Introduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 21. Welcome to the Northern 90 Canadian Premier League Podcast, covering the beautiful game in the great white north. For more Canadian Premier League content, head over to Northern90.ca. That’s Northern Nine Zero dot ca. Welcome Hello, Canada, and welcome to the Northern 90 Canadian Premier League Podcast! I'm your host, Pat Sweet. In this week's episode: I go deep into the league's stats to sort out what the CPL's best teams are doing that nobody else is. Announcements AMA with Kurt Larson - https://Northern90.ca/AMALarson What it's about100 seatsJuly 24, 7PM EST Something special in the works for people who want live events and to go deeper into the CanPL. Results League Play Wanders fell to Cavalry 0-1 Nice goal by sub Oliver Minatel in the 85th minute Pacific 2 - Forge 3 Brace by Tristan BorgesAll goals in the 2nd halfWatch the highlights for Borges' 2nd goal, and the Fisk/ Blasco set piece at the end. York 9 FC 2 - FC Edmonton 1 Awesome counter-attacking goal by Aparicio and Telfer Of note: Almost 2.5 times as many fans in Halifax this weekend as in Langford or North York. Canadian Championship Halifax 2 - Ottawa Fury 3 Back and forth gameHalifax tied it up twiceBona should have tied it up, but it was offside York 9 FC 2 - Montreal Impact 2 York had two very pretty goals in this oneAlso gave away two goalsBad foul in the box by Ingham Cavalry FC 0 - Vancouver 0 Marc dos Santos very complimentary of the CPL sideEquestrian activities before the match - bad pitch News Transfers Emery Welshman may be leaving Forge FC for Isreali Side Hapoel Haifa. No details - and Forge is saying that the deal isn't doneFC Cincinnati has the final callIsraeli league starts in AugustNorthern Tribune suggesting that former TFC and Sigma FC product Mo Babouli would be a likely target.https://northerntribune.ca/emery-welshman-hapoel-haifa/ Stephen Hoyle and Valour FC agree to part ways Never really worked out1 goal in 238 minutes of league play https://canpl.ca/article/valour-fc-release-forward-stephen-hoyle Valour FC sign Jose Galan to a multi-year contract 33MidfielderSpanishRyan Brandt reporting that he's played in 12 countriesCould possibly line up as a D-midPossibly to help offset the issues with midfielder Josip Golubar CONCACAF's Suprise World Cup Qualifying Arrangement On Wednesday, CONCACAF changed the rules on how teams would qualify for World CupTop 6 teams by FIFA rankings in June 2020 will play in a hexagonal round robin. Top three qualify automatically.Fourth team enters a playoff against a team from the group ranked 7th to 35thThis second group will be split into 8 groups who will play a round-robin.The winners of each will then play home and away knock-outs.THAT winner will play the fourth place finisher.Criticised for being complex, and for overemphasizing FIFA rankings at a point in time.Canada were ranked 8th in the region in June. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbymcmahon/2019/07/10/mexico-and-usa-fastrack-surprise-concacaf-announcement-mens-world-cup-2022/#6f0ca171145c OneSoccer More love for OneSoccer!Starting July 20, Liga MX games will be aired on OneSoccer.Slow clap. https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=a8a1c3422d9152f5b1199bce6&id=1d532b46e4 If you like the headlines, check out the Northern 90 Supporters Group! Next up - the spring season's top headlines. What Separates the Best from the Rest Cavalry and Forge Used Subs Both teams used every available sub every gameSo did Valour Cavalry was the median for touches over 10 games 6291 for Cavs5700 for FCE6786 for PacificCavs picked their moments and hung on to the ball when they needed to Cavs and Forge middle of the pack for passing accuracy and passes completed Cavs: 78.3% accurateForge: 77.8%Balancing tough balls with playing it safePacific FC had best accuracy (82.8%) and most passes completed (3962). Didn't help them. Cavalry had average chances created - middle of the pack at 77. York 9 was the best at 100When you compare those chances to goals scored, Cavalry was best in the league with a 19.5% conversion rate. Better chances? Better shooting boots? Who knows.Forge FC was second best at 15.9%Valour and York 9 had the two highest chance creations, with the worst two conversion rates at 8.8% and 7% respectively Cavs and Forge took their shots from closer and put them on frame Cavalry was 3rd for shots, 1st for shots on target (51)Forge was 5th for shots, 2nd for shots on target (45)Cavalry was 1st for shots inside the box with 91.York 9 had most shots, 3rd most on target, and 2nd most from inside the box. This is what the numbers said, but what do you think? Leave me a note in the show notes, or on social media! Next up, the mailbag: Mailbag You know how this works - you send me mail and messages and I read every single one of them. If what you send is extra good I read it on the podcast. Last week's question: Who's the MVP of the spring season? Hfx home crowd fans. ...
