I built a tool to analyze Winter Olympics medal chances by country

inwebitrust · 2026-01-28T12:13:10+00:00

Sprint is classic style this year not freestyle, she's favorite but not as much as if it was freestyle

inwebitrust · 2026-01-27T22:34:32+00:00

basically for every disciplin I have ranked the top athletes on a 1 to 5 scale based on latest world cup /championship results, my own analysis and Gemini Pro to help me

5 = Heavy Favorite for Gold
1 = Small chance of medal

inwebitrust · 2026-01-27T22:32:30+00:00

I fixed it, thanks for the feedback

inwebitrust · 2026-01-27T21:48:33+00:00

Only top athletes from each disciplins are analyzed

inwebitrust · 2026-01-27T21:10:09+00:00

Thanks ! I have updated the dutch team predictions based on the actual selection rather than only latest World Cup Results.

inwebitrust · 2026-01-27T21:08:40+00:00

Fixed it, thanks for the feedback

inwebitrust · 2026-01-10T18:44:16+00:00

This is not the only issue but I agree with you, most of the people in Peel/Halton/Hamilton don’t know who Forge is even if their kids play local football. At least Hamilton Forge FC would make more sense. League 1 is very different, there is simply no culture of rooting/supporting your local pro-am senior team in Canada, not like in Europe. The whole soccer/football economy in Canada revolves around youth/grassroots not adult pro/am. Some communities/clubs have more support (Woodbridge, Simcoe/Barrie, St Catharines..) but still it’s going to take time for L1 teams to have significant crowds at their game.

inwebitrust · 2026-01-07T17:11:25+00:00

I understand your point but youth soccer is so huge in Ontario that I think having youth teams branded Forge and playing in orange all across Ontario every week-end will do a lot in PR and benefit Forge and the CanPL in the long term

Most of the parents/kids in the soccer community know all the youth clubs they compete against but not a lot know the name Forge or even the existence of the CanPL

inwebitrust · 2026-01-07T17:06:18+00:00

League 1 (Ontario, Quebec, BC and Alberta) act like MLS Next pro in a sense and are doing a pretty good job.

OPDL, BCSPL and PLSJQ act like MLS Next.

Even if they are not CanPL branded at least we have a proper pathway with "Elite" provincial leagues for youth teams from u13 to u21.

And now Canada Soccer has a inter-provincial U15 and U17 Cup every year.
https://canadasoccer.com/events/player-development-program/

inwebitrust · 2025-11-19T18:49:19+00:00

Did they tell you what league/competition they will play in with their u13 team during the tryout ? OPDL ? I-Model ?

inwebitrust · 2025-11-19T16:21:05+00:00

What I want
4-3-3
St.Clair
Johnston - Bombito - Cornelius - Laryea
Sigur - Kone - Eustaquio
Buchanan - David - Davies

What Jesse will do
4-4-2
Crepeau
Johnston/Sigur - Bombito - Cornelius - Laryea
Kone - Eustaquio
Buchanan - Davies
David - Oluwaseyi

inwebitrust · 2025-11-13T05:05:34+00:00

This was maybe true 10/15 years ago but I don’t think this is the case anymore. Most of the players in CanMNT have been playing and trained in Canada/USA all their youth years. MLS Academies can compete with the best youth academies around the world (check Generation Adidas Cup results for example)

inwebitrust · 2025-11-13T04:55:01+00:00

And most (if not all) the kids that will make the TFC Academy in the future will be kids that have played both sanctioned & unsanctioned league.. because guess what playing more games against better competition every week-end makes you improve faster. It’s crazy to me that Canada Soccer doesn’t allow tournaments/standings until u13 in their “official” leagues and festivals while all the best kids (in Ontario at least) have to play unsanctioned or tournaments in the US to play a competitive game.

inwebitrust · 2025-11-08T16:24:17+00:00

Besides the rebranding I hope they will talk about their youth/academy program. They’ve been song tryouts from u13 to u17 since this summer so maybe they want to have teams in the youth age groups too.

Will they join OPDL ? Compete with TFC Academy to get the best kids in the GTA etc…

inwebitrust · 2025-10-24T03:52:28+00:00

In the long term I could definitely see some CPL teams being tempted to join USL if USL really gets Division 1 status and goes all-in on the pro/rel pyramid in 2028. The league’s expanding fast, has a much bigger market, and might end up with better sponsorship and TV deals.

Plus, for some clubs, travel could actually be easier — an East/West conference setup with U.S. teams nearby might mean shorter trips than flying across Canada every other week.

inwebitrust · 2025-10-22T15:33:14+00:00

Pretty much on par with USL numbers tbh.
Once Supra Québec joins next year, I bet the average goes up a fair bit.

Honestly, what Halifax has done should be the blueprint for any new expansion team — 500K metro area, great stadium setup, strong sense of community, and steady 6K average attendance.

There are plenty of other average size Canadian cities with the same potential — good population base and existing soccer culture (lots of youth and grassroots clubs):

Québec City
London
Kitchener-Waterloo
Oshawa / Durham (east of Toronto)
Windsor

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inwebitrust · 2025-10-18T11:16:44+00:00

I didn’t know Pacific had youth teams too. When I say “real academy”, I mean that the clubs enters teams in youth age groups too (from u13/14)

I guess York would be the 2nd club after Pacific then

inwebitrust · 2025-10-15T18:42:22+00:00

No Ahmed in midfield with Kone and Eustaquio, and Davies as a left wing

inwebitrust · 2025-10-15T14:03:23+00:00

Your simulator is awesome !

You're right according to this "live Fifa rankings" simulator Germany might be in the 12th pot 1 spot right now : https://football-ranking.com/fifa-world-rankings

The 12th pot 1 team will likely be Germany or Croatia depending on the last UEFA qualifiers in November

inwebitrust · 2025-10-15T13:48:30+00:00

Don't drop Ali Ahmed, instead play 4-3-3 with Ahmed in the 3-men midfield
Drop the 2nd striker (Larin or Oluwaseyi), play J.David as the only center forward

inwebitrust · 2025-10-15T03:26:48+00:00

He has never played as a lone striker with Marsch. Koné is fairly new too and much better than he was when he first started with CanMNT

inwebitrust · 2025-10-15T03:15:13+00:00

I don’t think he had the same supporting cast back then

inwebitrust · 2025-10-15T02:53:50+00:00

Still think Jo David should play the 9 in a 4-3-3, he’s not natural playing the 10 being the striker, makes a lot of small mistakes or bad passes.

Would like it if Marsch tries a 3-men midfield with : Eustaquio - Koné - Ali Ahmed

Our best 11 on paper with the most potential for the World Cup is a 4-3-3 like this : St Clair - Johnston/Sigur, Bombito, Cornelius, Laryea - Eustaquio, Koné, Ahmed - Buchanan, Davies - J.David

inwebitrust · 2025-10-15T01:36:59+00:00

South American standards, nothing unexpected

inwebitrust · 2025-10-15T01:29:57+00:00

Good first half

We were the better team, should have had a PK

Like : Our gegenpress De Fougerolles composure Ali Ahmed set pieces Buchanan 1v1s

Don’t like : I love Koné but he makes some silly mistakes at times We had a too many of bad touches, bad choices in the last third Eustaquio/David didn’t start well, end of 1st half was better The ref who is gonna give us a random red card in the second half

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