Kiwi Players Elsewhere

Moses Dyer (Phnom Penh Crown | Cambodia)

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15 Sep 23:23 · edited 16 Sep 01:44 · History
Subbed at HT (score 2-0) as Valour lose 2-1 at fellow Canadian Premier League side Forge, in a Canadian Championship Cup quarter final. One of 2 HT subs by Valour.

Forge are based in Hamilton, Ontario. Canadian Cup includes their 3 MLS teams, though Vancouver have already been knocked out.


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19 Sep 00:56
Subbed on at 62 mins as Valour (5th) draw 1-1 with Cavalry (2nd).
Valour down a goal when Dyer came on.

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27 Sep 02:07
Subbed on at 59 mins as Valour (slip further to 6th) lose 2-1 at York United (4th).
1-1 when Dyer came on.
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30 Sep 00:24
Back in the starting lineup at home against Pacific and gets his 4th of the season, and not from the penalty spot either.

Currently 1-1, not long until H/T.
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30 Sep 02:03
YoungHeart
Back in the starting lineup at home against Pacific and gets his 4th of the season, and not from the penalty spot either.

Currently 1-1, not long until H/T.

Finishes a 1-3 home loss. Dyer subbed off at 62 mins (score 1-2).
Valour 6th, Pacific top of the table.


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03 Oct 00:41 · edited 03 Oct 00:43 · History
Another goal (another pen) in a 1-1 draw verus Edmonton (7th).
Valour 6th.

Dyer (subbed off at 85 mins) with 5 goals (4 pens) for the season. Valour's highest scorer.
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06 Oct 00:31 · edited 06 Oct 02:12 · History
Subbed on at 60 mins as Winnipeg's Valour (6th) draw 0-0 with Calgary's Cavalry (2nd).

7 rounds to go for Valour with season finish date early November. Doesn't look like the Canadian Premier League (CPL) has playoffs.

Meanwhile elsewhere in the CPL this season, Kiwi/Canuck Ben McKendry has had 19 starts for Atlético Ottawa (8th & last). For some reference before returning to Canada, McKendry had a season in the Finnish top flight (with TPS) and then a season in the Swedish 3rd tier (Nyköping).
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11 Oct 22:30
Goal (not a pen) & an assist in a 3-1 win over Forge (2nd). Subbed off at 88 mins.

Valour 6th.

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12 Oct 05:02 · edited 12 Oct 05:26 · History
coochiee
From Flying Kiwis. His 6th goal of the season (4 pens).
https://twitter.com/i/status/1447661869037146123

A lot of strikers would take that for a finish. Shrug off the last man and muscle a shot from outside the box into the bottom corner. Well taken goal. Also see transfermarkt have had him listed as playing CF for past 3-4 games. Maybe the new gaffer sees this as a better position for him?

Seems a very popular player over in those parts too.
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14 Oct 00:58
Love the number 19 celebrating a couple of seconds before he's even hit it.  Never in doubt.
You know we belong together...

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20 Oct 23:00 · edited 21 Oct 18:27 · History
Starting against Ben McKendry as Valour (6th) travel to Ottawa (8th & last).

Edit - full games both McKendry & Dyer as Atlético Ottawa win 2-0.
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21 Oct 01:09
Ben Mckendry was one I wanted to see in an all whites kit.

He just came to one NZ camp and didn’t want it ever again. Opted for Canada instead 
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28 Oct 04:01
Full game in a 3-0 win over HFX Wanderers (4th). 
Valour 6th with 2 games left.
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30 Oct 19:32 · edited 30 Oct 23:50 · History
Full game and first goal for Valour (4th) in a 4-2 win at Calvary (3rd) in Calgary.

Dyer now with 7 goals (4 pens). 1 game to go to finish the season

Looks a little chilly in the shade now in Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPgbhZCJ368

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31 Oct 05:26
coochiee
Full game and first goal for Valour (4th) in a 4-2 win at Calvary (3rd) in Calgary.

Dyer now with 7 goals (4 pens). 1 game to go to finish the season

Looks a little chilly in the shade now in Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPgbhZCJ368


Really good form to end the season. Last 8 games he's been playing up front - 4 goals and 2 assists. Nothing to be sneezed at. 

Seems to have thrived a bit more, and had more of an influence on the pitch playing up top. Possible AW's bolter? I know he divides opinion on here, but could be a chance to give him a game against the club team we'll come up against? See how he cuts it? 
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06 Nov 20:38 · edited 06 Nov 23:49 · History
Scores a quick fire double (78 & 81 mins) & then provides the assist for the 3rd goal (88 mins), as Valour come back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 away at Edmonton (8th or last).

Valour needed a win to give themselves a shot at making the semis. They will finish 5th or 6th - with final league games tomorrow, confirming standings. 

Dyer finishes with 9 goals (4 pens) for the season. If NZF secured some AWs friendlies in that Jan 2022 window, but there was a few guys like Wood unavailable, Dyer could be in the picture.
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06 Nov 23:49
Game highlights. Dyer's goals from about 5 mins in.
From highlights, match quality/level not great. Not helped by looks like a bumpy artificial turf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH_K_6fcqKg
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07 Nov 00:59
Two tidy finishes there. Well done to him for finishing the backend of the season strongly.

