Subject: »[NT] Update

fyi Seca, B Lafoest has popped in stamina. Just thought you might like to know.

Moreau hardly looked like he's struggling with form - played great. Ortega Santiago was also sensational. :)

Vezina did not look comfortable in the role I asked of him (was a bit of an experiment). His ejection came minutes before Laforest Jr. was to come on for him.

Italy next week, so if you are playing against an N-teamer on Sunday, go easy on him. :)

The results are official - I will be serving a second term as NT manager.

Don't think you will notice much different. I do plan to use younger line-ups in friendlies (for a number of reasons).

As for our group, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand and Greece (obviously) elected new coaches. Should be interesting.

Thanks again for your support. Feel free to share your ideas with my anytime, and rest assured any short comings (hoping there are none) during the upcoming season will not be caused by lack of effort.

Congrats make us proud!!!

You have two water boys.

But the USA has a water boy scout, SLUsaints.

MUAHAHA.

Got to give the guys on the bench something to do besides sudokus. :)

Congrats on your new NT coach. With a stronger tactician at the helm, the US team could make some nice progress.

Arranged friendlies:

Week 4 (8_26) - Belgium (U21)
Week 8 (9_23) - Portugal
Week 15 (11_11) - Hungary

Leaves week 12 still open.

Can you get Croatia? They are very good and I would love to see them against.

I'll see what I can do. :) They may have already made arrangements for that date.

I went through all the bot teams in III looking for something that might be worth saving.

This is the best I found. Pretty ragged crew. I won't be saving any of them unless someone has a particular interest or insight.

A reminder also to let me know if one of your series-mates goes bot and has NT potential on his or her roster.

Jordie Al-Sulaiman 2492282
Ahmed Boileau 2492288
Curt Nasser 2492293
Ali McMillan 2784484
Alexei Orr 2784473
Chuck Stevenson 1846753
Scott Leduc 145175
Pedro Bergues 1997796
Ian Kunakorn 815239

I went through all the bot teams in III looking for something that might be worth saving.

This is the best I found. Pretty ragged crew. I won't be saving any of them unless someone has a particular interest or insight.

A reminder also to let me know if one of your series-mates goes bot and has NT potential on his or her roster.

Jordie Al-Sulaiman 2492282
Ahmed Boileau 2492288
Curt Nasser 2492293
Ali McMillan 2784484
Alexei Orr 2784473
Chuck Stevenson 1846753
Scott Leduc 145175
Pedro Bergues 1997796
Ian Kunakorn 815239

Stevenson looks like he has some potential, and if released I'd consider picking up Bergues.

If any striker trainers are needing a Canadian trainee, Roland Nugent 1315689 is currently listed. On the NT depth chart, he's around 3-4 for U21. Somewhere around 9th overall.

If any of the younger players you listed Seca have any defensive potential the hares would be happy to train them up....

These are the friendly matches for the rest of the season, assuming the "gentlemen" agreements hold. :)

Week 4 (8_26) - Belgium (U21)
Week 8 (9_23) - Portugal
Week 12 (10_21) - Sweden (sorry slavko74)
Week 15 (11_11) - Hungary

Another craptacular form update today. Moreau ticked up, but the majority of those struggling moved down.

Had one injury on Sunday - Villaneuva. Was unlikely he would play this week, but would be really nice to have him for the U21 friendly vs. Belgium.

If any striker trainers are needing a Canadian trainee, Roland Nugent 1315689 is currently listed. On the NT depth chart, he's around 3-4 for U21. Somewhere around 9th overall.

Saw him too late :( I'll be training technique for a while.