The first half of the season will end July 4. The league will take a month off an reconvene at the end of the July for the second half, which will run until early November. The NASL announced that the Board of Governors unanimously approved the switch.

Bernier was named Player of the Month based on second-place votes cast by the members of the North American Soccer Reporters. Both he and Seattle Sounder Fredy Montero, who scored six times in August, got eight first-place votes.

Canadian forward Alex Semenets is looking forward to a new chapter in his soccer career.

Murphy, who scored 16 times in 14 conference games last season and became the first-ever Gryphon to be named male CIS player of the year, scored on opening day as Guelph defeated the Waterloo Warriors by a 3-0 count

But, does a team that loses both of its home matches to Atlanta deserve a playoff spot? The answer is clear — no. On a cool, blustery prairie afternoon, Atlanta did more in the half it had the 50 km/h wind at its back than Edmonton. Matt Horth scored two second-half goals as the Silverbacks all but ended FCE’s playoff hopes.

Actually, the Whitecaps offered danger only to the fans who suffered through a match where two wonder strikes -- from the Galaxy's Juninho and David Beckham -- acted as lipstick on a pig of a game that was dreadful on the eyes.

So, on Sept. 1, with two months of regular-season soccer left to play, TFC is a single point from being mathematically eliminated from the playoff chase. That is the result of Saturday's 2-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City.

Renteria was left wide open in the penalty area to direct Higuain's cross over Impact keeper Troy Perkins in the 92nd minute. And Higuain was given acres of space down the left side in which to engineer a cross, as veteran Alessandro Nesta inexplicably decided to lay off rather than take away the Argentine's space on the wing. It

Norwegian side Valerenga announced on transfer deadline day that the Edmonton native has been signed to a contract that will see him finish out the season. But there’s a very big IF involved. At the end of Valerenga’s announcement, it reads (translated from Norwegian) that “the transition requires that the Romanian Football Federation release Ricketts international players’ license.”

For the second time in two months, an FC Edmonton player has been disciplined by the club.