D Natural is back!

Yes I’ve been away for a while, and yes the world was briefly robbed of anglo Gulls coverage, what with Steve Beau and I both being gripped hard by the strong hands of apathy.

I was going to write up about the very well played Gulls-Raging Rhinos tilt, which saw IMFC win a very important match on the final night game of the regular season, in which Ali Gerba(Zherba) scored the fastest goal in club history, a mere 17 seconds into the game. He then potted his second later on in the game, to make his goal total over the last 2 games to a whopping 5, with two consecutive record setting games. People were certainly happy about that:

But then I was going to write about the Canada match, in which Canada won in front of a, for once, pro-Canadian crowd in Canada against their CONCACAF rivals Honduras, 2-1. The game was also characterised by the creation of an Ultras group for Canada, with the aims of fully supporting their nation in a way more familiar and comfortable to ultras all across the nation, as well as it being Paul Stalteri’s record setting game where he became Canada’s all time senior men’s cap leader:

Ultras banner, Courtesy RedNationOnline.ca

This win in Montreal broke our 427 day streak without a win. People were certainly happy about that:

http://vimeo.com/14789442

But then I was going to write about Montreal’s come from behind win over the PR Islanders, 2-1. Yet another match where Ali Gerba(Zherba) showed his brilliance when focused, with two nice goals, including a ~30 yard golazo. People were certainly happy about that:

http://www.rds.ca/zv2/?categorie=impact (click the Impact 2 Islanders 1)

But then I decided to do a small writeup about this crucial upcoming game against The Rowdies, and how a win on sunday will lock us into the playoffs, and how well that looks, considering how positive the team has been playing of late. And by team I mean Ali Gerba(Zherba), and how he’s dragging us kicking and screaming into the post season with seven goals in his last three games.

Tous au Stade!

PS: Thanks to BallonRondMTL for the Rochester video, and Zed for the Canada match.

Stop the presses!

Jack Warner to establish a means of promoting growth and progress within CONCACAF!

Though he’s only said that they’re implementing a new WC qualifying structure before 2014 for the benefit of low-and-mid level sides like Canada, with the addition of more games played, which is a step up from the possible 2 qualifying games minnows have per qualifying attempt, only time will tell how badly the North American confederation can screw up something like this.

As a, (Shh, keep it a secret) Voyageur, I have my usual sense of cautious optimism mixed with a healthy dose of pessimism at this announcement. In my head I hope this means we’ll have a healthy amount of home games, as well as games in general, to follow and support our MNT, but in my heart I’m still worried that Jack Warner twists the qualifying around to put his favourites at an advantage, shortly before sending Benito Archundia to fly to Montréal and personally kick me in the balls and defecate on my dreams once again.

I’m really hoping my head is right, because I, and many other Voyageurs can’t take anymore CONCACRAP.

Discussion of the announcement and possible qualifying group ideas are taking place on the Voyageurs’ forum