But, if you’re lamenting lost points, you need to take a step back and look at the game as whole. If not for TFC keeper Joe Bendik, who put in a performance that’s worthy of Player of the Week votes, the Union would have won this match by three or four goals.

And that means Canada and Jamaica could be playing in forecasted temperatures of 33 C — and that’s before the humidity.

The FC Edmonton midfielder showed us all why his club's brain trust deemed him ready for a move to the pros and promoted him to the senior side, even though the midfielder is just 16 years of age.

FC Edmonton confirmed that it will be announcing a new player on Saturday, pending that player passing a medical after he arrives in Canada. That player is expected to be Northern Irish international Robert Garrett, who Linfield FC announced would be going to Edmonton on loan for the NASL season.

FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller was happy to get a point on the road in the club’s NASL opener. But he wants more — a lot more — out of the team’s three-game road trip to start the season.

It used to be that a match against the English was pretty well in the territory of “automatic win” for Canada. But the English beat the Canadians in the Cyprus Cup final and dominated Sunday’s friendly. That’s right — dominated.

In his NASL coaching debut, Colin Miller had to settle for a draw.

Canada got the goals it needed in Panama and the back line didn’t allow too much to trouble keeper Marco Carducci.

Canadians Michael Luk and Matt Lam had to settle for a stalemate after the first leg of their Hong Kong FA Cup semifinal.

But midfielder Jose Lopez, whose name didn’t appear on the 23-man preliminary roster released last week, is on the final list of 20.