The French dejection: Canada establishes itself as a gold-medal threat 12 Aug 2016 Maybe now, it’s time to believe in the work coach John Herdman and the women have put into this push for the podium. A gritty 1-0 quarter-final win over France wasn’t always pretty, there were some scares, but we know this — Canada can be called not just a medal threat, but a gold-medal threat.
To hell with the draw: Canadian women deserve praise for group-stage perfection 9 Aug 2016 Now, in the world of Canadian soccer fatalism, there will be those who treat this win like a loss; they’ll point to the tough draw. They’ll say Canada would have done better with a second- or third-place finish in the group. But that’s an anti-football mentality. It’s against everything we should hold dear about sport — you shouldn’t try to win by gaming the system, you should try to get to the top by beating all comers.
Mistakes cost Canadian women in final pre-Olympic friendly 23 Jul 2016 But, even though Canada didn’t look overmatched by the world’s No. 3-ranked women’s soccer nation, a series of key mistakes allowed the French to claim a 1-0 win.
FC Edmonton says Landskrona BoIS can’t use Boakai until a deal is sealed 19 Jul 2016 “They can’t do anything until they look after us,” said Miller.
Hands off the Kaffeewerk cup: Canada and Azerbaijan play to draw 3 Jun 2016 For the three thousand or so watching the stream of the Canadian men’s national team’s friendly against Azerbaijan, it was 90 minutes that offered very little in terms of hope or discouragement ahead of the next two crucial games of World Cup qualifying.
Herdman laments “same old Canada” in Algarve Cup loss to Denmark 2 Mar 2016 “Same old Canada, we’re not scoring,” Herdman admitted. “When we get great opportunities. we’ve got to take them."
Miller wishes Boakai well, but promises FCE “won’t stop till we get” fees 10 Feb 2016 “Hanson was free to do what he did,” said Miller. “He was terrific for us He’s decided to move on, the club had made a terrific offer for him to stay. He’s gone from us and we wish him well. He’s come through our academy and we’re after our fee and we won’t stop till we get it, simple as that.”
Hanson Boakai is forced to live up to the unrealistic expectations Canadian fans have placed on him 22 Jan 2016 We’ve seen this over and over. A young players come up through our system, and then our small-but-oh-so-loud Canadian soccer community gives the kid way too much praise, way too much hype. It’s understandable, we’re so desparate for a saviour, an instant solution to decades worth of soccer rot, that we latch on to 17-year-old after 17-year-old. The message boards fill up with dreams of big moves to big clubs. And whether your name is Aleman, Alderson or Teibert, the overreaction to some early career successes puts you on a path to meet expectations that can’t possibly be met.
A black-and-white film 11 Jan 2016 This autumn, a new documentary will look at the history of Juventus, one of the world’s most famous clubs. Meet the Canadians who are behind the project...
FCE to head to Scotland; here’s why it makes perfect cents (sense) 11 Dec 2015 A preseason trip to Europe in no way suggests that Fath is doing anything more but increasing his investment in a team he and his brother, Dave Fath, have lost money on since day one. But, with the dollar slumping to less than 73 cents US on Friday, and it likely to drop even further as the oil price continues to sag, the fact remains that a trip to America has become increasingly expensive, and will likely be even more pricey in the spring of 2016.