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Hi, now that FM 16 beta is out, I wanted to start a new long save story. This story will be different because I will be writing two stories in this football universe but will be in two different threads. One will be a club story and the other will be a national team story. This thread here will be a National story. So I hope you guys will enjoy it.

Club Story: http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/football-manager-2016-manager-stories/349744-why-cant-we-great.html
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Canada: A Brief History

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The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).


Their most significant achievements are winning the 1985 CONCACAF Championship to qualify for the 1986 FIFA World Cup and winning the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup to qualify for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Canada also won a gold medal in the 1904 Summer Olympics. The 1986 World Cup was their only successful qualification campaign in their history.

Football was being played in Canada with the Dominion Football Association (1877)and Western Football Association(1880) acting as precursors to the modern-day Canadian Soccer Association. In 1885, the WFA sent a representative team to New Jersey to take on a side put forth by the American Football Association, the then-unofficial governing body of the sport in the United States. In an unofficial friendly, Canada defeated their hosts 1–0 in East Newark, New Jersey. The American team won 3–2 in are turn match one year later. In 1888, a team represented the Western Football Association in a tour of the British Isles, earning a record of nine wins, five draws,and nine losses. The squad comprised 16 Canadian-born players with the only exception being tour organizer David Forsyth, who had immigrated to Canada one year after his birth.

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In 1904 Galt Football Club represented the WFA at the Olympic Games in St Louis, Missouri. As just one of three teams competing, Galt defeated two American clubs, Christian Brothers College (7–0) and St.Rose (4–0) to win the tournament.


The Canadian national team toured Australia in 1924, playing a series of "test"friendlies against their hosts, including their first official match,a 3–2 friendly defeat to the Australian national football team in Brisbane, Queensland on June 7, 1924.

1981 through 1985 saw Canada develop under the guidance of English manager Tony Waiters. So close in 1981, Waiters would see the Maple Leafs through to their first World Cup finals appearance in 1985. A 1–1 away draw to Guatemala was key in allowing them to eliminate Los Chapines in the first round group. The second round was also closely contested, in part as this Canadian squad was strong defensively but had limited ability to score goals. The Canucks managed to eke out a 1–0 away win over Honduras, thanks to a George Pakos winner, hold Costa Rica scoreless in San José, and then in their final game,one they needed to draw to qualify, beat Los Catrachos a second time, 2–1 in St. John's, Newfoundland, with Pakos and Igor Vrablic the goal scorers.

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The victory not only secured their first World Cup finals berth, but also the crown of CONCACAF champions for the first time, although Mexico did not compete, having already qualified automatically for the World Cup as hosts.

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At the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Canada impressed defensively in their first game, allowing few chances and conceding a late Jean-Pierre Papin goal to lose to France 0–1.They lost their next two matches to both Hungary and the USSR 0–2, however, to finish at the bottom of their group.

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The Canadian Soccer Association turned to a German to lead the senior national team in 1999 with the signing of Holger Osieck. Success came rather quickly with Canada winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup in February 2000. After emerging from the first round on a coin-toss tiebreaker with invited side Republic of Korea, the Canucks scored a quarter-final extra-time upset win over Mexico on Richard Hastings' golden goal. The win set the stage for an unprecedented run to the final, where Canada defeated Colombia 2–0 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. Canada swept the awards ceremony, with goalkeeper Craig Forrest winning MVP honours, Carlo Corazzin securing the Golden Boot and Hastings named Rookie of the Tournament.

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Winning the Gold Cup earned Canada a place in the 2001 Confederations Cup, where the highlight was holding Brazil to a 0–0 draw. The Gold Cup victory also won them an invitation to compete in the Copa América 2001.When security concerns prompted the cancellation of the tournament,Canada disbanded their training camp and Canadian players returned to their club teams. The tournament was then reinstated and held on schedule. The Canadian Soccer Association announced they would not be able to participate in the reinstated tournament.

