FC Edmonton’s Gardner reflects on Canadian U-20 team’s battles with Mexico 10 Jul 2012 “You can plan to play the Mexicans, you can talk about what you have to do against the Mexicans, but it’s nothing like when you actually have to play them, the way they pass and move,” said Gardner.
Can TFC trialist Hall rediscover his stellar NCAA form? 10 Jul 2012 In 2009, Hall made 121 saves, more than any other keeper in the NCAA.
Sinclair continues on record-breaking pace as Canada edges Colombia 9 Jul 2012 Sinclair scored her 15th goal of the season on Monday as Canada beat Colombia 1-0 in a pre-Olympic friendly held in Switzerland. What’s notable is that the most goals Sinclair has registered in a calendar year for Canada is 16. She is now only one away from tying the record.
FC Edmonton acquires Arguez on loan from Montreal 9 Jul 2012 And Eddies' director of soccer Joe Petrone confirmed that FCE has an option to acquire Arguez outright at the end of the season.
Ricketts scores in third consecutive match for Dynamo Dresden 9 Jul 2012 Ricketts scored for the third test match in a row, scoring what would turn out to be the winning goal as Dynamo Dresden beat German fourth-division side FSV Zwickau 2-1 on Sunday.
Exhausted TFC moves further into league cellar 8 Jul 2012 Toronto FC looked worn out in a 3-0 road loss to the Philadelphia Union, Sunday afternoon. The Reds lost individual battle after individual battle, gave the ball away cheaply and the Union regularly got its attackers round back of the TFC defensive four.
Ottawa Fury wins division for, ahem, ninth season in a row 8 Jul 2012 It’s not a surprise — but the heavily favoured Ottawa Fury’s women’s team captured its regular-season division title with a 1-0 win over the Toronto Lady Lynx on Saturday.
Smits’s saves, Porter’s goal get FCE road point in Puerto Rico 8 Jul 2012 From the way the teams traded scoring chances, you wouldn’t believe that 0-0 draws were the results of the first two encounters this season between the clubs. Really, if this game would have finished 5-5, it would have been fair based on the quality scoring chances each team was able to carve out.
Canadian U-20s lose one, draw one in Mexico 8 Jul 2012 Canada’s U-20 men’s team salvaged a draw out of its two-game closed-door series in Mexico.
De Rosario, DeMerit highlight MLS First XI 8 Jul 2012 This season’s MLS All-Star Game may hold more interest for Canadian soccer fans than any of these summer exhibtions have since the 2008 edition was played at BMO Field.