DeRo steals the show in his New York return 10 Jul 2011 Canada’s best-ever MLS player returned to Red Bull Arena Saturday, just a couple of weeks after he was dealt from New York to D.C. United. And he said “did you miss me?” in the most emphatic way possible. He scored the second-half decider, giving DCU the 1-0 win over the star-studded Red Bulls.
Harvey trade suggests more Whitecaps’ deals to come 8 Jul 2011 Unless the trade that sent left back Jordan Harvey to Vancouver on Thursday isn’t the first of many dominoes to fall for either the Whitecaps or Philadelphia Union (or both), this deal makes no sense.
Unhappy days: Cunningham ties MLS scoring mark in win over Whitecaps 7 Jul 2011 It’s OK if, until late Wednesday night, you had forgotten that Jeff Cunningham still played in MLS. After spending most of the first half of the season riding the pine, arguably the greatest villain in the history of the league is now tied with Jaime Moreno atop the MLS all-time scoring list. His 133rd career goal, his first for the Crew since he returned to the club in the off-season, gave Columbus a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps at Empire Field.
Draw! MLS stalemates continue at an amazing pace 6 Jul 2011 Last season, there were 58 draws in MLS play. In 2011 — at just the halfway mark of the season, we are now at a whopping 64 draws. With six of this past week’s nine games ending up in draws — including both matches played as part of a July 4 doubleheader broadcast on ESPN2 — 2011 continues to show parity in MLS like we have never seen before.
Lindpere’s two-goal effort earns him Player of the Week honours 6 Jul 2011 Joel Lindpere shone the brightest out of the New York Red Bulls’ star-studded lineup this past weekend. His two-goal effort helped earned the Red Bulls a 2-2 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday in front of more than 41,000 fans at Stanford Stadium — and it also earned him the MLS Player of the Week nod.
FC Edmonton surrenders late equalizer, spurns chances in Minnesota 5 Jul 2011 NSC Minnesota keeper Joe Warren was victimized on FC Edmonton’s fluke opening goal, but was the hero down the stretch as the Stars came back to tie the Eddies 1-1 Monday in Blaine, Minn. Warren was named the man of the match even though the goal he allowed wasn’t close to being FCE’s best scoring chance of the evening. But he made two key saves — one off Kyle Porter and another off sub Alex Semenets — in the final minutes to preserve the draw after Devin Del Do scored with less than 10 minutes to tie the game.
Canadian women wanted equality: Now, in dealing with criticism, they should get it 5 Jul 2011 And the CSA knows that. Guaranteed, next time Morace gives the Association an expensive shopping list, she’ll be met — understandably — with a lot of resistance. It’s like asking dad to borrow the Ferrari after you totalled the Porsche the last time out. Not gonna happen.
RailHawks’ easy win over the Impact is hardly a surprise 4 Jul 2011 At the start of the NASL season, you’d have predicted that any 2011 match between the Carolina RailHawks and the Montreal Impact would be a top-of-table clash. Only the RailHawks have kept their part of the bargain. When surveying the Impact’s 2-0 road loss to Carolina Sunday, you would be excused for assuming that the RailHawks were preparing to jump to MLS next season while Montreal was, well,just a bad team.
Sportsnet’s arrogance comes through in broadcast of NCC finale 2 Jul 2011 Really? The most exciting match in the history of the NCC is unfolding before our very eyes, and Rogers comes off like it’s apologizing to viewers searching for the Jays’ game? Rogers is actually urging people to switch away from the Cup final to join the baseball broadcast?
Karma plays massive role in deciding the NCC title 2 Jul 2011 Whether or not you believe in any particular deity, ghosts, talismans or luck, you couldn’t shake the feeling that some greater power had an influence over the deciding game of the Nutrilite Canadian Championship.