If you haven't already done so, check out these player interviews from Red Nation:
www.rednationonline.caThere is also some good coverage and interviews from training on the CSA youtube channel:
www.youtube.comI've scanned the gambling lines for this match, and let's just say that the bookies will be very generous to you if you pick Canada and get it right:
oot-football.blogspot.comThe usual suspects have posted, or will soon be posting, live streaming options for the game: www.atdhe.net, www.rojadirecta.com, www.myp2p.eu
Call for predictions: What are yours? I've got 4-1 Argentina.
Just put 10 EUR down on Argentina to win (www.bwin.com). All I win with that bet is 1.60. In other words, the Argies are heavy favourites.
#canmnt - Canada v Argentina broadcast today on Rogers Sportsnet - 90 minutes until kickoff.
Not a lot of media coverage (Canadian media, that is) in the lead up to this one, but this Canadian Press preview is a good start:
www.theglobeandmail.comMantracker makes for a good viewing in anticipation of a friendly between an overmatched Canada and a heavyweight opponent.
Viewer/reader comments are, of course, welcome. Essential even.
The CSA match tracker (PDF) should have the lineups shortly. But surely they'll be tweeted first:
www.canadasoccer.comIf Spanish is your bag, I imagine this tracker will also be kept up-to-date:
www.afa.org.ar#canmnt - starting XI - Onstad, Stalteri, Hainault, Hastings, Klukowski, Ledgerwood, Imhof, Johnson, De Rosario, Friend, Simpson
The CSA tweet below suggests a 4-5-1 with Friend at the top. Richard Hastings at CB against Lio Messi is a bit scary.
#canmnt - hashtags - #Onstad #Stalteri #Hainault #Klukowski #Ledgerwood #Imhof #willjohnson #dwaynederosario #friend #simpson
#canmnt - Canada and Argentina lineups can be found at
catonadasoccer.comThat leaves a bench of: Adam Straith, Jaime Peters, Simeon Jackson, Stephen Ademolu, Pedro Pacheco, and keepers Haidar Al-Shaibani and Josh Wagenaar.
#canmnt - Late change to Argentina roster - Lionel Messi will not start, but will sit on the bench. Javier Pastore will take his place
No Messi? Interesting, but this hardly changes Canada's destiny in this match.
Argentina lineup: Romero; Gutierrez, Burdisso, Atomanedi, Heinze; Mascherano, Maxi Rodriguez, di Maria; Pastore, Tevez, Higuain.
Watching a bit of ENG-MEX while I wait for kickoff. 0-0 at 15 minutes.
Make that 1-0 England, Ledley King heads home after Crouch nodded down a corner.
By the by, the CSA is listing Simpson, De Ro and Friend all as forwards, but I doubt that is the shape the team will keep on the pitch.
Sportsnet goes live. Game time.
If I set the over under on first Argie goal at 15 minutes, do you take the under?
Hey sportsnet: The late 90s called, they want their graphics department and studio back.
Meanwhile in ENG-MEX, Salcido hits the post. I have to admit, Mexico is the only CONCACAF side I can bear to cheer for at the World Cup. It's not right, but it's how I feel.
Kickoff is being delayed for confetti clearing.
Pat Onstad surpasses Craig Forrest's caps record for keepers.
Romero, Argentina's keeper, is the starter for the team I follow in the Netherlands, AZ. Good shot stopper, but prone to the occasional mental gaffe.
And we're off!
#canmnt - Kickoff on Rogers Sportsnet - Canada v Argentina men's soccer
66,000 in attendance.
G-Dob said Hastings would be starting at left back with Kluka in the middle, but clearly the opposite is true.
Corner to Argentina.
Tevez remains almost prehistorically ugly.
Somewhere between Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal.
Corner to Canada now. Will Johnson to take it.
Canada not looking hopeless, which is more than some would have expected.
Brave challenge by Onstad. Pretty spry for 42-years old.
Dangerous cross by Tevez but Stalteri heads clear.
Canada gets a shot that was deflected and easily covered. Simpson, I think it was.
Stalteri picks up his first foul of the match, clipping Heinze's foot. Surely it won't be his last.
Onstad saves on a header from a free kick.
The Canadian bench certainly looks a lot looser than the Argie one.