Whitecaps enter Nguyen sweepstakes… but what did they win? 15 Dec 2011 Or did the cards really pay off? Because, now that the Whitecaps have secured Nguyen, MLS rules state that the team can no longer participate in any weighted lotteries, unless, by some miracle, all 19 teams get players through the course of the season OR a player is made available that no one else wants.
Impact hands trials to five returning Canadians, cuts four other players 15 Dec 2011 On Thursday, the team announced that five players eligible under the Can-con rule — and who played with the team in its final NASL season — will go to camp in Guadalajara, Mexico with the club. Eddy Sebrango, Simon Gatti, Mircea Ilcu, Nevio Pizzolitto and Reda Agourram will all get the chance to make the MLS club.
Player of the Year Sinclair admits she considered taking her game to Europe 15 Dec 2011 “I’m not ready to not play professionally,” said Sinclair Thursday, as she was named Canada’s female soccer player of the year for the seventh straight year after a vote that wasn’t close. “When there were rumours that WPS might be shut down, for sure I thought about going either to Germany or to Sweden to play.”