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Paul James on Soccer Podcast Series: Episode 24
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In this episode of the Paul James on Soccer podcast, Paul pulls no punches in offering his opinions on Canada's performance against St. Lucia in their first World Cup qualifying match on the road to Brazil 2014, the encouraging home crowd at BMO Field in Toronto for the St. Lucia fixture, the challenges inherent in facing off against a side of obvious inferior quality, the enigma that is Canadian right back Jaime Peters, the hiring of John Herdman as the new Head Coach of the Canadian Women's National Team and what Herdman's hiring says about the sad state of coaching development and opportunities in the Canadian soccer industry. Paul also names his Three Stars for Canada for the St. Lucia match and provides hard hitting answers to a pair of questions submitted by podcast listeners on Canada's struggles during their last World Cup Qualifying campaign under Dale Mitchell and on what Paul would do if he was at the helm of a Toronto FC side that is all but certain to miss the MLS playoffs for the fifth straight year.
Audio Interview:
Paul James, who is a member of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame, has been involved in Canadian soccer as a player, television analyst, writer and coach. He has an MBA in Football Industries from the University of Liverpool in England and has been a featured soccer analyst for the Globe and Mail, The Score Television Network, CBC, Sportsnet and GolTV. As a player, James represented Canada 47 times at the senior level, competing in all of Canada's games at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and 1986 FIFA World Cup Finals in Mexico. He coached the Canadian U20 men's team to CONCACAF Group title win in 2001, spent six seasons as the head coach of the York University women's team and was an assistant coach for the National U20 women's team which won the 2008 CONCACAF championship.
To send your questions to Paul, send an email to pauljames@rednationonline.ca.
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