Matheson to help Canadian midfield from the sidelines 17 Jan 2012 “We play at home so rarely that it’s really special when you get in front of the home crowd so I’m obviously going to miss that but I’ll be with the team throughout everything,” said Matheson.
Canadian men’s team to face Armenia in Cyprus 17 Jan 2012 The Canadian Soccer Association announced that our men’s national team will play Armenia during the FIFA international match day of Feb. 29.
Canadian defender Attakora plays 45 minutes in Union Berlin’s 3-0 loss to Cadiz CF 17 Jan 2012 In his first appearance in game action with the Bundesliga 2. side, the Canadian defender played the full second half Tuesday in a 3-0 loss to Spanish third-division side Cadiz CF.
B.C.-born Leroux will have sort-of homecoming at Olympic qualifiers 16 Jan 2012 Sydney Leroux will have a sort-of homecoming in Vancouver this week.
Mottershead replaces Matheson on women’s Olympic qualfiying roster 15 Jan 2012 Diana Matheson’s injured knee won’t be ready in time for her to play for the Canadian national team at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers.
CONCACAF gets it right with Champions League rethink 14 Jan 2012 But, the fact is, no one was buying the old CCL format. The rows and rows of empty seats at CCL games was a testament to apathy. Mexican sides and MLS sides had a hard time drawing flies. When the Montreal Impact packed the house for its quarter-final match with Santos Laguna in 2009, it was an exception rather than the rule.
SuperDraft: Impact chooses defence over offence, Whitecaps get Mattocks, TFC adds to midfield logjam 12 Jan 2012 With the first pick of the 2012 SuperDraft, MLS commissioner announced — in French — that the Impact had selected Duke University defender Andrew Wenger with its first pick, leaving high-scoring University of Akron star Darren Mattocks to the Vancouver Whitecaps, who had the second pick.
Herdman, Canadian women’s team ready to face frustration at Olympic qualifiers 12 Jan 2012 John Herdman and the Canadian national women’s team are expecting to see a lot of teams packing the back at the upcoming Olympic qualifiers in Vancouver.
Gatti, Agourram prepare for tryouts in order to keep their spots with the Impact 12 Jan 2012 “It’s disappointing to not have a contract but that’s the way the sport is and I still have to look on the positive side, “ Gatti said. “I do have a tryout with the team that I had my first tryout with back in the day.”
FC Edmonton announces three-year pact with Adidas 12 Jan 2012 The club made the announcement Wednesday that Adidas will be the new supplier of the team’s jersey and training gear for the next three years. The only thing that could interrupt the deal is if NASL signs a league-wide apparel deal, much like MLS has with Adidas.