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Stephen Hart's first competitive action as the full-time head coach was a poor showing at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, not managing to get out of the group stage.However, during the early stages qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, Canada put up a string of good results. They topped their group in the second round but were eliminated in the third round of CONCACAF qualifying, finishing one point behind Honduras and Panama after losing 8–1 in Honduras on the final match day.

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Soccer-specific stadiums in Canada include BMO Field in Toronto (home to Toronto FC) and Saputo Stadium in Montreal (home to Montreal Impact). Canada played its 2010 World Cup qualification home games at BMO Field, Saputo Stadium, and Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Since 2011 Canada has played all home games at BMO Field in Toronto except for a friendly against Costa Rica at Commonwealth Stadium.

(Bold Years- ​won during story)

World CupQualified (1): 1986
Confederation CupQualified (1): 2001
Summer OlympicsWinner (1): 1904
Qualified (3): 1904, 1976, 1984
CONCACAF Championship/Gold CupWinner (2): 1985, 2000
Third Place (2): 2002, 2007
Qualified (14): 1977, 1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Copa AmericaQualified (1): 2001
North America Nation CupWinner (1): 1990
Third Place (1): 1991
Qualified (2): 1990, 1991


 
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Canada New Manager Takes the Helms

Jason de Vos hopes to take Canada to the promise land.

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After a disappointing 8-1 loss to Honduras in the 2014 World Cup qualification stage, the Canadian Soccer Association decided to take a year off to regroup and to figure out its next game plan. After much speculation on the new manager of the country, they finally came to a decision. Former Canadian captain Jason de Vos will take reign with much promises as he did when he captain the country to a 2000 Gold Cup win.

Victor Montagliani, president of the CSA, presented Jason de Vos earlier today at the nation's capital Ottawa with hopes and promises that they are committed to achieve.

"Today is a new beginning for Canadian soccer" said Victor "Today is the day where we put our mark on the map"

Jason de Vos states the he will improve the quality of level the player will play against teams and will be attending many games as possible to scout Canadian regulars and upcoming Canadian nationals.

"I will be speaking with many Canadian clubs in helping to achieve this goal." Said de Vos. Knowing that Canada does not have a soccer league of its own, he will heavily depend on Toronto FC, Montreal Impacts and the Vancouver Whitecaps from the MLS, America's top tier league, and FC Edmonton and Ottawa Fury from NASL, America second-tier league.

Making the World Cup is a difficult goal to achieve as Canada only made the event once in its history in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Canada only achievements in the International stage was a gold medal win in the 1904 Summer Olympics when 16 Canadian-born players known as Galt Football Club won the tournament. Also Canada won 2 Gold Cup Tournaments in 1985 when it was called CONCACAF Championship and in 2000 and won the now defunct North America Nation Cup in 1990.

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Jason de Vos, a central defender, started his career with London Lasers in the now defunct Canadian Soccer League. After his stint with the club joined Kitchener Kickers before returning to London.

He joined the Montreal Impact in 1993 when they played in the American Professional Soccer League, playing there for 5 season, including the final two at Darlington FC, a third division English team at the time. He joined Dundee United of Scotland and spent the next 3 season with "The Terrors" including captaining in 2000/01 season.

De Vos joined Wigan Athletic in 2001 and captained the side to a First Division promotion in 2002/03 season and was named PFA Division Two Player of the Year. In 2004, he left club on a Bosman transfer and signed with Ipswich Town until his retirement in 2008 where he was captain in 2006.

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In the national level, Jason de Vos appeared in 49 games, scoring 4 times. He captain the national from 1999 until his retirement, playing the 2000 Gold Cup and 2002 Gold Cup finishing 1st and 3rd respectively including scoring the game winner against Colombia in the 2000 Gold Cup finals.

