Navia named NASL Player of the Month 3 May 2012 Navia, who has played throughout the Americas, including a stint with Chilean second-division side Nublense (where he teamed with FC Edmonton striker Yashir Pinto), scored five times in three starts and a sub appearance for the Atlanta Silverbacks.
Blame FCE’s losses, not City of Edmonton, for poor attendance at Commonwealth Stadium 3 May 2012 The number was painful to read, painful to report. In a concrete monolith of a stadium that’s built to seat more than 60,000, just 2,777 people came to see FC Edmonton play the Vancouver Whitecaps in their first leg of the Amway Canadian Championship semifinal.
Good news on a bad night for FCE supporters: Pinto’s U.S. paperwork clears 3 May 2012 During the halftime show of the TEAM 1260 broadcast of the ACC match, FC Edmonton spokesman Andreas Morse confirmed that Chilean striker Yashir Pinto is cleared to cross the American border to play football.
FCE learns some tough lessons from the Whitecaps 3 May 2012 “When you see the game, you see the difference in the way we play,” said FCE coach Harry Sinkgraven after the match. “They are more mature, you can see that. In battles, they are stronger. We lost too many individual battles.”
TFC gets stalemate at Olympic Stadium 3 May 2012 Playing to a draw is usually the best a road team can hope for. Toronto FC came out of the first leg of its Amway Canadian Championship encounter with the Montreal Impact having achieved its objective, playing to a scoreless tie and setting the stage for next Wednesday’s second game.
Clarke the author of five goals as Canada routs Panama 3 May 2012 Summer Clarke played just 50 minutes, and it was enough time for her to score three times and set up two more.