Salinas’s goal and Ching’s misses help Whitecaps to victory 28 Aug 2011 Shea Salinas got the winning goal in a 1-0 victory Saturday over the Houston Dynamo, but the Vancouver Whitecaps’ also got an assist from Lady Luck to get their fourth win of the MLS season.
Occean out, Haber in as Hart forced to change Canada’s lineup 27 Aug 2011 Injuries have already forced national-team coach Stephen Hart to make three changes to the roster ahead of Canada’s first two World Cup qualifiers.
Peanut allergy gives FC Dallas newbie chance to shine against Toronto FC 25 Aug 2011 This time the hero was an unexpected one for FCD — a player who wasn't even supposed to start the match. FCD coach Schellas Hyndman was forced to make a last-minute change his starting XI and inserted newly acquired defender Jack Stewart.
“Complications” influenced Hart’s picking of the Canadian national squad 25 Aug 2011 From a scandal forcing the delay of the Turkish season to glaring holes at various positions, Hart was forced to pick some players who might be a tad rusty.
Hart sticks with veterans for Canada’s first two World Cup qualifiers 25 Aug 2011 Sixteen of the 19 players named to the roster were part of the team at the Gold Cup. The most surprising addition? Canadian player of the year Atiba Hutchinson, who is just coming back from meniscus surgery — and who Hart had indicated last month would likely not get the call for the first couple of World Cup qualifiers.
Deja vu — Severe weather washes away TFC’s CCL match-up 25 Aug 2011 The Reds' CONCACAF Champions League group stage match with FC Dallas was abandoned on Wednesday after 45 minutes due to lightning and a tornado warning across southern Ontario. The game will replayed in its entirety on Thursday at 10:15 a.m. ET, so the 1-0 lead that Dallas held at the time of the stoppage has been erased.
The case for NASL content on the Canadian national team 23 Aug 2011 What would be most interesting is whether or not Hart looks to the NASL ranks — especially for players who would have had experience playing the Puerto Rico Islanders. He said in August that, if players are doing well and getting regular time, he’d look to Div.-2.
FC Edmonton set to begin two-day trek to Puerto Rico 23 Aug 2011 FCE didn’t train Tuesday as it prepared for two days of travel. On Wednesday, the team will fly to Minneapolis, then connect on a flight to Atlanta. The club will spend Wednesday night in Atlanta, before heading on a flight to Puerto Rico. By the end of the trip Thursday, the team will have spent three days away from the practice field. If you could fly from Edmonton to Puerto Rico direct, you are looking at about a seven- hour flight. But it is broken up into three chunks — and FC Edmonton isn’t flying charter.
FC Edmonton’s Calgary contingent sweep NASL honours 23 Aug 2011 Ironically, on that night Hamilton wasn’t named our man of the match — that nod went to striker Michael Cox who, in his second start of the season, put up two goals.
Zusi wins weekly MLS honour 23 Aug 2011 Graham Zusi is the MLS Player of the Week. The Sporting Kansas City midfielder got the nod after the ballots cast by the members of the North American Soccer Reporters were counted.