Canadians unhappy with home draw to Honduras 13 Jun 2012 "We've got to score goals," McKenna said. "You can't win soccer games if you don't score goals and that's our biggest problem... If you get at least three chances, you have to bury one."
Canadian coach Hart: Honduras a “wounded animal” 11 Jun 2012 “They’re a wounded animal but, hey, it’s one game,” said Hart. “They lost one-game, OK it’s a home game, but I think Honduras has too much experience to be desperate. They’re going to come in here thinking it’s only Canada and they can get a result here.”
WCQ: Canada gets three vital points despite Cuban heat, “unplayable” field 8 Jun 2012 “I would not know how to describe the field. It’s not even playable,” said Occean. “We came out with a big win and that’s important for us.”
Canadians ready for Cuban gamesmanship 6 Jun 2012 “It’s been very limited to be honest, they haven’t played much,” said Hart at Tuesday’s practice. “We went down to see the two games they played in Jamaica, they actually brought the under-23 team so we really don’t know much about what the senior team is doing.”
Hirschfeld’s late save preserves draw with the U.S. at BMO Field 4 Jun 2012 On Sunday night, Canadian goalkeeper Lars Hirschfeld played the hero when he made a game-saving stop on Clint Dempsey in the final seconds of extra time to preserve a scoreless draw against the U.S at BMO Field.
Hart: “Time for experimenting is finished” 2 Jun 2012 “I think the time for experimenting is finished,” said Hart. “We had a series of games in the first round of qualifying and due to injury or unforeseen circumstances I had a lot of different players go through that system. But now we sort of know what we need to do and any sort of changes is not necessary now.”
Dear Stephen Hart: Pick up the phone and give Shaun Saiko a call 29 May 2012 With five goals and two assists, Saiko has been involved in more goals than any player in NASL — on a team that currently sits sixth in the standings.
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.
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.”
Chencinski has shutout streak broken in Swedish league play 15 Apr 2012 Chencinski then posted another zero through the first 45 minutes of Sunday’s match against IFK Goteborg, but was victimized by Tobias Sana in the first-half injury time.