Kickstarter campaign begins: Long live PLASTIC PITCH! 3 Dec 2013 And it’s Plastic Pitch. Today, we announce a Kickstarter campaign for a planned new tablet publications/e-magazine that will cover Canadian soccer as extensively as The 11 did, but in the long-form format. Head over to Kickstarter to see how you can get on board and to hear more of our story.
How soccer changes a life: The incredible story of Lindsay Butler 30 Aug 2013 Last season, at the age of 31, she was at the Vancouver Whitecaps’ W-League camp, The coaching staff offered her the chance to come back for the 2013 season before they found out that the W-League team was going to be folded.
FC Edmonton launches ladies’ program for high-school aged players; ASA launches mirror program in Calgary 7 Aug 2013 The Eddies and the Alberta Soccer Association announced a new Regional Performance Centre will be launched, and that centre will link to the Excel Program, which helps identify talent for the Canadian national program. Sergio Teixeira will be the FC Edmonton ladies’ coach, and 20 players from age 14-16 have been recruited to take part in the program.
SUPER POLL: MLS, Dempsey, allocations, central control; do you trust the league to do what’s best, or is it playing favourites? 7 Aug 2013 What we want to know is how you feel about the way MLS does business as a league. Is it time for a change? Do you trust MLS is ensuring a level playing field with a salary cap, or that constant rule changes are giving certain teams unfair advantages that defy the cap model? How do you feel about allocation money, secretive contracts and allocation orders?
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.
Key Laval players get national U-20 calls just ahead of W-League finals 22 Jul 2013 Canadian national women’s U-20 coach Andrew Olivieri has announced the roster for a training camp that begins Tuesday in Denmark.
POLL: Should Tim Leiweke entertain a name change for Toronto FC? 18 Jul 2013 If Leiweke is serious about a major overhaul, are shiny new Designated Players enough? Or should he consider more radical changes to the team?
Ottawa Fury beats Lynx in conference semi: W-League title defence is still alive 18 Jul 2013 The Ottawa Fury women are still alive to defend their W-League title.
Impact sends Mallace, Ubiparipovic to Minnesota 17 Jul 2013 MUFC has been the most disappointing team in NASL. It finished second from bottom in the spring-season standings, even though they were the pundits’ pick for the title. Now, the goal is to resurrect the club in the fall season.
Video-game goals get Di Vaio to All-Star Game 11 Jul 2013 The gimmick got Di Vaio to the All-Star Game. But is it really all that more gimmicky than the homer-laden fan votes that we so often see decide All-Star selections in all the major sports?
