TFC, Impact move closer to realizing 401-Derby Conference Final 30 Oct 2016 The hopes for a 401-Derby Eastern Conference Final are still very much alive. The spirits of Macdonald and Cartier are strong.
Unpredictable Impact saves best performance of the season for the playoffs 27 Oct 2016 Even the most seasoned soccer prognosticator would look at the Montreal Impact and say “no way can I figure this team out.”
The Trouble With Tribbett: TFC gets first-ever playoff win 26 Oct 2016 On April 7, 2007, Toronto FC played the first regular-season match in club history, a loss on the road to Chivas USA. Ken Tribbett was 14 years old when that happened.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS FINAL/NASL Week 28 24 Oct 2016 Three Canadians made their NASL or MLS debuts this past weekend.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 32/NASL Week 27 17 Oct 2016 Mason Trafford will be Canadian who has played the most minutes in either MLS or NASL this season. Trafford has a 124-minute lead over Toronto FC’s Jonathan Osorio. But Osorio has just one game left on his schedule; so Osorio can’t make up the ground.
Swope Park Rangers’ win over WFC2 is actually a good thing for Canadian soccer 15 Oct 2016 But the fact that Swope Park Rangers (the American affiliate of Sporting Kansas City) beat WFC2 (the Canadian affiliate of the Vancouver Whitecaps) 3-0 in the USL’s Western Conference final is actually a good thing for soccer north of the border.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 31/NASL Week 26/USL playoffs 10 Oct 2016 The hottest Canadian in USL, though, is Mark Anthony Gonzalez. He scored the opening goal as Swope Park Rangers beat Orange County 2-1 in extra time, despite being down to nine men.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 30/NASL Week 25/USL playoffs 3 Oct 2016 But, let’s move our focus back to the USL.That league’s regular season is done. But the playoffs got underway this past week, and we’d be remiss not to mention a few Canadian standouts:
Findlay makes it clear he wants to drop “interim” tag from his coaching title 30 Sep 2016 You don't have to really be an expert in reading between the lines to come to this conclusion: Michael Findlay wants to use his time as the interim coach of the Canadian men's national team to prove that he deserves to be the side's full-time boss going forward.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 29/NASL Week 24/USL Week 27 (FINAL) 26 Sep 2016 We’ve reached the end of the USL’s regular season. In the end, more than 100 Canadian players appeared in at least one USL match this season. That’s an advertisement about the job opportunities provided by a league that — unlike NASL and MLS — allow Canadians to occupy domestic spots on the rosters on American teams.