TORONTO -- The Canadian Soccer Association hopes Canadas failed campaign at the Womens World Cup will produce some positives. Willy Caballero Jersey . A post-mortem is planned this month, with an eye to making necessary changes in time for Olympic qualifying. But there is little time. The women are supposed to reconvene in September with the Olympic qualifying tournament slated for January in Vancouver. And, like the World Cup, there is no room for error. Only two teams will make it to the 2012 Games in London out of CONCACAF, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean. There were three CONCACAF representatives at the Womens World Cup, with Mexico and the U.S. joining Canada. Peter Montopoli, general secretary of the Canadian Soccer Association, says Canadas disappointing early World Cup exit is not a body blow to the sport. "No, I dont think its going to hurt the sport. What I do believe (is) its a tremendously missed opportunity," he told The Canadian Press. "Because I think everything was set and all the stars were aligned, probably like never before . . . And because of that maybe there was extensive and high expectations. "If they were delivered, I think everybody, the sport in general, would really have reaped all the benefits." Anne Merklinger, director of summer sports for Own The Podium, says the World Cup showing will not affect its share of funding for the womens program. The womens team has been identified by OTP as one of two Canadian squads with medal potential for London -- womens water polo is the other. But even if the soccer team doesnt qualify for 2012, it doesnt mean the funding will dry up. OTP also has a longer-term plan for summer team sports. "Theres no guarantee that they would be included in that mix of sports," said Merklinger, "but given the improved performance over the last couple of years -- it would all be dependent on the plan that they presented for 2016 and beyond. "But yes, the (Olympic) qualifier is a critical piece." Since the Canadians World Cup exit, the issue of how effective their pre-tournament residency camp in Italy has been raised. Merklinger notes that if the Canadians had made it to the second round, "no one would have questioned that." Montopoli, for his part, said the team got what it asked for. "There was a plan submitted by the staff in November of 2010 to the CSA and OTP which was approved," he said. "Thats really what were still going with. The plan built in the residency program and it was approved by both sides. "We all believed it was in the best interests of the program to move forward in that direction -- and thought we gave our players and coaches the best chance to be successful as to what they said was important for them in order to prepare. . . . I think we all felt comfortable in terms of what was provided." That blueprint included the World Cup and the Olympics. Merklinger says the plan, however, did not fire on all cylinders until this spring. Thats when there was full approval for all the plans financial resources. "The team I think was comfortable in moving forward and implementing the plan but there was some friction and struggles that needed to be worked through," she said. The struggles involved the teams battle for a compensation package and Moraces ongoing dispute with the CSA over program strategy. But Merklinger suggested little good would come of premature speculation over what went wrong. "The important piece is we take a step back and we analyse fully and evaluate fully everything that was involved leading up to the World Cup." Montopoli said whatever the debrief produces, Morace -- whose contract runs through the 2012 Games -- remains at the helm. "She is the coach," he said. "We believe in the program itself, with Carolina as the head coach," he said. "Were moving forward so we can learn what we need to learn out of that whole process of leading up to the World Cup so we dont repeat it again." Montopoli said, historically, the CSA has taken its lumps over preparing teams. This time it is not justified. "I think we would say in this case there was certainly adequate preparation. And certainly the coaching staff had full opportunity to prepare that program to the best of their abilities." Montopoli also pointed to the number of internationals played in the leadup to the World Cup. After Morace was hired in early 2009, the Canadian women played 42 matches before the 2011 World Cup. The American women played 37 games over the same time period. Montopoli also noted that Canada had qualified teams for three of six FIFA World Cups in 2010 and 2011 (the womens World Cup and U-17 World Cup and the mens U17 World Cup). That ties for 13th among the 208 FIFA members, he added. Argentina, Spain, Ghana and Uruguay also sent teams to three of the six -- the only countries to qualify for all six were Brazil, North Korea and Mexico. "I guess Im not saying that everythings wonderful . . . But I guess what were saying is our emphasis has been on qualification and now we have to move not only from qualification to