Jason de Vos will make his national managerial debut on March 27th, 2015 against Jamaica in Kingston, Jamaica.​
 
This is quite ambitious, both having 2 stories & trying to get Canada to the WC! Good luck mate. :)
 
I love the idea of a story (or two) set in Canada, so good luck! :)
 

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The Scouting Begins

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Canadian Boss Jason de Vos was spotted at BC Place

Of the 26,390 people that were at the game to see the MLS opener between two Canadian rivals, it was a great opportunity for new Canadian manager to scout his potential players for the upcoming friendly against Jamaica. It's rumored that he was looking at Toronto's Jonathan Osorio, Jay Chapman, Ashtone Morgan, Jordan Hamilton and Tesho Akindele while also looking at Vancouver's Russell Teibert, Marco Carducci and Sam Adekugbe. He also looked at Jamaica's Darren Mattocks to see any potential advantage that his squad can take on.

Canada will start its 2018 World Cup campaign on November 13, 2015 after being placed in Group A along side with Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. They will first play against Honduras at BMO Field. Canada until then will only have one match to prepare but its rumored that they may face Peru, United States and Argentina in the upcoming fixtures.


 
Will enjoy reading this having managed Canada in a older FM save, taking them to the World Cup. Hope you do well!
 


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Friendly or Foe?

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CSA announced four new friendlies matches

Today, the Canadian Soccer Association have officially announced that Canada will play in 4 extra friendlies, an extra preparation before their 2018 World Cup Qualifying campaign starts.

Peru and rivals United States will be Canada opponent in June, while Colombia and Egypt will play against them in September and October respectively.

"We are excited to move forward in terms of growing the game of soccer in Canada." said Victor, the President of CSA. "de Vos and I have spoken to each other and we both agreed that the opponents that we will be facing will be beneficial to this plan."

Peru, ranked 62nd in the world, will have its final preparation before they head to Copa America in Chile. 118th ranked Canada will renew its rivalry its neighbour just south of the border as they will also prepare for their World Cup qualifying campaign.

Canada will host James Rodriguez and the Colombians in September before heading to Egypt in October. Canada will head to Jamaica at the end of the month for the nation's first game of 2015.​
 
excellent start, Have a look at Fraser Aird from Rangers! He is young and has been excellent for Rangers in my first save.
 

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Canada Announce 23

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New manager Jason de Vos have announced his first 23 man roster for his first friendly debut against Jamaica. Their were many surprises that were selected and many of them may have their national team debut.

Seven player may have their have their debut including Junior Hoilett and Steven Vitoria. Junior Hoilett was a highly rated prospect for Canada that rejected them in 2011 because he wanted to committed with Club football before going to international football. But by eariler this year, he stated that he was committed to Canada as he felt that the Canadian football program is progressing forward.

"Canada is the best option for me and my career" said Hoilett "By playing for Canada, it will help develop my leadership skills and I believe that Jason de Vos can teach me a lot"

Steven Vitoria is a similar case to Hoilett as the Toronto-born wanted to join Portugal, even playing with their U19 and U20 Portuguese side but wasn't called up for the Euro 2012 tournament. Vitoria declared that Canada will be his national side after accepting the call up.

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Many were surprised that Montreal midfielder Patrice Bernier was called up as they thought that there were better options. "Patrice Bernier is a key player for us on and off the field" said de Vos "His 50 caps for the team is a key factor and vast experience with the club can help the many players that are debuting with the national side".

Key exclusion from the list was Cyle Larin, Canada biggest prospect, as he is out with an injury.

The 23 man roster are:

Goalkeepers: Lars Hirschfeld (Valerenga), David Monsalve (Millonarios), Milan Borjan (Ludogorets);

Defenders: Atiba Hutchinson (Besiktas), Karl Ouimette (New York Red Bulls), Nana Attakora (San Antonio Scorpions), Ashtone Morgan (Toronto FC), Steven Vitoria (Philadelphia Unions; Loaned from Benfica), Kofi Opare (D.C United), Sam Adekugbe (Vancouver Whitecaps), Marcel de Jong (Sporting Kansas City);

