Oh that Canadian soccer

Last night I was looking for something to kill some time when I realized that there was a Canada-Costa Rica international friendly on the tube. Now I have been a Canada mens soccer fan for many years now (no really...stop laughing) so this appealed to me as a good way to spend 2 hours. It was a good game ending 1-1 although it probably should have been 4-1 Canada. As all Central Americans do, the Costa Ricans spent most of the game rolling all over the ground, complaining and wasting time. I really wish Canada could be considered part of a region other than CONCACAF so we don't have to play all these muppets in order to qualify for the World Cup. Speaking of muppets...I am pretty sure if Bert and Ernie put in a resume to CONCACAF they would be shoo-ins to ref the World Cup qualifiers. Only in CONCACAF. Maybe the motto should be "CONCACAF: Where Jim Henson's creations find their worth".

Costa Rica's loser of the night was a striker named Nunez who must have spent 15 minutes lying on the ground for a variety of bogus injuries. Lets just say if he was a horse and the farmer had a shotgun...Except I have never seen a horse go deathly lame and then when the farmer shows up with the gun, he hops up and sprints to the sideline and then yells at the farmer from the edge of the corral to come back in and join the other horses. Sick, sick, sick. I was kind of hoping that Adrian Serioux or Iain Hume would lose their marbles (both are capable) and kung fu kick Nunez right out of BMO field. And then maybe escort Costa Rican coach Medford out for breaking the rules against coaches trying to impersonate characters from "Grease". I would be that angry too if I had to wear that jacket.

Here is the good news though. Canada is getting better!! Players such as DeRosario, Hutchinson, and de Guzman are of the quality we usually never put on the field. Gerba, Hume, Stalteri, and Bernier seem solid as well. It was also nice to see Lars Hirschfeld back in the nets. It would be nicer to see Craig Forrest back in there (I bet he could still play) but some youth in goal is nice. We have a chance to be in the 1010 World Cup in South Africa. Some new skill, some luck and maybe a couple of referees who aren't the guy from last night or the one who screwed us against the USA in this years Gold Cup in Chicago. Maybe even if we get one of the smarter Muppets (say...Kermit) as a ref we might be okay. Here's hoping!