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Posted February 02, 2018 01:53 · last edited February 02, 2018 01:53

ConanTroutman wrote:

coochiee wrote:

"The World No 120 New Zealand side will play the World No 95 Canada"

"By mutual agreement the match will be a closed door affair. Both teams are at the beginning of a new cycle and will have new coaches, and this will be the first time that the coaches and players will meet and work together."

First good news that AWs have secured a friendly in this window, and sounds like the new coach will be definitely be appointed and ready to go by then. 

But don't get the logic of having game with no spectators. Why not let the good folk of Murcia have a looksee, no doubt with a tiny contingent of Kiwis/Canucks living in Europe? 

Who would be spying on the world's number 95 & number 120 sides, so early in the next qualifying cycle?

It's probably a cost thing. If you open the stadium you have to pay for security staff, people taking tickets, people Manning food stalls, and cleaners to clean up afterwards. Doubt there'd be enough local interest in buying tickets to cover the costs. Just booking the field and the changing roooms would be way cheaper

Yes that would make some sense. I wonder if the game will even have international status? 

Are there limitations on how many subs you can have for a friendly international? Can you basically treat it like a training run, change your whole team at half time, and it still qualify as an international?

Be interesting to see who makes themselves unavailable, for really just a training camp, and meet the new gaffer.

Obviously easy to get Spain for all the big guns playing in England/Holland - even if they don't actually strip to play Canada.

As per another post there maybe a few MLS guys reluctant to attend - as the MLS doesn't break for this window. If you fighting hard to break into a matchday MLS squad, you may think twice about jeopardizing that by missing a club game so early in the season, just to have a little 1 week holiday in Espana with your AWs mates.  

Lastly does anyone know what that Kiwi Canadian Ben McKendry is doing club wise? Was loaned by Vancouver to Edmonton FC (NASL side). But I think NASL league is in a messy legal dispute with US Soccer, and Edmonton FC have folded??

Of course in the USL, Vancouver II (McKendry's previous side) have also now folded, and been replaced by Fresno FC. Lower American leagues are complicated.

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ConanTroutman wrote:
coochiee wrote:

"The World No 120 New Zealand side will play the World No 95 Canada"

"By mutual agreement the match will be a closed door affair. Both teams are at the beginning of a new cycle and will have new coaches, and this will be the first time that the coaches and players will meet and work together."

First good news that AWs have secured a friendly in this window, and sounds like the new coach will be definitely be appointed and ready to go by then. 

But don't get the logic of having game with no spectators. Why not let the good folk of Murcia have a looksee, no doubt with a tiny contingent of Kiwis/Canucks living in Europe? 

Who would be spying on the world's number 95 & number 120 sides, so early in the next qualifying cycle?

It's probably a cost thing. If you open the stadium you have to pay for security staff, people taking tickets, people Manning food stalls, and cleaners to clean up afterwards. Doubt there'd be enough local interest in buying tickets to cover the costs. Just booking the field and the changing roooms would be way cheaper

Yes that would make some sense. I wonder if the game will even have international status? 

Are there limitations on how many subs you can have for a friendly international? Can you basically treat it like a training run, change your whole team at half time, and it still qualify as an international?

Be interesting to see who makes themselves unavailable, for really just a training camp, and meet the new gaffer.

Obviously easy to get Spain for all the big guns playing in England/Holland - even if they don't actually strip to play Canada.

As per another post there maybe a few MLS guys reluctant to attend - as the MLS doesn't break for this window. If you fighting hard to break into a matchday MLS squad, you may think twice about jeopardizing that by missing a club game so early in the season, just to have a little 1 week holiday in Espana with your AWs mates.  

Lastly does anyone know what that Kiwi Canadian Ben McKendry is doing club wise? Was loaned by Vancouver to Edmonton FC (NASL side). But I think NASL league is in a messy legal dispute with US Soccer, and Edmonton FC have folded??

Of course in the USL, Vancouver II (McKendry's previous side) have now folded, and been replaced by Fresno FC. Lower American leagues are complicated.