The CSA are run by a bunch of Richard Peddies and they've thrown Canadian Men's coach Octavio Zambrano under a bus. They knew Canadian Women's coach John Herdman was getting ready to leave and they couldn't risk it. He's now the new coach of the Men's program. All Zambrano did was turn the Men's program around, with only ten months on the job. Had he been given more time Canada would have qualified for the World Cup.
Herdman was in a bind and here's why. Canadians were satisfied with the Women's team picking up the Bronze Medal at the Brazil Olympics, I wasn't. Christine Sinclair cost us a chance at the Gold Medal. She insisted on being the point woman even though she's lost more than few steps. She put her legacy ahead the good of the team, she's not keen on the idea that Janine Beckie may surpass her. She made life very easy for the German defense in the Semifinal, they double teamed Beckie (a full decade younger than Sinclair) knowing that Sinclair's forays would be easily picked up a holding midfielder. And that's what happened. Instead of retiring with dignity Sinclair pulled rank and stayed with the team. Herdman was not happy. Knowing this the CSA put him in charge of the Men's team, nullifying all of Zambrano's good work. The Women's Team will not qualify for the Women's World Cup with Sinclair in the starting lineup, she's way too slow.
I feel sorry for Beckie, she could have played for the Americans.
Herdman was in a bind and here's why. Canadians were satisfied with the Women's team picking up the Bronze Medal at the Brazil Olympics, I wasn't. Christine Sinclair cost us a chance at the Gold Medal. She insisted on being the point woman even though she's lost more than few steps. She put her legacy ahead the good of the team, she's not keen on the idea that Janine Beckie may surpass her. She made life very easy for the German defense in the Semifinal, they double teamed Beckie (a full decade younger than Sinclair) knowing that Sinclair's forays would be easily picked up a holding midfielder. And that's what happened. Instead of retiring with dignity Sinclair pulled rank and stayed with the team. Herdman was not happy. Knowing this the CSA put him in charge of the Men's team, nullifying all of Zambrano's good work. The Women's Team will not qualify for the Women's World Cup with Sinclair in the starting lineup, she's way too slow.
I feel sorry for Beckie, she could have played for the Americans.