Edmonton’s Saiko lone Canadian to make NASL Best XI 28 Sep 2011 Shaun Saiko is the lone Canadian to make the NASL’s year end best XI. Saiko, who led his hometown FC Edmonton in scoring, was the only member of the Eddies to make the team, though defender Paul Hamilton was nominated.
Di Chiara to get his first Canadian national-team call-up, says club 26 Sep 2011 Joseph Di Chiara could get his first Canadian national-team cap when the senior squad travels to St. Lucia for an Oct. 7 World Cup qualifier.
FIFA head of women’s competition gives Edmonton stamp of approval for WWC 26 Sep 2011 A FIFA delegation that inspected Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium said Monday that it is delighted with the progress the city has made as it prepares to be one of the host cities of the 2015 Women’s World Cup. “It’s absolutely acceptable to us,” said Tatjana Haenni, FIFA’s head of women’s competitions, in a press conference held Monday in the Alberta capital.
Women’s teams to play high-profile friendlies at WWC venues; men’s qualifiers left up to Hart’s discretion 26 Sep 2011 The Canadian national women’s team will play a schedule of high-profile friendlies ahead of the World Cup, in the stadiums that will be selected to host games for the 2015 event.
Winter starts TFC regulars; Angel leads Chivas to victory 25 Sep 2011 Aron Winter gambled, and rolled snake eyes. With a massive, must-win CONCACAF Champions League against Pumas UNAM coming up on Tuesday, and with Toronto FC all but eliminated from the MLS playoff race, the Reds’ technical director and coach decided to start his best available XI Saturday against Chivas.
DeMerit won’t have fond memories of final Whitecaps game at Empire Field 25 Sep 2011 The Whitecaps’ veteran central defender played a role in three goals on Saturday. Unfortunately, they were the three that the Seattle Sounders scored to take a 3-1 victory over the home team at its last-ever game at Empire Field.
Canadian women have rough second half in Portland 23 Sep 2011 Schmidt and the Canadian women lost the second of their two-game set of friendlies against the United States Thursday by a 3-0 count. But Schmidt got a loud ovation from the 18,000 plus at JELD-WEN Park who remembered her time as a standout for the University of Portland.
Stop the playoff pipe dream: Why Toronto FC needs to start resting players in MLS matches 21 Sep 2011 Yes, collapses can occur in sport. But the Reds would need to go on a perfect run to finish the season and then need not one, not two, but three teams to all collapse. To have all three falter would be a statistical anomaly.
Impact needs Carolina to show up for final game of the season… but will it? 19 Sep 2011 But, then, there’s the matter of Montreal. The Impact is red-hot at the moment, earning 14 points out of the last 21 on the table. With the additions of MLS loaners Miguel Montano and Ryan Pore, the attack has been transformed. Evan Bush is the best keeper in NASL. Wouldn’t it suit Carolina best to ensure that the team most likely to make a Cinderella run from a low seed didn’t make the playoffs at all?
Herdman off to good start as new boss of Canadian women’s team 18 Sep 2011 The new coach of the Canadian women’s program got a good result, a 1-1 draw with the World Cup runner-up United States in Kansas City.