If the prices stay at the same level for Ecuador, it’s realistic to expect about the same number of bums in the seats at BMO. Remember, that on June 7, Canada will play the U.S. — a far sexier match-up than Canada-Ecuador — in Detroit. Tickets for that, with service charges, will run from US$29.80 to US$111.60, with service charges. Canada can’t be in a position where one game competes with the other for fan dollars.

After a successful rookie season with the New York Red Bulls, Cameroonian midfielder Tony Tchani knows how to adapt to change – whether it’s on the pitch or living in the bright lights of New York City.Tchani finds himself adapting to change once again as he joined Toronto FC along with teammate Danleigh Borman this past weekend. Both were part of the deal that sent former TFC captain Dwayne De Rosario to the Red Bulls.

Jamison Olave is known as one of the meanest, toughest central defenders in Major League Soccer.But the Real Salt Lake anchor guaranteed that his club would be the first MLS side to go to the CONCACAF Champions League final with a thumping volley off a scrambled corner kick to give RSL the precious road goal it needed to get by Costa Rican giants, Saprissa.

And, there were no shocks in the script. Mexico thumped Canada 3-0. By making it to the semifinals, Mexico qualifies for the U-20 World Cup.The Canadian kids get their tickets home.

Despite reports from AP this morning suggesting Canada, Costa Rica and Spain could replace Japan as one of the guest teams in this summer’s (or, in South America, winter) Copa America, the Canadian Soccer Association confirms no one from CONMEBOL has reached out to it.

Eddy Sidra has the date circled on his calendar.April 27. FC Edmonton vs. Toronto FC. Nutrilite Canadian Championship.The newest member of FC Edmonton can’t escape the negative feelings associated with his recent trial with Toronto FC. “I won’t lie. I didn’t like how it went,” said Sidra from FCE’s training camp in Sunrise, Fla. “I won’t say I’m bitter, but I certainly won’t say that I was happy. There was a lack of information that was passed on to me.”

The Vancouver Whitecaps have their first ever Player of the Week honour.Brazilian striker Camilo da Silvo Sanvezzo won the weekly poll of the North American Soccer Reporters for his two stoppage-time goals in Vancouver’s improbable 3-3 draw with Sporting Kansas City.

FC Edmonton may have left the city for a week-long camp in Florida, but the front office keeps rolling.The club added fullback and local product Eddy Sidra, who had an unsuccessful trial at Toronto FC, on Saturday. The team also brought in a new assistant coach, Edwin Petersen, from the Dutch U-15 program.

Still, we have to compare how the Whitecaps progress against TFC’s expansion season. It is as close to apples to apples as we have.So, in 2007, after three games, TFC hadn’t won, hadn’t scored, and had given up nine goals.

The Player of the Month voting wasn’t just a statement about Nick Rimando the goalkeeper, it was a statement about Real Salt Lake, the club.