Sinclair scores to give Canadian women draw with the Whitecaps 25 May 2012 An estimated crowd of around 500 gathered Thursday in the Vancouver suburbs to see hometown hero Christine Sinclair scored a late chip-shot goal to give the Canadian women’s team a 1-1 draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps women’s side.
Simpson undergoes surgery: BSC Young Boys releases statement 24 May 2012 BSC Young Boys released a statement on Thursday on the status of Canadian national-team midfielder Josh Simpson, who broke his tibia, fibula and ankle in Wednesday’s Swiss League finale.
BSC: Simpson has “broken tibia, fibula and ankle” 24 May 2012 On Wednesday, Simpson left BSC Young Boys’ final game of the Swiss league season, after he was brought down by FC Basel’s German defender, Markus Steinhofer. According to the match report on BSC Young Boys’ official website, Simpson suffered “a broken tibia, fibula and ankle.”
Free friendly displays women’s program’s change of direction 23 May 2012 This Thursday, the Canadian women will take on the Vancouver Whitecaps’ women’s team in an exhibition match that is not only open to the public, but admission is, well, free.
Jakovic added to Canadian men’s team roster 22 May 2012 On Tuesday, the Canadian Soccer announced that D.C. United defender Dejan Jakovic has been added to the preliminary men’s team roster ahead of June 3’s centenary friendly against the United States and two World Cup qualifiers later in the month.
Nakajima-Farran, Piette the only real surprises on Canada roster 17 May 2012 Of the 22 men named to the roster, only two — teenager Samuel Piette and veteran Issey Nakajima-Farran, who plays in Australia — would be considered eyebrow-raisers.
Canadian women work on mixing up their attack as Vancouver camp continues 15 May 2012 Herdman is now encouraging his players to play possession football when appropriate – but also not to shirk away from playing a more direct style against superior technical sides.
Hart already dealing with injured players ahead of June WC qualifiers 10 May 2012 “There are some injury issues, unfortunately, and we will have a couple of players that cannot be part of the campaign,” said Hart. “Marcel de Jong is out and Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault is out and we’re waiting on some medical reports on two other players.”
New CSA president Montagliani strikes conciliatory tones 8 May 2012 Victor Montagliani sounded a lot like a man who had just won a political-party nomination.
Montagliani elected as CSA’s new president, but process needs to change 5 May 2012 Victor Montagliani, the odds-on favourite going into this weekend’s Canadian Soccer Association elections, got the support he needed at the Annual General Meeting in Ottawa and is the new president.