Matt Lam may be gone (for now) but he's definitely not forgotten.Lam is a member of JEF United — for this season at least — but the team that loaned him out will try to turn the Canadian midfielder’s move to Japan into a public-relations coup. FC Edmonton plans to keep its fans updated on Lam's progress in the Japanese second division.

Felix Napuri’s five-goal effort Saturday kept Calgary United’s quest to defend its Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League title alive.Arthur Paszkowski added three more goals as United went into the Edmonton South Side Soccer Centre and beat the Drillers 10-7 in a card-filled, nasty affair. Immediately after the game, league president Mel Kowalchuk went into a closed-door meeting with the match officials.

Instead of going for it, Honduras decided instead to protect its starters, and went through the motions in a 0-0 draw with the Canadians Saturday in Jamaica. Honduras made five change to its starting lineup Saturday, choosing to protect key players from card trouble and injury rather than try to win the group.