2011, 23:42:17 UTC

I haven't actually heard anything about Powell. They made a big deal on the WWC broadcast about how she's outlasted (I think?) 5 managers on the men's side, but if your team never makes it past the QF that's nothing to be proud of...but I wonder what they'll do for the Olympics.

black_swan87 July 24 2011, 02:46:47 UTC

I heard that after she called the team coward and stuff, she might be stepping down to another postion and someone else was taking the coaching spot.