moving out of the group stage and being competitive, so its part of the stepping stone." Montopoli appears to be working hard not to point fingers, saying there is disappointment all round in Canadas 0-3 showing in Germany, especially considering the work put in by players and coaches in reaching a career-high world ranking of sixth going into the tournament. "I feel terrible for them but we have to move out of this, we do have to move forward," he said. The "debrief period" will include coaches, players and representatives of Own The Podium. Canada, the reigning CONCACAF womens champion, will be joined at the Olympic qualifying tournament by the U.S., Mexico, Haiti and two other teams from the Caribbean and two from Central America in the Jan. 19-29 qualifying event. Montopoli, president Dominique Maestracci and several other association officials, meanwhile, are headed to Germany for some reconnaissance work for Canada as 2015 World Cup tournament host. Mike Neal Jersey . It marks the final selection of the 2011-12 season and there was no womens sports in competition. Verreault-Paul, a fourth-year psychology student from Mashteuiatsh, Que. James Milner Manchester City Jersey . And keeping up the polls distinctly German flavour over the past month, Miroslav Klose -- Germanys second-highest scorer -- is the player of the week after grabbing five goals in just 40 minutes for Lazio in its 6-0 thrashing of Bologna in Serie A. http://www.cheapjerseysfromchinashop.us.com/Mlb-jerseys_Arizona-diamondbacks-jersey/ . 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Bryant broke his left index finger in Sundays 20-19 win at Cincinnati, though he returned to the game after the injury and caught a touchdown pass.The Vancouver Canucks were swept from the first round, their second straight first-round exit, and enter the summer with significant changes coming. Off-Season Game Plan looks at the job facing GM Mike Gillis, as he tries to extend the Canucks window as contenders. Gillis already promised roster changes in his season-ending press conference: "Clearly the landscape has changed and we need to address those changes going forward. We dont have a choice. We need to get younger." How much younger will the Canucks get? Sure, getting rid of 34-year-old Roberto Luongo -- somehow, some way -- will make the team younger, but thats already assumed as a priority for this offseason. They have a core of players -- Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Alex Burrows, Chris Higgins, Kevin Bieksa and Dan Hamhuis -- that are on the north side of 30 (with Ryan Kesler and David Booth turning 29 this year) and while they have some decent prospects, the Canucks dont have a lot of young impact players. Barring a blockbuster move featuring one of their core players, then, it would mean more tinkering around the edges. Give a couple prospects a chance, find some reasonably-price free agents and push forward with the core of a team that has made the playoffs for five straight seasons. Beyond the roster, Gillis will need to come up with a new head coach after firing Alain Vigneault. There have been rumours of John Tortorella being the replacement for Vigneault, who has already taken Tortorellas old job with the New York Rangers, but no matter who it is, that coach is going to realize that this team most likely has to win in the next season or two before their window shuts. The TSN.ca Rating is an efficiency rating based on per-game statistics including goals and assists -- weighted for strength (ie. power play, even, shorthanded) -- plus-minus, hits, blocked shots, giveaways, takeaways, penalty differential and faceoffs. (Stats are listed in this format: G-A-PTS, +/-, PIM, GP). Generally, a replacement-level player is around a 60, a top six forward and top four defenceman will be 70-plus, stars will be over 80 and MVP candidates could go over 90. Sidney Crosby finished at the top of the 2013 regular season ratings with a 93.65. Salary cap information all comes from the indispensable www.capgeek.com. GM/COACH Mike Gillis/Vacant Returning Forwards Player Rating GP G A PTS +/- Cap Hit Henrik Sedin 74.63 48 11 34 45 +19 $6.1M Daniel Sedin 74.06 47 12 28 40 +12 $6.1M Alex Burrows 70.82 47 13 11 24 +15 $4.5M Ryan Kesler 70.69 17 4 9 13 -5 $5.0M Jannik Hansen 68.25 47 10 17 27 +12 $1.35M Chris Higgins 64.08 41 10 5 15 -4 $2.5M David Booth 59.09 12 1 2 3 -3 $4.25M Zack Kassian 57.81 39 7 4 11 -7 $870K Tom Sestito 53.73 30 3 0 3 -2 $750K Free Agent Forwards Player Rating GP G A PTS +/- Class 12-13 Cap Hit Derek Roy 69.05 42 7 21 28 +4 UFA $4.0M Mason Raymond 64.07 46 10 12 22 +2 UFA $2.275M Jordan Schroeder 58.70 31 3 6 9 0 RFA $1.025M Maxim Lapierre 57.34 48 4 6 10 -6 UFA $1.0M Andrew Ebbett 55.80 28 1 5 6 -1 UFA $600K Dale Weise 55.07 40 3 3 6 -7 RFA $615K Manny Malhotra 50.18 9 0 0 0 -3 UFA $2.5M Canucks Forwards Usage Chart from somekindofninja.com Over the last five seasons, Henrik Sedin has scored 414 points, second only to Alex Ovechkin in that span. 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