Mattocks’ late goal puts some shine on another disappointing Whitecaps performance 27 May 2012 Hassli and Mattocks injected some life into a Whitecaps team that, for the first 60 minutes of the match, managed just one shot on goal towards Timbers keeper Troy Perkins .
Wind, referee’s whistle, condemn Impact to defeat in Colorado 27 May 2012 Make no mistake. Castrillon’s goal was one of the weirdest you will ever see. But it should never, ever have counted. Why? It came after referee Mark Kadlecik blew the whistle and indicated that the ball was out of play.
“It’s a big relief:” TFC finally gets its first MLS win of 2012 27 May 2012 The streak is over. Toronto FC finally got on the board for the 2012 MLS campaign, winning a 1-0 result over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday at BMO Field that ended the Reds' record stretch of nine consecutive losses to begin the season.
FC Edmonton ready for another physical tilt with San Antonio 25 May 2012 But that San Antonio team might bear no resemblance to the team that Scorpions coach Tim Hankinson brings to Edmonton this weekend. Why? The Scorpions host a U.S. Open Cup match against the Houston Dynamo on Tuesday night.
MLS salaries: The winners, the losers, the bargains 25 May 2012 Eckersley is a classic example of the type of athlete who is popular in Toronto. A journeyman kinda guy who works exceptionally hard. He fits the archetype of a Dan Gargan, John McDonald, Matt Bonner, James Reimer — working-class guys who blow up in a Toronto market that eats superstars alive but worships the depth-chart players.
Lapenna, Gardner looking to impress the FC Edmonton brass 25 May 2012 Former Montreal Impact Academy member Marco Lapenna and ex-TFC Academy player Dino Gardiner were both at FC Edmonton’s training session Friday at Clarke Stadium.
U.S. names roster that will face Canada at BMO Field 25 May 2012 The warmest BMO welcome will no doubt go to Maurice Edu, who was the club’s first-ever draft pick and won MLS rookie of the year on 2007. He was eventually sold to now-bankrupt Rangers. But BMO Field was the first professional stadium that he called home, so the game should be more special for him than any of the other 22 men on the U.S. squad.
Sinclair scores to give Canadian women draw with the Whitecaps 25 May 2012 An estimated crowd of around 500 gathered Thursday in the Vancouver suburbs to see hometown hero Christine Sinclair scored a late chip-shot goal to give the Canadian women’s team a 1-1 draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps women’s side.
Simpson undergoes surgery: BSC Young Boys releases statement 24 May 2012 BSC Young Boys released a statement on Thursday on the status of Canadian national-team midfielder Josh Simpson, who broke his tibia, fibula and ankle in Wednesday’s Swiss League finale.
BSC: Simpson has “broken tibia, fibula and ankle” 24 May 2012 On Wednesday, Simpson left BSC Young Boys’ final game of the Swiss league season, after he was brought down by FC Basel’s German defender, Markus Steinhofer. According to the match report on BSC Young Boys’ official website, Simpson suffered “a broken tibia, fibula and ankle.”