After the inter-squad game between the US and Canada, we asked a couple of the players for some comments on the game.

Travis Murao (2.0) - "We played semi-awesome!"

Coach Benoit Labrecque - "The players were a bit sleepy for this morning's game. It's an early morning and such, but it goes both ways, and the US players had the same situation."

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The next game will feature all the American Deuces... Kirkland, Cohn, Springer, Groulx, McBride, and Gloor starting in various rotations for the US, against a starting Canadian line of Lavoie, Chan, Crone, & Funk.

Profiles of many of the American players can be found on this page of the USQRA web site.

And game 8 is now ON...

Marco - Kirkland, Cohn, Groulx and Springer

Marco - Lavoie with an early turnover, 10 seconds no dribble...

Marco - Lavoie with the pass to Chan in traffic, lucky for Canada as Cohn is called for an over and back penalty...

Marco - Lavoie with the goal... 2-2

Marco - US now with the jump...

Marco - Funk on the spin...

Marco - Young Crone amongst the big boys...

Marco - Funk taking a big hit from Kirkland but maintains his pick...

Marco - Funk might be in need of a new axle...

Marco - Lavoie scores, to take it to 4-4

Marco - Cohn goes coast to coast...

Marco - While Kirkland makes a spin...

Marco - Canada on the sub

Marco - Running 3.0 Chan, 2.0 Luangkhamdeng, 1.5 Simard, and 1.5 Crone

Marco - 5-5

Marco - Springer on the goal

Marco - US contact before the whistle

Marco - Groulx on Crone

Marco - Canada with crisp passing and a goal

Marco - Simard calls for inbound...

Marco - Crone on the contact before the whistle... on Will Groulx of the US

Marco - Canada with some good passing to break the press

Marco - Canada with some good passing to break the press, now making the score 9-8 for the US

Marco - Whitey is on the bench with me, and would like to say that the Deuces looked really good in the last game, as there were a lot of positives going on while they were on the court.... good switching on D.

Whitey - "Whitehead choked in the 3rd"

Marco - Turnover for Canada...

Marco - Ian off a trap trying to reach Say, over his head...

Marco - 24.3 seconds left...

Marco - 10 secs...

Marco - Groulx for the goal with 4.5 seconds left on the clock

Marco - "No comment" from Willsie ;)

Marco - Luangkhamdeng with the jump... Canada ball!

Marco - Lavoie running with Luangkhamdeng, JJ Kim and Bacon

Marco - vs Cohen, McBride, Gloor, and Springer

Marco - Lavoie with the goal

Marco - 11-9 US

Marco - 11-10

Marco - John 'Joey' Kim with the goal...

Marco - Seth McBride countering for the Americans with the goal...

[Editor Don] - Keep hitting F5 to refresh your screen for the latest news, as I am updating the site periodically in batches from Marco, who is reporting to me over MSN Messenger...

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Marco - JJK with the goal

Marco - 3.0 Lavoie, 3.0 Chan, 1.5 Schmütz and 0.5 Funk on the court now for Canada

Marco - Cohn with the goal for Team USA

Marco - 4:46 left in the 2nd quarter

Marco - Erika Schmütz on the in-bound...

Marco - Lavoie goes coast to coast, weaving through the traffic...

Marco - Schmütz with the goal

Marco - Kearley counters with a goal for the States

Marco - Good pressure from Canada... Lavoie with the goal!

Marco - 3:10 left...

Marco - Chan with the goal off the Lavoie feed

Marco - USA now running with Cohn, Groulx, McBride and Kearley

Marco - Time out for Canada as Lavoie was on 1 wheel... crashing to the floor...

Marco - 2:16 left, with my laptop battery almost dead...

Marco - Say LKD with the goal!

Marco - Canada now running 3.0 Chan, 2.0 LKD, 1.5 Crone, and 1.5 Simard

Marco - Groulx hits the floor off of a Chan spin...

Marco - Team Canada's assistant coach Adam Frost is filming this game...

Marco - 1:15 left in the quarter, with the US up by a score of 19-18...

Marco - Time out USA their 1st...

Marco - They have 3 left, while we have 1...

Marco - 1:04 left...

Marco - US now running 2.0 Bryan Kirkland instead of Steve Kearley

Marco - 30 secs left...

Marco - 20...

Marco - 2.8 left, and a US goal...

Marco - We're at half-time now, with the US leading by a score of 20-18.

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Marco - Start of the 2nd half...

Marco - Canada rolling with 3.0 Cloutier, 3.0 Lavoie, 1.5 Simard, and 0.5 Funk

Marco - US starts with 2.0 Springer, 2.0 Kirkland, 2.0 Groulx, and 2.0 Andy Cohn

Marco - 23-20 US

Marco - Fabien Lavoie replies with a goal for Canada...

Marco - McBride for Groulx on the sub

Marco - 5:37 left in the 3rd...

