O Canada! Chill, FC London and Highlanders join Fury in PDL’s Elite Eight 28 Jul 2013 The Thunder Bay Chill will host Forest City London Sunday to determine the PDL Central Conference champion.
Impact leaves it late, but club returns to winning ways 28 Jul 2013 “It was a happy ending,” offered head coach Marco Schallibaum, who managed to remain on the sidelines for the entire game rather than making an early exit as he has in both games against SKC played earlier in the schedule. “When you change someone to bring on fresh legs and the guy you send on gets the goal, there’s a bit of luck involved. We deserved it because we dominated the second half and managed to defeat the team that, I think, is, at the moment, the best team in MLS.”
Davidson apologizes to Whitecaps teammates, supporters for costly red-card offence 28 Jul 2013 “It’s just what happened,” Davidson said after the match. “I reacted wrong. For all of it, I just want to apologize to all the players. It’s very tough to play pretty much the most of the 90 minutes with 10 men. I just want to apologize to all the fans and supporters that came to watch the game."
Singin’ in the rain: TFC ends BMO Field winless drought in downpour 27 Jul 2013 Ironically, Wiedeman's first goal of the 2012 season was the winner in TFC's 2-1 win over Colorado on July 18, 2012 — the last time the Reds were victorious on their home turf, a span of 17 matches at BMO Field.
Haworth’s 16th and 17th goals of PDL season send Fury to Conference Final 27 Jul 2013 Actually, “good” is a word that does no justice to describe what Haworth is doing to PDL opposition.
Canadian U20 prospects combine to propel Laval into W-League final 27 Jul 2013 Canadian soccer fans will be more than pleased to see the combination of Amandine Pierre-Louis and Valerie Sanderson creating a goal for the national team at next year’s U-20 World Cup.
NASL to have unbalanced split season in 2014 to accommodate World Cup 26 Jul 2013 The 11 understands that there was debate about starting the season earlier in year, which would have allowed for a balanced spring-fall schedule. But, that would have been unfair to northern members in Minnesota, Edmonton and Ottawa. A schedule which would start in early March would have meant the Fury and FC Edmonton could have been playing game at home in heavy snow, or been forced to start the campaigns with ridiculously long road trips.
Bernardello and Lopez Rodriguez meet the media in Montreal 26 Jul 2013 “I come to MLS to stay in MLS, not to go back to Europe because I think MLS is going to be amazing and in a few years it will be a top league,” Lopez Rodriguez said. “I’m looking forward to staying here and to belong to that period to become one of the best leagues in the world.”
“Piscu” makes the move to Montreal 26 Jul 2013 The Montreal Impact has announced the signing of “Piscu” — Spanish central defender Adrian Lopez Rodriguez.
Ottawa Fury’s Gielnik up for W-League MVP and Rookie of the Year honours 25 Jul 2013 The Ottawa Fury’s Australian sensation, Emily Gielnik, is a finalist for both the W-League MVP and Rookie of the Year awards.