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friendlies against Bulgaria and Moldova in Austria are a continuation of the
coachs plan to bring young players into the Canadian team fold, theyre also very
much about winning. "We need to win because it is very important for us to
improve our psychology and mentality," Floro said Thursday from Laa an der
Thaya, Austria, where the team has been based. "For us, they are two games that
are very important." Canada — 110th in the FIFA rankings — faces No. 73 Bulgaria
on Friday in Ritzing then meets 99th-ranked Moldova in Mauer on Tuesday. The
Canadians went a woeful 0-13 last year, and scored just one goal — by Marcus
Haber — in a 2-1 loss to Japan. Their last victory came in October 2012, a 3-0
win in World Cup qualifying against a Cuban side that dressed just 11 players
(several Cubans left the team before the game kicked off in Toronto). "Were
longing for a win," Atiba Hutchinson said. "Its been a while so I think were
motivated enough to get that. We just have to go out and work as we always do
and hopefully well be a bit more fortunate with getting that result, but well
have that working spirit." Floro summoned a mix of veterans such as Hutchinson
and Julian de Guzman and promising young players including Caleb Clarke, Samuel
Piette, Daniel Stanese and Cyle Larin for these friendlies. Eight of the
Canadians have yet to make their national senior debut, as Floro focuses on
developing younger players one year out from the next CONCACAF Gold Cup and the
resumption of World Cup qualifying. "The objective is the same for every camp:
to prepare players on our system of play because we need to improve our level in
attack and defence. At the same time, we want to take the young players because
the experienced players are good at teaching them how to work as an individual
and in a collective," Floro said. "For the young players, this is a very good
experience because our experienced players are very good people and they are
always focused on teaching the young players how to do things in a good way."
Floro is counting on players such as the 31-year-old Hutchinson, who plays
professionally in Turkey, to help bring the younger ones along. "Were developing
well and mixing some younger players is going to help us," Hutchinson said. "Its
going to take some time to jell a little bit more but I think were trying to go
in the right direction." On a team that sorely needs goal scoring, eyes will be
on the six-foot-two Larin in these two friendlies. The 19-year-old from
Brampton, Ont., earned conference rookie of the years honours after scoring a
team-high 14 goals for the University of Connecticut. "We brought Larin into the
Florida camp (in January) because we had a very good reference and we want to
test him because hes a striker and we need a lot of players in this position,"
Floro said. "In that camp, we realized he is a young player but with good
experience playing as a striker. He has a good desire to learn a lot about that
and for us he is a good player for the present and the future." Canadas roster
is comprised mostly of European-based players. Among the other veterans on the
squad are Andre Hainault, David Edgar, Tosaint Ricketts and Simeon Jackson.
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medal favourite Sara Takanashi of Japan. Iraschko-Stolz relegated Takanashi, who
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CLARA, Calif. - San Francisco 49ers running back Marcus Lattimore is weighing
his football future less than a week after returning to the practice field
following a two-year struggle with a devastating knee injury from college.Coach
Jim Harbaugh said Monday that Lattimore is going to talk to his family and the
team should know more in the coming days.Hes weighing his options, well have an
announcement about that, Harbaugh said.Lattimore, San Franciscos 2013
fourth-round draft pick, practiced last Wednesday and Thursday but not Friday.
He was eligible to return after Week 6.He spent his rookie season last year on
injured reserve after tearing major ligaments in both knees during college at
South Carolina. The serious knee injuries derailed his 2011 and 12 seasons
before the Niners took a chance on him in the draft anyway. He underwent surgery
for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in 2011.The 23-year-old
Lattimore wasnt around for Sundays 13-10 loss to St. Louis. Last week, he
expressed how thankful he was to finally get on the field, calling it a big
moment, while adding, its a blessing, thats what it is.Lattimores agent, Michael
Perrett, posted on Twitter on Monday that no decision has been made on
@MarcusLattimores future. Messages left for Perrett and Lattimore werent
immediately returned.Lattimore hurt his right knee just before halftime of a
38-35 win by South Carolina against Tennessee in 2012, the second straight
season his year was ended by a serious knee injury. Tennessee players came out
as a group while Lattimore was being carted off that afternoon to wish him well
and show support.Harbaugh declined Monday to share anything from his discussions
with Lattimore or say how difficult it would be to see Lattimores career end
after such a rigorous commitment to his rehab.Last Wednesday started the teams
21-day window to determine whether to activate him to the 53-man roster or place
him on season-ending injured reserve.In interesting timing, San Francisco
announced it had re-signed running back Kendall Hunter to a one-year contract
extension through the 2015 season. He iss out for the season after tearing his
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times and fumbled at the goal line with 2 seconds remaining while trying to
score the go-ahead touchdown.Harbaughs play-calling came into question, while
running back Frank Gore defended offensive co-ordinator Greg Roman. Harbaugh
reiterated Monday his faith in Roman.Were not going to be concerned what other
people think or point out, Harbaugh said. What were going to do, were going to
take action to improve and get on to the next ballgame. ... Were going to
address the areas we need improvement and attack it.He declined to point out
certain players struggles, preferring to meet with his entire team Tuesday to
discuss what went wrong and how to move forward.While Kaepernick was working
with a new centre, rookie Marcus Martin making his NFL debut, Harbaugh said the
two didnt have issues with their timing on snaps during practice last week.For
the most part it was good, he said. As you watch the tape you see where we all
have fingerprints on this.And he had already watched the film a few times as of
lunchtime Monday.San Francisco (4-4) knows it has work to do to make another
post-season run. The Niners have reached three straight NFC championship games,
but find themselves in third place in the tough NFC West — with two games
against Seattle and one with first-place Arizona still remaining.There are two
tough road trips the next two weeks, beginning at New Orleans this Sunday then a
trip to New York.The ship didnt sink, were still in it, tight end Vernon Davis
said.Notes: Harbaugh said LB Dan Skuta (ankle) and WR Brandon Lloyd (hamstring)
were being examined further. ... Of Tramaine Brock, who missed Sundays game with
turf toe after playing against the Broncos on Oct. 19, Harbaugh would only say,
well continue to assess that.___AP Sports Writer Pete Iacobelli in Columbia,
South Carolina, contributed to this report.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org
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