Fordyce’s brace gives FCE its second win of the fall season 6 Oct 2013 Daryl Fordyce scored twice, pacing the Eddies to a 2-1 win over the Carolina RailHawks. The big winners out of the weekend? The New York Cosmos. With Carolina’s loss, the gap between the Cosmos and the RailHawks (tied for second place) is now seven points.
Marcus Haber finding his form with Notts County 5 Oct 2013 Canadian striker Marcus Haber has taken on the role of super sub with his new team, Notts County.
FCE’s Boakai and Lopez: Two U-17s who weren’t born in Canada, but proud to represent their adopted country 4 Oct 2013 Needless to say, neither Boakai nor Lopez will be needing the tuques in Dubai, where Canada will face Austria, Iran and Argentina in the group stage of the U-17 World Cup.
Saiko’s time with FC Edmonton comes to a close 4 Oct 2013 The club's all-time leading scorer wasn't at training at Clarke Stadium Friday. And Eddies' coach Colin Miller confirmed that supporters won't be seeing Saiko with the team again. Saiko will finish the season training with the youth side, and won't be brought back next season.
Fleming: U-17 squad going to World Cup “found its form and character in Panama” 3 Oct 2013 On Thursday, the Canadian Soccer Association released a list of 24 players who will represent Canada at this October’s U-17 World Cup. Of the 24, 21 are on the proper roster, while three are alternates. While FIFA has been notified which three players are alternates, who can only play in order to replace an injured member of the main roster, Fleming wouldn’t reveal which three were on the outside of the bubble.
Floro doesn’t change much ahead of Canada’s friendly with Australia 2 Oct 2013 The two new additions were already announced, but they aren’t officially considered Canadian roster players. On Monday, Queens Park Rangers confirmed that Dylan Carreiro and Michael Petrasson, who are with QPR’s developmental program, have been named to the squad. The Canadian Soccer Association confirmed that the Petrasso and Carreiro have been invited to camp, but their spots are outside the 21-man roster.
The Canadians of D.C. United celebrate unlikely USOC triumph 2 Oct 2013 Three Canadian players — Dwayne De Rosario, Dejan Jakovic and Kyle Porter — may look down at their feet and discover that their soccer cleats have been replaced by glass slippers.
QPR confirms Canada call-ups for Petrasso and Carreiro 30 Sep 2013 It makes a lot of sense. If new national-team coach Benito Floro is going to have a long hard look at the London, England-based pair, it’s logical that he do so when he will be in London with the national side. The match against Australia will take place at Fulham’s Craven Cottage.
CIS wrap: Former TFC midfielder Matt Stinson scores in his York U. debut 30 Sep 2013 Former Toronto FC midfielder Matt Stinson scored the game-winning goal that gave his new Toronto-based team that wears red, the York Lions, a 2-1 win over Western on Saturday.
Crew’s Oduro named MLS Player of the Week 30 Sep 2013 One of the things he used to say was that a missed penalty was “always the shooter’s fault.” And, in a key situation where Chicago needed the win, Magee missed the penalty that could have iced his team the game. And that badly takes the shine off his efforts, at least in my book.