Ex-TFC Academy keeper Chad Bush joins Ottawa Fury 25 Apr 2012Ex-TFC Academy goalkeeper Chad Bush will spend the summer with the PDL’s Ottawa Fury.
Q&A with Orebro SK’s Canadian keeper, Tomer Chencinski 24 Apr 2012The 11 caught up with Canadian goalkeeper Tomer Chencinski, who has started the last four matches for Swedish Allensvenskan side Orebro SK. The Thornhill, Ont. native has given up four goals in four matches, but enjoyed a 225-minute-plus shutout streak after he replaced Swedish veteran Jonas Sandqvist as the starter, just one game into the season.
Herdman: Canada, Japan, Sweden, South Africa is NOT the Group of Death 24 Apr 2012Right after the Canadian national women’s team was drawn into an Olympic group with World Cup champs Japan and World Cup third-place finisher Sweden, Herdman told reporters via a conference call that he didn’t think Big Red was in the Group of Death
Clarke graduates from Residency to Whitecaps; Grootscholten leaves Residency 24 Apr 2012The Vancouver Whitecaps don’t have any Canadians in the regular starting XI, but they now have three young Canucks on the roster.The team announced the signing of 18-year-old Richmond, B.C. native Caleb Clarke on Tuesday. He joins Bryce Alderson, Canada’s two-time U-17 Player of the Year, and Canadian national U-20 and U-23 player Russell Teibert on the roster.
No surprise… Pontius named MLS Player of the Week 23 Apr 2012D.C. United’s Chris Pontius notched a hat trick in a 4-1 triumph over the New York Red Bulls, and got the most POTW votes from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Bad news for TFC, Impact: East is proving to be much better than advertised 23 Apr 2012In fact, take Montreal and Toronto away from the equation — and their collective 0-6-0 record against the West, and the East actually has a winning record (12-11-5) in interconference matches.
Minnesota capitalizes on FCE’s defensive errors in wild 4-3 game 22 Apr 2012A cavalcade of defensive and goalkeeping mistakes allowed the NASL champion Minnesota Stars to come away from FC Edmonton’s Clarke Stadium opener with a 4-3 win.
Vancouver earns a gritty victory over FC Dallas 22 Apr 2012“I think they’re a much better team, but I don’t like the way they play,” Hyndman told reporters after the match. “I think they’re still very physical.”
Edmonton Drillers claim one-game CMISL championship 22 Apr 2012“We had two training sessions and this team was put together on a bit of a shoestring,” said Drillers’ coach Kevin Poissant. “We sort of flew by the seat of our pants. But that’s OK.”
Mistakes send Toronto FC to sixth straight loss 22 Apr 2012"I think if we score two goals we should win the game, so it's our fault to give up three goals," Johnson said. "These mistakes are killing us and it's killing Toronto and our fans. It's hard to keep letting down our fans every week and it's really starting to get to me."