Midfielders: Will Johnson (Portland Timbers), Julian De Guzman (Ottawa Fury), Patrice Bernier (Montreal Impacts), Kyle Bekker (Montreal Impacts), Junior Hoilett (Queens Park Rangers), Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC), Kianz Froese (Vancouver Whitecaps), Jay Chapman (Toronto FC), Carl Haworth (Ottawa Fury);

Strikers: Olivier Occean (Odds BK), Jordan Hamilton (Toronto FC), Tesho Akindele (Toronto FC)​
 

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Tesho Wins for Canada

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Tesho Akindele helped Jason de Vos win his first game for Canada after an inspiring performance by the Canadian striker. Akindele, who was claimed by Toronto after being waived by FC Dallas, came in the 65th minute and stole the show.

"No words can explain how I feel right now" said Tesho "Its like a dream right now. I have to credit my teammates for making this possible."

"Tesho Akindele is a great player that will continue to improve. He is only 22 years old and show amazing goalscoring talent." said de Vos "I'm excited for my first win but the journey is not over yet."

Before the game, Canada had some concerns with its defense as both CB Steven Vitoria and Karl Ouimette were injured. Jason de Vos was forced to put Nana Attakora and Kofi Opare, debuting tonight, to play the entire game.

"Unfortunately both Vitoria and Ouimette were unavailable to play but I'm happy with the performance of both Nana and Kofi." said the manager.

Junior Hoilett made his debut for Canada with a 7.20 average and 3 shots.

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"Exciting to play my first international game" said Hoilett "I felt great and thought my performance was good. I now need to focus more on being better as I am never guarantee a spot with the team."

Joining Hoilett and Kofi Opare, Kianz Froese and Jay Chapman made their debuts.

Jonathan Osorio made the first goal happen after a crossing the ball in the Jamaica zone and Tesho headed the ball in. The 2nd goal was a spectacular goal by Tesho just outside the box.

Canada had a goal disallowed in the 60th minute after the lineman ruled Kyle Bekker offside.

Jamaica didn't have a lot of chances in the game and was very poor in the defensive zone as Canada kept pressing on the entire match.

Canada will face Peru at Toronto in June.


 

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Canada Goes Up

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The FIFA Ranking has been announced and Canada has gone up 7 position to 112th in the world. The victory against Jamaica helped Canada go up.

"This is the first step in our program and we are all happy in achieving it." said Jason de Vos.

Canada jumps ahead of El Salvador, Lebonan and more and are Africa's Rwanda.

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The top 10 was unchanged with the World Cup champion Germany holding 1st and Argentina is below them.

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Canada will face Peru next in Toronto on June 10th.​
 

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Canada Drops

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FIFA as announced the new Ranking for May and Canada has dropped two position from 112th to 114th. This is mostly due to Canada not playing any matches during the month of May.

Ethiopia and Liberia passed Canada in the Ranking.

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The only change in the top 10 was Portugal passing 5 time World Cup winner Brazil for 9th place.

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The biggest jump was Palestine that jump from 93rd to 88th going up 5 and the biggest droppers was Australia going 84th from 78th and Jamaica from 88th to 94th, both losing 6 positions.​
 

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de Vos to Takeover Canada U23

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Canada boss Jason de Vos will manage the Canadian U23 side when they compete in the North American Olympic Qualifying campaign which starts in October 1st, 2015.

The Canadian Soccer Association held a press conference in Edmonton to announce the statement.

"We feel Jason is the perfect candidate to lead our U23 team to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janerio." said Victor Montagliani, CSA President. "As our goal to develop the game of soccer to Canada, I believe de Vos need to be involved as much as possible. de Vos experience in the international stage and his leadership will help shape up our upcoming Canadian star to the senior side."

When ask about their goal for the U23 side, de Vos answered "Our goal with this competition is obviously to qualify to the Olympics but we want to try to win the qualifying tournament."

