Chilean club’s injury crisis gives TFC chance to free itself of Aceval contract 26 Jul 2012A key injury to a defender at Chilean side Huachipato had a domino effect that went all the way to Toronto FC.
FC Edmonton spends week in Atlanta prepping for Tampa trip 25 Jul 2012After beating the Atlanta 2-1 on Saturday, FC Edmonton has made Silverbacks Stadium its home away from home this week.
After OIympic loss to Japan, we will now see if mental preparations paid off for the Canadian women 25 Jul 2012Over the coming days, we will see how well Canada responds to Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to Japan in the group-stage opener of the Olympic tournament in Coventry. You can’t escape some of the parallels to the 2011 World Cup opener, another 2-1 loss to a world-power team.
Out with knee problem, FC Edmonton’s Van Leerdam waits on doctor’s verdict 24 Jul 2012FC Edmonton will soon find out just how long import midfielder Ilja Van Leerdam will be out as he struggles with a knee problem.
Canadians Walsh, Andrews make season-end W-League All-Star team 24 Jul 2012Veteran Cindy Walsh of the Laval Cometes and Edmonton native Sasha Andrews, a mainstay on the backline for the Pali Blues, got onto the All-Star Team.
FIFA: Canadian clubs only spent 100K on transfers in the first half of 2012 23 Jul 2012According to FIFA, Canadian teams acquired a total of 58 players in the first half of 2012, while 48 moved on. But, altogether, the total amount of transfer dollars in ALL of the deals was… USD$100,000.
Forest City London’s Cinderella run will see it matched up against Sounders U23 23 Jul 2012On Sunday night, Forest City London announced through its official Twitter feed that it will face the Seattle Sounders U23 in the first round of the PDL’s final four.
Carr narrowly wins MLS Player of the Week vote over Donovan, Robson 23 Jul 2012Calen Carr, who scored both goals as the Dynamo beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 last Wednesday, then helped set up Macoumba Kandji’s opening goal in a 3-0 win over Montreal Saturday, got the nod.
Ricketts continues to have Jekyll-and-Hyde performances for the Impact 22 Jul 2012And, like we have seen so often this year, you take the good with the bad when it comes to Ricketts’ play. But, are the highlight-reel saves covering for the fact that he’s been making too many fundamental errors to continue as a No. 1 keeper in MLS?
FCE scores two goals in 93 seconds in win over Atlanta 22 Jul 2012But, the Eddies got two second-half goals in the space of 93 seconds, then held on to beat the Silverbacks by a 2-1 count. The win saw FC Edmonton spring off the league basement, ahead of the Silverbacks.
