KEY TAKEAWAYS 🔑 What we learned from CanMNT 🇨🇦 vs. Suriname 🇸🇷 | Presented by tonybet

[@robswystun2766]

Thanks for giving Kamal Miller a shoutout. We appreciate that kind of effort here in Canada, especially in a sport where the best team in the world routinely flops around like a bunch of dying fish every chance they get.

[@jrcanuck1]

It amazes me that we have gotten so used to playing in the U.S. in all tournaments, that nobody, not even Canadians, acknowledge or think about the fact that the U.S. have a huge advantage before the matches in March are even close to being played & NO, it is not an excuse, as it is a ridiculous reality. The biggest problem with the Nations League & Gold cups, is that it all favours the Americans, big time! Over 95% of their matches are played at home. Canada probably plays less than 15% at home. The Copa Americas matches were all played in the U.S. this year & the playoffs in the 2026 World cup will be played there too. When ranking teams, nobody talks about that huge advantage. The Americans do not play well on the road. Just look at the 2022 CONCACAF Qualifiers for the World cup, where teams played each of the other teams home & away. Canada finished #1. The U.S. tied Costa Rica for 4th place in points. Look at what just happened in these quarter finals in the Nations League cup in the past week. The 4 favourite teams (Canada, USA, Mexico & Panama) all played much better at home than they did on the road; but still, the semifinals & finals will be played in the USA. Canada has the best record in the semifinals & overall this year, so the semifinals should be played in Canada (Vancouver for better weather)... FIFA & CONCACAF are only driven by greed & Money. Then, if it has to remain fixed inbthe U.D.' favour, at the very least, there should really be some kind of a handicap for rankings, for teams playing on the road in all CONCACAF tournaments, because rankings matter, as FIFA rankings help determine how difficult a group those countries will finally end up in, for the 2026 World cup. Canada ended up in the 'Group of Death' in the 2022 World cup, partially because of their poor ranking, despite having finished #1 in the Qualifiers...

[@djknox2]

The ELO ratings take into account home or away of matches. On that list, Canada is now ahead of the USA, Mexico and Panama. Canada is #26...

[@albertherz]

Agree with Ollie. How about a new winning song

[@mapmakermyles]

Shaff = CDN Vardy

[@alexlazaridisf.7276]

It was a great performance by Canada. Yes complete. But let's remember how poor the opposition was. Same goes for USA's dominant performance over a weekend Jamaica side missing some of it's best players. I think Mexico is a good match up for Canada. Canada's speed might give them the advantage. The USA has proven to be more clinical in the final third. I don't know enough about Panama. I think it's going to be a good final four tournament.

[@SandrasyArianElErizo]

Va jugar contra México 🇲🇽

[@calc1657]

Didn't Jamaica defeat Canada in last season's Nations League? These pundits are just a little full of themselves.

[@AmmarAkkad-yo6vo]

That was a different Canada team under a different coaching staff.

[@jaytse2269]

We had an interim coach who simply isn't good enough at this level and the program was in shambles at that point

[@jeffreyallen1657]

Canada didn’t even beat a World Cup level team in their Copa run. None of those teams will make it out of CONMEBOL WCQ

[@jaytse2269]

We gave away third place to Uruguay. With that experience, if in that position again they would close the deal. Both Venezuela (who we did beat at Copa)and Uruguay drew Brazil during qualifying recently.

[@alexlazaridisf.7276]

No one is saying Canada is top of Conmebol. Just of Concacaf.

[@1313tennisman]

Lol Canada outplayed and beat Venezuela in the quarters and they could potentially qualify. They probably wont but in the expanded format its possible Canada could finish 6-8th in Conmebol

[@jaytse2269]

I think Canada could finish 4-6. Aside from Argentina and Columbia Canada would be very competitive with reamining nations

[@jeffreyallen1657]

@@jaytse2269 third place games are friendlies.