![]() Herdman, however, will be watching from elsewhere, after being red-carded in a raucous ending to a game in Honduras last June. He served as an assistant coach of Curacao beginning in 2007 before taking over as head coach from 2016 to 2020. Herdman will be no stranger to the manager standing in front of the Curacao bench.ĭutch-born Remko Bicentini, in his second stint as Curaco coach, spent six months with the Canadian team as a technical assistant in 2021 before taking charge of Curacao again last August. "It's a pitch where you can play football but it's certainly going to be with some risk."Īfter the game, the Canadians return to Toronto to host No. So it's who capitalizes on them the most," said Herdman. "I think both teams are going to make errors. "There's a few things we're managing behind the scenes but nothing too serious at this stage," Herdman added.īoth teams will be dealing with warm, humid conditions as well as a less-than-perfect pitch at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in Willemstad. He said the team is also "managing some players who haven't had a massive amount of game rhythm like (40-year-old captain) Atiba Hutchinson. Herdman's medical staff has been working on winger Tajon Buchanan, who Herdman says arrived in camp "with a little bit of a tweak" from Belgium's Club Brugge. Saturday's game is the first for the Canadian men since they wrapped up play at the World Cup in Qatar in a 2-1 loss to No. "This will be a pretty fresh, motivated, intense Curacao team, which will be great." "The big difference as well is that game we played them in Vancouver they were coming off the back of two games - a bit of a heavy travel schedule," he said. ![]() Herdman says Curaçao had added to its roster with players from the top league in the Netherlands as well as talent from the Turkish league. Steven Victoria and Lucas Cavallini also scored for the Canadians, who held a 22-5 edge in shots (9-0 in shots on target). Place Stadium.įormer Whitecap Alphonso Davies, playing his first game in Vancouver since October 2018, scored twice that day. The Canadian men, currently ranked 53rd in the world, blanked No. ![]() John Herdman expects to face a different Curaçao side in CONCACAF Nations League play Saturday night than the one Canada dispatched with ease last June in Vancouver. ![]()
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