Payne: TFC “can afford to wait” for Nelsen 8 Jan 2013"My feeling about Ryan is that he's going to be leading this team for five years to come and if I have to wait a couple of months for him to start that process, I can afford to wait," Payne said. "I'd rather do that than make the wrong decision or a decision I didn't want to make for the short term."
Miller: Expect different Canadian team for January friendlies 8 Jan 2013“But I can say that the team will bear very little resemblance of the squad that went to Honduras,” said Miller. “It’s my goal to make sure the players who are coming in will be motivated and will want to help the program move forward. Playing for the national team is a privilege, not a divine right.”
Porter gets deadline from FCE: Sign deal or we move on without you 8 Jan 2013Kyle Porter has been given a deadline by FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller. Either Porter signs the deal offered to him by the club, or the team will move on without him.
Mallorca: Julian de Guzman training with club 7 Jan 2013On Monday, the Spanish club confirmed on its website that the 31-year-old de Guzman was with the club, but was not signed.
FCE coach Miller becomes interim boss of the national team 7 Jan 2013It’s official. FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller will have the reins of the Canadian men’s national team when it takes on Denmark and the United States this January.
TFC’s “major announcement” expected to be coaching change 7 Jan 2013Toronto FC has just announced that President Kevin Payne will be making a “major announcement” Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. ET.
TFC waves bye bye to Bob de Klerk 7 Jan 2013In a move that will surprise no one, Toronto FC announced that the club and technical director Bob de Klerk have mutually agreed to part ways.
Impact coach Schallibaum comes to a league that has a history of eating Euro coaches alive 7 Jan 2013Since 2005, only one European coach — Englishman Gary Smith, has taken his team to an MLS Cup title.
PEI’s Gyorio emerges from career purgatory: Will join Fleetwood Town 7 Jan 2013Sources close to Gyorio have told The 11 that the midfielder is simply waiting on his paperwork from the Canadian Soccer Association so he’s eligibile to play for Fleetwood, which plays in nPower League 2, or the fourth tier of English football.
Injured Josh Simpson hasn’t returned to training with Young Boys’ first team 6 Jan 2013Simpson has yet to rejoin the first team — even for training — since he suffered a badly broken leg in the final game of the 2011-12 season.