Saiko’s hat trick earns him NASL Offensive Player of the Week nod 7 May 2012 And, for his efforts, he was named the NASL’s Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. Saiko scored his first career professional hat trick as FCE beat the RailHawks Sunday.
Wondolowski named Player of the Week: Too early to talk about Lassiter’s record? 7 May 2012 Wondolowski took over the MLS scoring lead this week, and now has 11 on the season. The reigning MLS Player of the Month easily took the vote from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Canada finishes atop Group A at U-17 championship 7 May 2012 Canada has won Group A of the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 championship in emphatic fashion.
Saiko scores three as FC Edmonton dominates the RailHawks 6 May 2012 Shaun Saiko enjoyed one of his finest days as a professional player, as he scored all of the goals as FC Edmonton got its first win of the season, downing the Carolina RailHawks 3-0 at Clarke Stadium.
Impact rests many regulars, then enjoys most impressive 90 minutes of the season 6 May 2012 A match against SKC? Sure loss, right? Wrong. The Impact won its first ever road game, 2-0 over the hosts and, frankly, put together the most impressive 90 minutes in the club’s short MLS history.
Montagliani elected as CSA’s new president, but process needs to change 5 May 2012 Victor Montagliani, the odds-on favourite going into this weekend’s Canadian Soccer Association elections, got the support he needed at the Annual General Meeting in Ottawa and is the new president.
Women’s World Cup host-cities announcement is anticlimactic 4 May 2012 As press conferences go, the announcement of Canada’s 2015 Women’s World Cup host cities was about as anticlimactic as they get.
Canada’s U-17 women rout Jamaica in Group A action 4 May 2012 Two days after the Canadian teens throttled Panama by a 6-0 count, they made easy work of Jamaica, winning 4-0 in Guatemala.
Navia named NASL Player of the Month 3 May 2012 Navia, who has played throughout the Americas, including a stint with Chilean second-division side Nublense (where he teamed with FC Edmonton striker Yashir Pinto), scored five times in three starts and a sub appearance for the Atlanta Silverbacks.
Blame FCE’s losses, not City of Edmonton, for poor attendance at Commonwealth Stadium 3 May 2012 The number was painful to read, painful to report. In a concrete monolith of a stadium that’s built to seat more than 60,000, just 2,777 people came to see FC Edmonton play the Vancouver Whitecaps in their first leg of the Amway Canadian Championship semifinal.