Bunch Of Amateurs

Back Story
The CSA has scheduled one friendly — vs Cyprus on May 30 — in preparation for this July’s Gold Cup.

On Winning
“They’re not going in to win it. We’re going to play one game in May to prepare for the Gold Cup? How real are you being trying to compete at a high level internationally?”

On Knowledge
“It feels like we’re taking a step backwards. That’s the feeling in the whole association. They lack knowledge about the present game.”

On Amateurs
“The players we have were good enough to make the World Cup, I don’t care what anyone says. I heard statements from the coach where he said the team wasn’t good enough … but this team for me was the best team, but it was just the way he went about it, we went about it like a bunch of amateurs.”

“You’re not going to make everyone happy if you don’t have a proper plan about going about it. But if they’re going to just go about it like amateurs and waste our time then it doesn’t really make it interesting for all the guys. We’re not playing a provincial tournament here, this is a different level of football and they’re taking it like a provincial tournament.”

On Restarting
“They should bring everything down and start again. They know what needs to be done but it’s like, ‘Uh, it might cost a bit too much,’ or they don’t want to make too much effort.”

“I don’t know. I’m lost for ideas right now. I already gave all my ideas out and they put them in their back pocket and sat on it.”

Julian de Guzman midfielder, Canada National Team