Canada U23 was drawn in Group B with Cuba U23, Panama U23, and United States U23. Canada first game will be against Panama U23 on October 2nd

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To enter the North American Olympic Qualifier, a total of 8 teams must qualify to play the final stage, where the berths were allocated to three regional zones:

Regional Zone# of qualifiedTeams participated
North American Zone (NAFU)3(3) Canada, Mexico, USA
All qualify automatically
Central American Zone (UACAF)3(7) Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Caribbean Zone (CFU)2(17) Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago


The North American Olympic qualifier consist of 2 groups of 4 teams and top 2 teams from each group will advance to the Semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will go to the finals and also will qualify to the Olympics.​
 

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Canadian Calling

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Canada announce their 23 man squad for friendly

Just days after Jason de Vos was announced as manager of the Canadian U23 team, the Canadian manager has listed the 23 players that will represent Canada in the friendly games against Peru and USA.

In the call up includes Steven Vitoria, who was called up in March against Jamaica but was injured before the game started, will hopefully make his Canadian debut.

"Hopefully this time, I'll will be lucky." said Vitoria "I was disappointed that the injury forced me not to play but its part of life."

Cyle Larin and Russell Teibert returns to the Canadian line-up as they were injured last time. They replace both Jordan Hamilton and Kianz Froese.

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Many wonder if Marcel de Jong and Patrice Bernier are good fit for the team but de Vos is very confident that both player will be key members of the squad.

The 23 man squad are:

Goalkeeper: Lars Hirschfeld (Valerenga), David Monsalve (Millonarios), Milan Borjan (Ludogorets Razgrad);

Defenders: Atiba Hutchinson (Besiktas JK), Karl Ouimette (New York Red Bulls), Nana Attakora (San Antonio Scorpions), Edson Edwards (FC Edmonton), Ashtone Morgan (Toronto FC), Steven Vitoria (Philadelphia Unions; Loaned from SL Benfica), Kofi Opare (DC United), Marcel de Jong (Sporting Kansas City);

Midfielders: Will Johnson (Portland Timbers), Julian De Guzman (Ottawa Fury), Patrice Bernier (Montreal Impacts), Russell Teibert (Vancouver Whitecaps), Kyle Bekker (Montreal Impacts), Junior Hoilett (Queen Park Rangers), Jay Chapman (Toronto FC), Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC), Carl Haworth (Ottawa Fury);

Strikers: Olivier Occean (Odds BK; Loaned from Eintracht Frankfurt), Tesho Akindele (Toronto FC), Cyle Larin (Orlando City SC)


 

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Canada Uninspiring

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Canada was out-performed by Peru at BMO Field. Even with Canada having the higher ball possession, they could not take advantage with their shot. This mark Jason de Vos 1st loss as the Canadian manager.

"We need to improve" said de Vos "As we are trying to move forward with our goal, we need to better. Not just the players, I need to help motivate the lads. We got a big game against the US in their home soil, this will be a test against rivalry pressure."

Many expert were right when de Jong started on left back as the Sporting Kansas City player was very poor on the pitch. The left back was a 5.6 rating and was quickly subbed in the 2nd half.

Steven Vitoria finally had his debut playing 77 minutes before Kofi Opare came in.

Luis Trujillo gave Peru the lead after heading the cross from Farfan to the back of he net. Yordy Reyna sealed the deal for Peru in the 73rd when tapping in a pass from Gonzales.

Canada will face the United States next.​
 

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DRAW

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Much better game by Canada but that resulted in a boring draw. Jason de Vos Canadian record is now 1-1-1 in his first 3 games.

Steven Vitoria was named Man of the Match after a brilliant defensive play. The Benfica player, that is currently loaned to Philadelphia Unions, had a 7.7 average.

"Felt great" said the defender "We showed everyone that our lose to Peru was not going to affect us."

Ashtone Morgan and Junior Hoilett were forced out of the game with an injury but both player will be fit to play for their respective clubs.

Canada had a chance in the beginning of the game with Julian De Guzman hitting the bar. And that was the biggest moment of the game.

Canada will be back in duty on September 2nd when they host Colombia.​
 
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