First objective : get rid of the plague which ails our football programs at this level: incompetent coaches.
okokok Revised objective : make the semis in spite of.......
Cream always rises to the top despite.....
p.s. TTFF: please appoint Pellurud to step in at this level and stop the embarrassment
You sure that's who you want to take over the women?
...Morace and Canada likely will get their next chance later this month when they head to the eight-nation CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying tournament in Cancun, Mexico.Canada will face host Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica in Group A before getting another chance at the United States and a fifth straight trip to the Women's World Cup.
Since Morace took over from Norwegian Even Pellerud in February 2009, the team has continued to change.
Morace, who played 153 times for Italy and is probably best known for being the only woman to coach in the Italian men's professional ranks - albeit only two matches -- with Viterbese in the third division, has stressed more possession and passing. Under Pellerud, Canada was known for a very direct, long-ball style.
"Under Even, he'd been in control of us for so long that we all knew the style of play," striker Christine Sinclair said."It was a very simple style of play: get the ball and boot the ball, and Carolina brought in a completely different style, a very European-based soccer.
"We have welcomed it with open arms, and we have all completely bought into it. But it takes some getting used to in terms of we've all just been booting the ball for 10 years, now she wants us to pass the ball, so we're in an adjustment phase."
The contrast between Morace and Pellerud, who has taken over the women's program in Trinidad and Tobago, will get a test in Canada's tournament opener October 29 against the Soca Princesses.
Under Morace, Canada has won eight of 16 matches with two draws. It won the Cyprus Cup in March, drew with Norway in June, won at home and lost away against China and was beaten 5-0 by reigning World Cup champion Germany last month.
Sinclair often was visibly frustrated in Pellerud's system as her teammates struggled to get the ball to her against more skilled, possession-oriented teams.