Winter’s era comes to an end at Toronto FC, but the blame isn’t entirely his 7 Jun 2012 A season and a half ago, the wise people at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, wither through a series of gross miscommunications or ill-devised planning, decided to hire two men to do, essentially, the same job.
NASL remembered: FC Edmonton unveils its 1980 Drillers retro kit 6 Jun 2012 This season, the team will honour the 1980 edition of the team, with a bright orange kit that’s very close to the one worn by the Drillers 32 years ago.
Remembering a Canada-Cuba qualifying battle of a World Cup past 5 Jun 2012 It was October, 1996 — and the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying schedule had Canada playing Cuba back-to-back. One home game on Oct. 10, then an away match Oct. 13. The home date took place at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium — which had been lovingly nicknamed “St. Paul’s Cathedral” by Canadian supporters because of Paul Peschisolido’s knack of scoring goals there.
CONCACAF Champions League draw: TFC to face Santos Laguna… again 5 Jun 2012 By the end of 2012, TFC and Santos Laguna will have played each other four times over the year.
FC Edmonton stunned by Atlanta in front of large Clarke crowd 4 Jun 2012 The Eddies played in front of their biggest crowd at Clarke Stadium so far this season, with 2,521 fans shoehorned into the bleachers and standing around the sidelines. But the crowd went home disappointed as the Eddies slumped to a 2-1 defeat to the previously undefeated Silverbacks.
Canada to face North Korea, Argentina, Norway at U-20 Women’s World Cup 4 Jun 2012 “We are fairly familiar with our opponents based on research, but have no experience of playing against them,” Canadian Andrew Olivieri coach was quoted on FIFA.com after the draw.
Ricketts weighing several offers from European clubs 2 Jun 2012 Ricketts was clear that the options that he has on the table all come from European clubs, and that none of them are trials — they are contract offers.
Another day, another award for FCE’s Shaun Saiko: He’s NASL Player of the Month 1 Jun 2012 FC Edmonton’s poster boy has been named the NASL’s May Player of the Month. Saiko scored four goals and added on assist in May action, including a hat trick against the Carolina RailHawks that saw him score two long-range beauties.
FCE to add 600 more seats to stadium: Expecting biggest Clarke crowd of season on Sunday 31 May 2012 FC Edmonton is planning to bring in 600 temporary seats for Sunday’s match between the Eddies and the Atlanta Silverbacks.
Sinclair’s last-second goal saves Canada in a frustrating friendly 31 May 2012 But the feel-good last-gasp goal shouldn’t completely mask what was a frustrating performance by the Canadian team in front of the home fans in Moncton.