All signs point to Porter’s D.C. United gamble paying off 23 Feb 2013 Porter only played seven minutes in DCU’s final game of the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, a 2-0 win over Philadelphia. That’s a sign that he’s indeed a part of the club, as coach Ben Olsen has already made up his mind about the Mississauga native and used the game as a chance to see other prospects.
Labbe, Julien back in Canadian national-team fold ahead of Cyprus Cup 22 Feb 2013 Coach John Herdman has announced the national women’s team roster for the pre-camp ahead of the 2013 Cyprus Cup.
Official: Attakora back with the Quakes: But, he joins a very crowded back line 22 Feb 2013 The San Jose Earthquakes announced that the club has officially repatriated the player to the league, signing him to a new contract.
Martin Rennie is only making plans for Nigel 22 Feb 2013 We all know that there isn’t a soccer manager alive who doesn’t want as much depth as possible in a roster. But, could the Whitecaps be getting to the point where they have too many players for coach Martin Rennie to manage?
Results are in: Canada will just need a draw against Nicaragua to advance at U-20s 21 Feb 2013 All Canada will need to do is get a draw with Nicaragua Friday to get into the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Rennie “encouraged” by Whitecaps despite loss to Dynamo 21 Feb 2013 “Overall, I was actually very encouraged about the game,” said Vancouver head coach Martin Rennie. “It was a very young team from us – lots of inexperienced players. For most of the game, we were doing well. We were on top for quite a long time. Obviously, (we’re) disappointed that we lost the goals that we did. I thought we could have defended those a little bit better given that we hardly gave up any chances throughout the game.”
FC Edmonton announces signings of five youth prospects 20 Feb 2013 “We want to drip-feed these young men into our first-team environment and, hopefully, get them into our first team as quickly as possible,” Miller said. “In the first team, there will be massive changes, but there always will be a continuing influx of Canadians into the first-team group.”
Midweek scrimmages: TFC draws with SKC, while Impact loses to Orlando City 20 Feb 2013 Both Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact took part in full scrimmages Wednesday as they took advantage of a break in the schedule at the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic in Orlando, Fla.
USL teams will allow rosters to carry MLS academy players 20 Feb 2013 The USL-Pro division has announced it will allow its teams to each add five roster spots for academy players.
To keep score or not keep score? Why both sides are right 20 Feb 2013 But, for the wide majority of youth players who are in soccer for other reasons, who have no hope of being a pro, keeping score IS important. For a young person looking to head to high school, university, job, it’s important that they learn about winning and losing at a young age. They need to learn about the importance of teamwork, about how working with others can lead to positive results. They need to learn about picking up a teammate after a loss.