Marco - Lavoie sealing Cohen so Simard can score untouched...

Marco - Both teams are going goal for goal...

Marco - Canada on the sub...

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Editor Don - Good to hear from Brian McDonald of the Ottawa Stingers... we hope to have more thoughts to follow from others...

Marco - Lavoie with the goal...

Marco - Canada now out there with Chan, LKD, Schmutz and Crone...

Marco - Contact US, their 1st of the second half...

Marco - LKD hard pass in the front court to Crone, who can't quite reach it...

Marco - US turns it back over, and Luangkhamdeng (LKD is so much faster...) calls for a time out...

Marco - Chan cut in front of the pass and picked it off...

Marco - Canada called for 15 seconds...

Marco - US scores...

Marco - 27-24 US

Marco - McBride calls a time out for the US...

Marco - Good defense...

Marco - as McBride was turned and had no options...

Marco - Three minutes left...

Marco - LKD can't handle soft pass... turnover!

Marco - Canada subs...

Marco - US has 2 time outs left, Canada has none...

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Marco - Team Canada rolling with Lavoie, Chan, Simard, and Funk

Marco - US calls another time out...

Marco - [By the way, I changed batteries, so my computer should be fine now for quite a long time.]

Marco - 1 minute left now in the 3rd quarter...

Marco - 30 seconds...

Marco - Steve Kearley can't control the pass at the goal line...

Marco - No goal... the score ends 28-26 after the 3rd Quarter.

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Marco - The US starts the final quarter with a quartet of deuces: Springer, Kirkland, Cohen and Gloor

Marco - Spinger trapped and he's forced to call time out...

Marco - Canada rollin' with 3.0 Lavoie, 2.0 LKD, 2.0 JJK and 1.0 Bacon...

Marco - Fabien Lavoie showing lots of resolve and scores...

Marco - Team USA's Bryan Kirkland responds with the goal...

Marco - Lavoies scores again... with 6:50 on the clock...

Marco - Bacon turns the ball over at goal line off of Kirkland pressure...

Marco - 31-28 US

Marco - 2.0 Will Groulx now in for the US, replacing 2.0 Sam Gloor

EditorDon - I won't be putting up those "update breaks" any more... I'll just update more frequently, so press F5 to refresh your screen every now and again...
Marco - The US goes back to the key "BLUE, BLUE, BLUE" is their call to go back in the key...

Marco - Canada with the turnover

Marco -Kirkland called for the reach...

Marco - LKD working hard under pressure...

Marco - LKD with the goal!

Marco - Kirkland busts out of the penalty box trap...

Marco - and the US scores!

Marco - ... and they go back to the key...

Marco - Cohn out of bounds off of pressure from Crone...

Marco - LKD to Crone on the in-bound...

Marco - under 5 minutes left... LKD with the goal.

Marco - Kirkland going for the quick in-bound...

Marco - Good defense forcing short pass to Groulx who fumbles the ball at goal line for a turnover...

Marco - Canada turns the ball over...

Marco - Simard tried to pick up a pass meant for LKD but couldn't reach it...

Marco - 34-32 CAN after Crone scores...

Marco - McBride, who comes from Alaska, goes coast to coast...

Marco - LKD to Chan on the in-bound...

Marco - Chan across half and scores off a Crone pick...

Marco - under 3 minutes left...

Marco - Andy Cohn scores...

Marco - LKD gets the give and go to Chan as they cross half...

Marco - US trying to set up in the key...

Marco - Canada scores!

Marco - 2:08 left in the game...

Marco - US with no more time outs...

Marco - Groulx scores!

Marco - US trying to set up in the key...

Marco - They go on the press and Groulx is trapped low...

Marco - Canada scores!

Marco - US called for 15 sec violation turnover US with 1:17 left...

Marco - Canada down by 2 with the ball and the jump...

Marco - Canada rolling with Lavoie, Chan, Simard and Funk...

Marco - Canada turns the ball over at half court...

Marco - Simard couldn't retrieve the ball... 48 seconds left...

Marco - US on the inbound

Marco - Springer scores!

Marco - 30 seconds left...

Marco - Chan scores to make it 38-36 for Canada

Marco - Simard down... lifted up by CAN staffers Ryan Doyle and Bob Hirschfield

Marco - US turns the ball over

Marco - 10 second to inbound

Marco - 6 secs left...

Marco - Too little too late...

Marco - Canada turns ball back over trying to set up quick inbound and goal

Marco - US setting up...

Marco - US turnover at goal line...

Marco - Last second follies continue...

Marco - Canada turns the ball back over...

Marco - although it was clear it went off the Americans...

Marco - Game over.

Marco - A case of turning the ball over too many times after creating a turnover...

Marco - You must seize the opportunity and we didn't...

Marco - 38-36 final score in Game # 8

Marco - The Game 7 score was 35-30 US

Marco - Later everyone. Peace out!
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