FC Edmonton’s Jonke to return from suspension after RailHawks’ rematch 19 Jul 2011 The North American Soccer League announced Tuesday that FC Edmonton defender John Jonke’s suspension will end after Saturday’s match in Carolina against the RailHawks.
Family matters force Tsiskaridze to leave the Impact fold 19 Jul 2011 The Montreal Impact has lost defender Zurab Tsiskaridze. The team announced Tuesday that the Georgian-born, naturalized American has gone back to the United States to deal with family matters. Judging by the language in the release, it’s safe to assume that Tsiskaridze won’t be back.
Toure injury scare the talking point of Whitecaps-MCFC match 19 Jul 2011 Sometimes, you just have to wonder if artificial surface is preferable to temporary grass fields. Manchester City beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 Monday night in their Herbalife World Football Challenge friendly at Empire Field. But the talk of the match won’t be the audacious strike from Shaun Wright-Phillips that gave Man City the win. It won’t be on an impressive …
CBC’s broadcast of WWC final nets more than a million viewers 19 Jul 2011 The overnight ratings showed an average audience of 1.051 million. But, the match reached the 1.77 million viewer mark as Homare Sawa, the player of the tournament, redirected a corner kick to tie the game 2-2 and the Americans went on to shank penalty after penalty.
After perfect regular season, Ottawa Fury readies for championship run 19 Jul 2011 To say that the Ottawa Fury are the favourites to take the W-League Central Conference championship this weekend would actually be a bit of an understatement. The Fury is coming off a perfect 12-0-0 season as the club hosts the Toronto Lady Lynx, the No. 4 seed in the conference, on Saturday. On Sunday, the winner faces the victor of the other semifinal between Laval and Quebec City.