CIS Wrap: York stunned, final eights set for men’s and women’s nationals 5 Nov 2012 After a weekend of shocks, we have the final eight for both the men’s and women’s national championships.
Surprise, surprise: October Player of the Month is Chris Wondolowski 5 Nov 2012 In a vote result that surprised absolutely no one, Chris Wondolowski was named the MLS Player of the Month for October.
Ricketts resumes playing career with Valerenga 5 Nov 2012 The Edmonton striker was finally cleared to play for Valerenga, the team that signed him at the end of August. He came in as a 60th-minute sub Monday night in a 1-0 loss to Sogndal in Norwegian league action.
CIS: Dosanjh’s extra-time winner gives UBC Canada West revenge against Alberta 5 Nov 2012 Last season, Alberta beat UBC in the Canada West final. So it was sweet for UBC to turn the tables in Edmonton.
Five years of coaching turmoil reflects poorly on Impact organization 4 Nov 2012 Coaching is never a stable job, but outside of Toronto FC, it’s hard to think of a club where the gaffer is on a more precarious perch than in Montreal.
Coach Marsch, Impact agree to part ways 3 Nov 2012 "While we have the same long-term objectives for this organization we realized over the past few weeks that we do not share the same philosophy on how to get there.”
James one of three players cut by the Impact 2 Nov 2012 Canadian Evan James never got into an MLS match with the Montreal Impact. And, on Friday, he was one of three players cut by the team.
Whitecaps: NASL grads outplay DPs in playoff loss to Galaxy 2 Nov 2012 In fact, anyone who had never seen the Whitecaps before Thursday’s playoff game would have likely said that Matt Watson — a guy who played in NASL last season — must be a Designated Player, not Robson or Miller.
Marsch: Impact’s first season “wasn’t good enough” 1 Nov 2012 “I think that the energy, effort and commitment that everyone showed from the top to the bottom was at a very high level and something to be very proud of but, in the end it’s a results-oriented business and for me, especially considering the way the season ended, it wasn’t good enough,” declared the first-year gaffer.
Women’s World Cup: Edmonton debates Commonwealth funding 1 Nov 2012 The dressing room for the CFL Eskimos was not part of the proposal, and Mayor Stephen Mandel told reporters that he wants to know why it can’t be used. If the Eskimos simply don’t want to share, he said he “has no sympathy” for that position.