Cooper wins final MLS POTW of 2012 30 Oct 2012 New York Red Bull Kenny Cooper scored his 17th and 18th goals of the season over the weekend in a win over the Philadelphia Union, and it was good enough to make him the final Player of the Week of the MLS regular season.
TFC season ends with the whimper of indifference 29 Oct 2012 The last time the Reds won an MLS game, July 18 over Colorado, Canada was still in control of its World Cup destiny, Mitt Romney still hadn’t become the official GOP candidate, Robin Van Persie was still an Arsenal player and Lance Armstrong had seven Tour De France titles.
CIS wrap: York and McMaster on collision course 29 Oct 2012 York, ranked No. 1 in the CIS, and the No. 4-ranked Marauders both won their quarter-final match-ups this past weekend. York hosts the OUA final four next weekend, and the Lions and Marauders are the favourites to meet in the final.
Tampa Bay’s comeback for the Soccer Bowl is a finale worth remembering 28 Oct 2012 While MLS wrapped up its regular season, the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Minnesota Stars gave us an NASL championship that was far more enthralling than any MLS Cup in recent memory.
CSA to stay mum as Edmonton debates Commonwealth WWC plan 26 Oct 2012 “No one from the Association will be attending the meeting,” read a statement from the CSA.
Mariner’s anti-Heath shots show why he’s a liability for TFC 26 Oct 2012 When you are at the head of an organization, and a candidate turns down the job offer, the drill is simple. You shake the person’s hand, wish him or her well and you move on to the next candidate.
Ballon D’Or vote will show what international community thinks about Sinclair’s suspension 26 Oct 2012 When the result of voting for FIFA’s women’s player of the year is revealed Jan. 7, it will be a referendum of sorts.
Santos Laguna knocks a Canadian team out of CCL for the third time 25 Oct 2012 But, for the third time since Canada began sending a team to the CCL, our representative has been knocked out of the competition thanks to a loss in Torreon. Montreal gave up two injury-time goals to lose there back in ’09, then TFC twice in 2012.
Proposed 2016 Copa America offers a dilemma for the next Canadian soccer coach 25 Oct 2012 The announcement that CONMEBOL and CONCACAF execs have laid down a “framework” for staging a special edition of the Copa America in the United States has likely put Canadian soccer execs in a bit of a quandary.
Montreal or Vancouver? No. 1 seed for next year’s ACC still up in the air 23 Oct 2012 While the Montreal Impact were eliminated from the Eastern Conference playoff race weeks ago, and the Vancouver Whitecaps have made the postseason in the West, both have 42 points.