Good news on a bad night for FCE supporters: Pinto’s U.S. paperwork clears 3 May 2012 During the halftime show of the TEAM 1260 broadcast of the ACC match, FC Edmonton spokesman Andreas Morse confirmed that Chilean striker Yashir Pinto is cleared to cross the American border to play football.
FCE learns some tough lessons from the Whitecaps 3 May 2012 “When you see the game, you see the difference in the way we play,” said FCE coach Harry Sinkgraven after the match. “They are more mature, you can see that. In battles, they are stronger. We lost too many individual battles.”
Clarke the author of five goals as Canada routs Panama 3 May 2012 Summer Clarke played just 50 minutes, and it was enough time for her to score three times and set up two more.
Wondolowski wins Player of the Month honour 2 May 2012 Chris Wondolowski was the first man in MLS to score on the Vancouver Whitecaps this season — and it’s one of the reasons he was selected the league’s Player of the Month for April.
Whitecaps have done their homework on FC Edmonton 2 May 2012 While Wednesday’s first leg of the Amway Canadian Championship semifinal marks the first time that FC Edmonton and the Whitecaps will face each other competitively, Vancouver coach Martin Rennie is all too familiar with the Eddies.
Pugh: Ottawa will kick off in NASL in 2014, not 2013 1 May 2012 “Really, there isn’t a stadium in the city that is suitable (to be a temporary home to NASL),” said Pugh. “I know it’s hard to believe that in the Capital City, there is no other stadium, but that is the case. So, we considered our options and thought the way to go is to begin play in what will be our permanent home.”
FCE focused on not allowing Whitecaps to get an away goal 1 May 2012 Keep it clean. That’s the prevailing message from FC Edmonton’s final training session before Wednesday’s Amway Canadian Championship semifinal first leg against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
SFU coach Alan Koch to coach Canada at Maccabi Games 1 May 2012 Alan Koch, the architect of Simon Fraser University’s soccer program, is taking on a new challenge. He will coach the Canadian team at the 2013 Maccabi Games.
Who is worse? Comparing KC 1999 to TFC 2012 29 Apr 2012 But, before you go off and say “aha, KC of 1999 was way better than Toronto FC!” let’s add some more food for thought.
Whitecaps steal three points at Crew Stadium 29 Apr 2012 Call it a smash-and-grab. Call it larceny. But there was definitely a sense that the Vancouver Whitecaps left the Ohio capital Saturday night with three points that they had simply stolen from the Columbus Crew.