Women’s soccer goes from high point to low: WPS suspends operations 30 Jan 2012And, no doubt, the suspension of WPS will have a massive impact on our Canadian women’s team as it prepares foe the London Olympics. Instead of being solely focused on improving the national side ahead of the Games, key players like Christine Sinclair, Candace Chapman, Lauren Sesselmann and Kelly Parker will have other pressing concerns — finding work.
Herdman says tactics, management to blame for U.S. rout of Canadian women’s team 30 Jan 2012“We’ve got to look at ourselves first — the management team,” said Canadian coach John Herdman. “What we could have done better — whether it was the selections, the order of the substitutions — some of the tactics where we could have played things quicker or made a bigger impact with certain things. But I can’t fault the players’ effort.”
Why is CSA sitting on announcement of men’s Olympic roster? 30 Jan 2012The Canadian Soccer Association is still basking in the glow of a successful women’s CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. But, at the same time, the CSA has made an absolute hash of the announcement of the men’s Olympic roster.
Another Chilean heads to Canada: Aceval inks with TFC 30 Jan 2012On a day that former Chilean U-20 product and Colo-Colo prospect Yashir Pinto is expected to arrive on the FC Edmonton scene, Toronto FC announced the signing of veteran fullback Miguel Aceval.
Canadians McNamara, Northey excel at USL Combine 30 Jan 2012University of Saskatchewan midfielder Josh Northey and Oakland University defender (and Toronto Lynx alumnus) Julian Konner McNamara reportedly made the strongest showings of the 12 Canadians who participated in the combine.