Last 9 games of regular season starting up top - 6 goals, 3 assists 👏

Contract up at the end of the month by the look of it, but based on his form, I'd imagine Valour would be looking to re-sign him. If not, I'm sure there are plenty of suitors across the CPL or a hop across the border in the USA.
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07 Nov 10:54
He was nothing short of horrible when Hudson picked him along with Lewis etc out of the u20’s into the AWs but to be fair that was 4 years ago and that’s a lot time in terms of development in the men’s game. I’m guessing though the CPL is the same standard as the USL? 
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07 Nov 14:10 · edited 07 Nov 14:12 · History
JasperNix
He was nothing short of horrible when Hudson picked him along with Lewis etc out of the u20’s into the AWs but to be fair that was 4 years ago and that’s a lot time in terms of development in the men’s game. I’m guessing though the CPL is the same standard as the USL? 

Yes you’d have to figure it is around that USL level. And Hay hasn’t picked anyone from that league.


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12 Jan 08:33 · edited 12 Jan 08:36 · History
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Picked up on another year for Valour FC for the upcoming Canadian Premier League 2022 season. 

Looks like he'll be utilized up top from the get go which is encouraging, especially so considering he finished last season with 6 goals in the last 9 matches up top.

Good on the lad. Will be intriguing to see what this season holds for him, hopefully he keeps up that goal scoring form.
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10 Apr 20:50 · edited 10 Apr 21:12 · History
Starting up top as Valour start their Canadian Premier League season away to Edmonton.

**Edit**
0-1 at H/T to Valour. Goal just before the break.

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11 Apr 00:00
Finished 1-1. Edmonton with a 95th min equaliser. 87 mins for Dyer.
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11 Apr 00:01
Wonder how far behind the Irish league or a Scandinavian second division the league is.
Can’t hurt Collier or Dyer to keep collecting goals at their respective levels.


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11 Apr 00:10 · edited 11 Apr 00:12 · History
martinb
Wonder how far behind the Irish league or a Scandinavian second division the league is.
Can’t hurt Collier or Dyer to keep collecting goals at their respective levels.

Maybe it just wasn't the right environment for him (also his first overseas gig), but Dyer was at a 2nd (or was it even 3rd?) tier Norwegian club, and didn't last long there. But yeah had a bit of a breakout season, 2021 in Canada.

Make of that what you will. These comparisons are always fraught.

Maybe if Myer Bevan becomes a goal scoring star there, we will get a better guide! To be fair, it does seem that Canadian football is on the rise.
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17 Apr 19:44 · edited 18 Apr 00:14 · History
Starting against Pacific in Victoria, BC.

Edit - gets a 93rd min pen, for his first season goal. But Valour go down 3-2


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18 Apr 01:04
coochiee
Starting against Pacific in Victoria, BC.

Edit - gets a 93rd min pen, for his first season goal. But Valour go down 3-2



Didn't help their cause that the bloke who came on as an injury replacement in the 22nd minute was sent off four minutes later....

Nevertheless, good to see Dyer get on the board early in the campaign. Playing up top and if he can get some decent service, hopefully he's hitting double digits this season.
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24 Apr 17:01 · edited 25 Apr 01:43 · History
Valour (3rd) travel to Atlético Ottawa (2nd). 

Edit - Dyer a double (first a pen) in a 6-1 win.

Ben McKendry on at HT for Ottawa (score 1-4).
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25 Apr 01:04
Highlights of the match. Penalty which he converted (also earnt) was very, very soft to say the least. That said, the lad can sure bury a penalty.

Good finish losing his man for his 2nd. Going from highlights he had at least a couple more decent chances to score too.

Integral part of the Valour set up. Excellent to see him do well over there - Scoring and contributing overall. As an aside, leading fellow Kiwi Myer Bevan 3-0 in the goal count too. 
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30 Apr 16:28
Valour's game against Forge postponed.

Sunday's Canadian Premier League match between visiting Forge FC and Valour FC has been postponed due to a COVID outbreak. A spokesman for Valour said three players and two coaches had tested positive.
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11 May 23:22 · edited 11 May 23:22 · History
coochiee
How does that work? Why do MLS sides play CPL ones? 
Sounds a bit like the Liechtenstein Cup where Vaduz, who play in the Swiss league, will face off against local clubs

VUW AFC - Victoria University Football for life

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11 May 23:51
newzealandpower
coochiee
How does that work? Why do MLS sides play CPL ones? 
Sounds a bit like the Liechtenstein Cup where Vaduz, who play in the Swiss league, will face off against local clubs

It's basically a convoluted Canadian Cup Comp, with the winner getting Canada's spot in CONCACAF Champions League. From Wiki -

The Canadian Championship (French: Championnat canadien) is an annual soccer tournament contested by premier Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's berth in the CONCACAF Champions League.[1] It is contested by Major League Soccer sides Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and CF Montréal, eight Canadian Premier League sides, and the champions of League1 Ontario and the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. The tournament is organized by the Canadian Soccer Association[2] and has been broadcast on OneSoccer since 2019.[3]

With 13 teams competing, the competition was expanded to include three qualifying rounds along with the semifinals and finals. The first qualifying round begins with six teams, with three new teams entering each round until the semifinals where the previous year's champion enters. All rounds are two-legged match ups.[14]


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