Morales’s departure paves the way for Whitecaps to beat RSL 12 Aug 2012 One halftime change altered the course of the game. It sent Real Salt Lake off the rails, and gave the Vancouver Whitecaps a major advantage.
Julio Cesar da Silva ineligible to play for FCE in 2012 11 Aug 2012 Edmonton has learned that the forward’s paperwork didn’t get completed in time to beat the deadline to be eligible to play in NASL in the final couple of months of the season.
Hart gives four U-23s their first-ever national-team callups 10 Aug 2012 Four players who took part in Olympic qualifying with the U-23 side, Doneil Henry, Russell Teibert, Evan James and Lucas Cavallini, will all get their chances to make an impression with Hart.
Impact striker Di Vaio “so happy” after Italian acquittal 10 Aug 2012 “Finally! I'm so happy! Now back with so much enthusiasm to my new adventure with my team the Montreal Impact! Thank you all for the support!” wrote Di Vaio on his official Twitter account Friday morning.
Nelson Rivas will miss Impact’s next three matches because of headbutt 9 Aug 2012 The MLS Disciplinary Committee announced Thursday that it had added two more games to Rivas’ suspension for headbutting Philadelphia’s Antoine Hoppenot. That’s in addition to the automatic one-game suspension he earned for the straight red.
Pinto strikes, Pinto misses in bizarre lightning-delayed game for FC Edmonton 9 Aug 2012 In front of a full house at Clarke Stadium, Yashir Pinto scored the goal that allowed FC Edmonton to draw level with the San Antonio Scorpions. Nearly three hours later, in front of just a handful of fans, he missed the sitter that would have given the Eddies the win.
The new MLS playoff tiebreaker… what were they thinking? 8 Aug 2012 After all, this is a league that still continues to confuse fans with secret allocation money, and waits for the union to announce salaries (even though it’s a salary-cap league, so salaries are key to fan interest). So, instead of best conference record, the tiebreaker system was designed to be more complicated than it needed.
FIFA plays waiting game; no Canadian suspensions ahead of bronze-medal match 8 Aug 2012 “The Canadian Soccer Association supports the work of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and will continue to cooperate fully,” said Victor Montagliani, President of the Canadian Soccer Association, in a release issued Wednesday.
Impact makes needed switch at the goalkeeping position 7 Aug 2012 Thus ends the Jekyll-and-Hyde run of the Jamaican in the Impact goal. While, ovee the last few weeks, coach Jesse Marsch had reaffirmed his confidence in Ricketts, the keeper’s ability to confound you with a) eyepopping saves and b) infuriating mistakes, sometimes within minutes of each other, hadn’t gone unnoticed.
FCE’s Saiko shows his frustration over benching 7 Aug 2012 “No, I am not happy,” said Saiko. “It looks like I am not playing. But, if that’s what the coach wants to do, if he feels that what it takes for this team to win is keeping me on the bench, I’ll do whatever it takes to help the team.”