FC Edmonton signs Icelandic midfielder Oskar Orn Hauksson 15 Jan 2015On Thursday, FC Edmonton announced that Iceland national-team midfielder Oskar Orn Hauksson will join the team on season-long loan from KR Reykjavik. The FCE front office confirmed that Hauksson cannot be recalled by Reykjavik during the term of the loan.
Canada will send just 13 allocated players to NWSL in 2015 14 Jan 2015According to the CSA, “Canadian National Team players will remain in the Centralized Development Program to begin and train in that environment throughout the season, but will have the opportunity to participate in the first three to four NWSL matches before the start of the FIFA Women's World Cup. The NWSL will also a take brief 12-day break during the group stages of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 in Canada.”
Canada no match for Lozano’s class 12 Jan 2015While many of Canada’s players are in MLS academies, Lozano is playing senior matches in a league that’s much tougher than MLS.
For TFC, is an Altidore reclamation project worth the risk? 11 Jan 2015 When the CBA expires in the middle of the month, we can’t say for sure how many DPs a team will be able to have, and what the cap hits for those DPs will be. Basically, Altidore’s signing would play into a series of moving parts that makes it hard to truly pinpoint the kind of domino effect he would have on the roster.
What’s the frequency, László? Canada opens up U-20 tourney with up-and-down performance 11 Jan 2015Along with terrible field conditions in Jamaica and bizarre officiating, it was another example of the surrealist theatre that only Samuel Beckett or CONCACAF could give us.
Canada’s latest roster is proof that there is no room at the inn for NASL players 9 Jan 2015Even when Floro faced the crunch of not having first- or second- or third-choice players readily available, he opted to ignore players on FC Edmonton and Ottawa. And that’s on a roster that looks like one where the coach has decided to bring in some players he has yet to see.
Coach Gale tries to ease the pressure on his U-20 players 9 Jan 2015You couldn’t shake the feeling that Rob Gale, the coach of the Canadian U-20 men’s team, was trying to keep the focus off the high-profile players on his roster.
Boakai the sole Eddie to make Canada’s U-20 roster 5 Jan 2015Hanson Boakai will be going to the CONCACAF Championship in Jamaica, but he’ll be the only FC Edmonton player making the trip.
Atiba Hutchinson can negotiate new deal in January: And he’s open to MLS move 19 Dec 2014When asked if he’d consider talking to an MLS side in January, Hutchinson said “yes, especially if it was in Canada. I’m open to it if the interest comes, if things can work out and do what’s best for everybody.”
Afternoon delight: Day games, Colin Miller’s pitch, sell Matt VanOekel on move to FC Edmonton 18 Dec 2014“Colin Miller was the key,” said Van Oekel. “He called me very early into my free agency, and he really sold me on the situation.”
