Canadian Kevin Harmse scores historic goal for San Antonio 29 Apr 2012 Canadian Kevin Harmse has a piece of Texas soccer history that no one can ever take from him.
FC Edmonton boasts 55 per cent of the Can-con in the Canadian Championship 27 Apr 2012 FC Edmonton accounts for 55 per cent of the domestic content in the upcoming Amway Canadian Championship.
Hello, Newman: Four Canadian pro teams endorse their CSA candidate 26 Apr 2012 Make no mistake. This is unprecedented stuff. In North America, sports teams’ front offices usually work behind the scenes when it comes to political issues and don’t make public pronouncements on their positions. Too many risks, too many bridges that can be burned. But this times is different.
FC Edmonton has week and a half to prepare for Whitecaps clash 25 Apr 2012 If a looming Amway Canadian Championship semifinal against the Vancouver Whitecaps wasn’t enough to get the minds of FC Edmonton’s players off of Sunday’s crushing 4-3 defeat to Minnesota, two training sessions on the same day in blustery 4C temperatures did the trick.
Q&A with Orebro SK’s Canadian keeper, Tomer Chencinski 24 Apr 2012 The 11 caught up with Canadian goalkeeper Tomer Chencinski, who has started the last four matches for Swedish Allensvenskan side Orebro SK. The Thornhill, Ont. native has given up four goals in four matches, but enjoyed a 225-minute-plus shutout streak after he replaced Swedish veteran Jonas Sandqvist as the starter, just one game into the season.
Herdman: Canada, Japan, Sweden, South Africa is NOT the Group of Death 24 Apr 2012 Right after the Canadian national women’s team was drawn into an Olympic group with World Cup champs Japan and World Cup third-place finisher Sweden, Herdman told reporters via a conference call that he didn’t think Big Red was in the Group of Death
Clarke graduates from Residency to Whitecaps; Grootscholten leaves Residency 24 Apr 2012 The Vancouver Whitecaps don’t have any Canadians in the regular starting XI, but they now have three young Canucks on the roster. The team announced the signing of 18-year-old Richmond, B.C. native Caleb Clarke on Tuesday. He joins Bryce Alderson, Canada’s two-time U-17 Player of the Year, and Canadian national U-20 and U-23 player Russell Teibert on the roster.
No surprise… Pontius named MLS Player of the Week 23 Apr 2012 D.C. United’s Chris Pontius notched a hat trick in a 4-1 triumph over the New York Red Bulls, and got the most POTW votes from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Bad news for TFC, Impact: East is proving to be much better than advertised 23 Apr 2012 In fact, take Montreal and Toronto away from the equation — and their collective 0-6-0 record against the West, and the East actually has a winning record (12-11-5) in interconference matches.
Minnesota capitalizes on FCE’s defensive errors in wild 4-3 game 22 Apr 2012 A cavalcade of defensive and goalkeeping mistakes allowed the NASL champion Minnesota Stars to come away from FC Edmonton’s Clarke Stadium opener with a 4-3 win.