The Canadian women’s national team rallied from a one-goal deficit to beat the Swiss 2-1 in the second pre-World Cup friendly the two sides have played in less than a week.

The Vancouver Whitecaps are making way for the Canucks’ playoff run… just in case.The club announced Tuesday that the kickoff for the May match date against the New York Red Bulls has been moved up to 2:30 p.m. local time. The game was originally set for 4 p.m.May 28 is also the scheduled date for Game 7 of the NHL’s Western Conference Final — if needed.

Canadian U-17 coach Sean Fleming has named the 24 teens who will be invited to the team’s pre-World Cup camp in Sunrise, Fla.The camp will run from May 19-29. After the camp, Fleming will name a 21-man roster who will go to Mexico for the U-17 World Cup, which goes from June 18 to July 10. Canada will find out who and when it will play when the draw happens later Tuesday in Mexico City.

Canada will have a date with one of the most talked-about teenage prospects in the soccer world.On Tuesday, U-17 squad was drawn into Group C with seeded England, Rwanda and Uruguay for next month’s U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Canada, which finished second in the CONCACAF tourney after an extra-time loss in the final to the United States, won’t be a favourite to advance.

FC Edmonton Lance Parker was named the NASL’s Defensive Player of the Week Monday.Parker has been a revelation for FC Edmonton since he took over in goal from Rein Baart three matches ago. He has started the last two NASL matches for FC Edmonton and the second leg of the Nutrilite Canadian Championship semifinal, allowing just two goals in that stretch, and making a series of highlight-reel saves.

Chivas USA sent a message to the rest of Major League Soccer on Sunday, beating the Red Bulls 3-2 in New Jersey.And, Justin Braun, who scored all three goals for the Goats, was named the MLS Player of the Week after all of the votes made by the North American Soccer Reporters were talled.

Canada’’s national women’s team drew Switzerland 1-1 in a World Cup warmup match Sunday in Rome. But you’d need to be a decent detective to find out about the game — or be fluent in German.Only the Swiss federation put up a match summary on its site (in German). The Canadian Soccer Association had match stats up, but no report of any kind.

But Thordarson decided to use Saturday’s date in New England as a chance to test his squad players. Striker Long Tan, who any Whitecaps fans would be forgiven for not remembering still played for the club, got the start with attack partner Omar Salgado, the teenager chosen first overall in the 2011 Superdraft.The Revs won 1-0, as Shalrie Joseph converted a penalty kick after Whitecap Blake Wagner was adjudged to have stepped on the foot of Rev Benny Feilhaber just inside the box.

Toronto FC has left a number of points on the table at BMO Field this season, taking just 10 of a possible 21 points from its seven home matches. No home result was a bigger giveaway, however, than Saturday's 2-2 draw with the Chicago Fire. The Reds went from a comfortable 2-0 lead through 62 minutes to barely hanging on for the single point."Around the 60th minute we thought this game was over," said TFC goalkeeper Stefan Frei. "It's just laziness. You can be confident with a 2-0 lead after the 60th minute, there's nothing wrong with that, but you can't get lazy. It's embarrassing if you're up two goals after 60 minutes and you almost end up losing. It's all about hard work and not being lazy."

“We always have a good game against this team. I really liked it,” said Barbara, who has scored in every NASL game he’s played in this season and already set the RailHawks record for most goals in a season with nine. “Any game we play against Montreal could go either way. Right now I’m on a streak and everything is happening automatically. I could have got another hat trick today.”Reminded that the Impact is moving on up next season Barbara expressed his interest in doing the same thing.“I came here with the intention of not staying in this league. Although I love playing in Carolina my aim is always to play in a higher league. I hope to make an impact because I want to play in MLS.”