Introduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 25. 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: a review of Canada's top young talent in the CanPL. Announcements Thanks for supporting the Northern 90 Premium Channel!Lots more to come on that, including some lower-priced tiers later on. Results League Play Forge lead the league with 16 pointsHFX Wanderers the only team under 1 PPG at 0.88.Neither York 9 nor Halifax have earned a point on the road during the fall.Approaching the 50% mark of games played. Not quite there yet. Canadian Championship Cavalry FC lost to Montreal Impact 3-1 on aggregateTFC beat Ottawa Fury 5-0 on aggregate401 Derby for the final CONCACAF League Forge FC beat out Antigua GFC 2-1 on aggregate.Recently played CD Olympia at home to a 1-0 win.Nice goal by Chris Nanco who beat 'keeper Edrick Johnson short sideNext leg will be played behind closed doors in Olympic Stadium in San Pedro Sula. 6 hour drive from Olympia's regular home stadiumThis was a CONCACAF decision after riots broke out in advance of the Classico Capitalino between Olympia and cross-town rival Montagua.Reported that four people died and at least 10 injured during the riots.Could be a major boost for Forge.During the last episode I predicted that Olympia's fans would be hostile. Turns out I was right. News Canada Soccer have ruled on the allegations of racial slurs being used during a Canadian Championship match between Cavalry FC and Forge FC.Forge FC Assistant Coach Peter Reynders has been found guilty of breaching Canada Soccer’s Code of Conduct and Ethics and has been suspended for 45 days, and cannot participate in any soccer-related activities. (https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-disciplinary-committe-rules-on-canadian-championship-qr2-allegations-of-racial-comments--p162338)The hydro pole will disappear in 2020! Congratulations to Max Mowbray @PFCOntarioCondolences to Xav Ouellette @TheHydroPoleCheck out the Purple Reign podcast on the NSXI Network if you're a Pacific FC supporter Next up - the power of Youth Youth Performance in CanPL I've noticed you find young Canadians at the top of most important metrics in the league.Today, I'll go through some stats and talk a bit about the young Canadian talent that is shining. Goals Lots of young Canadian talent2 top goal scoreres are Tristan Borges and Terran Campbell.Both 20-year old CanadiansEaston Ongaro is 21, and tied for 4th in the league with 5 goals. Assists Elijah Adekugbe is 23 years old, tied for first with Kyle Bekker at 4 assistsKwame Awuha also 23 and tied for 2nd with 3 assists Minutes Diyaeddine Abzi - top 10 minutes played as a 20-year old CanadianMany Aparicio - top 10 as a 23-year old Canadian Shots Taken Tarran Campbell - top 10Tristan Borges - top 10 Chances Created Marco Bustos - 28 chances created, good for 4th place. 23 year-old Canadian.Manny Aparicio - 23 chances created. 6th in the leagueTristan Borges - 21 chancesLouis Beland-Goyette and Kwame Awuha both had 19, tied for 10th. Both 23. Tackles Zoom Langua - 21 year-old Canadian leads the league with 63 tackles and 45 tackles wonDiyaeddine Abzi - 20, ranked 8th in tacklesFor the record - Tristan Borges is tied for 11th with 36 tackles. Three Take-aways Canada's got talentThe "Play your kids" rule has value Teams are giving kids a chanceTerran Campbell asked to play as a 9 and was given the chanceEaston Ongaro has worked his way into a starting role - after getting a spot on the roster in the first place. Success of youth will determine the success of the league and of Canadian soccer CanPL will want to strive to become a selling leaguePlayers will see opportunity to go on to bigger clubs and will develop in CanPLThe men's national team's performance will improve as more young Canadians get their chance. See also: Terran Campbell interview on Young Gaffers 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. Michael Elder wrote on the Northern 90 Supporters' Group FB Group: Forge FC has a really tough run of games in the next couple months. They play something like 7 in the next three weeks including away to Olimpia. Then they have a break before playing another 6 in just over 2 weeks. Less than half are home games as well. And that's assuming they don't advance further in the CONCACAF League. I honestly wonder if they can keep their pace up; that's just an exhausting series of matches. If they do hold on and win the Fall season kudos to them; they'll definitely deserve it. One advantage they have is no other team behind them...
