Canada’s U-23 team shuts out Chivas USA 2 Mar 2011 Canada’s U-23 team scored twice in the second half as it downed MLS side Chivas USA 2-0 in Carson, Calif. Tuesday. The game was the first of two the Canadian youngsters will play against Los Angeles-based MLS opposition this week. The Canadians will face the Los Angeles Galaxy on March 4.
Cann leaves TFC, begins holdout 2 Mar 2011 Adrian Cann can’t go on. Toronto FC’s reigning team MVP has walked away from the club, beginning a holdout as he continues to look for an improved contract from the club. Cann did not travel with the team to Charleston, S.C. where the Reds will participate in the Carolina Challenge Cup. Cann signed a four-year deal to come to Toronto FC last season, but he made a huge impression as the safety-first centre back, providing some stability in the club’s fragile back line. Both Cann and Toronto FC were working on a new deal, but Cann rejected the club’s latest offer before packing his bags.
FC Edmonton news: More players signed, some ticket info for NCC 1 Mar 2011 Two more Albertans highlight the four signings FC Edmonton announced Monday. The club, which is set to make its debut in the NASL and the Nutrilite Canadian Championship in 2011, has confirmed deals with Edmonton native Chris Lemire, Lethbridge, Alta. teenager Niko Saler, former Portland Timber Mutanda Kwesele and Dutch defender/midfielder Paul Matthijs.
Americans overwhelm Canada in extra time 28 Feb 2011 It took until extra time of the final game of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship for Canada’s spotless defensive record to be broken — and then the goals came in droves. The Canadians, who hadn’t given up a goal in the round robin, quarter-finals or semifinals, made it through 90 minutes of scoreless soccer with the Americans in the championship game Sunday in Montego Bay, Jamaica. But, the U.S. teens struck three times in extra time to take the regional championship with a 3-0 victory.
Forfeits create odour in CMISL title race 27 Feb 2011 If Calgary United comes from way back in the standings to win the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League title and go on to the Professional Arena Soccer League playoffs in Cincinnati, followers of the league may have to hold their noses. Calgary showed a heck of a lot of guts last week when the club came to Edmonton — where it hadn’t won all year — and beat the Drillers 10-7. That win put United one game back of the Drillers with each team having three to play.
Busy day: Three Canadian teams in preseason action 27 Feb 2011 Three of Canada’s four professional sides were in action Saturday. Our two MLS sides both faced non-league, lower-tier competition, with mixed results. Orlando City, who is affiliated with Premiership side Stoke City, beat Toronto FC in the consolation game of the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic. Toronto left the land of Mickey Mouse with two losses, one to the Houston Dynamo and the other to Orlando, which will play in USL-Pro this season.
Canada-U.S. U-17 final should have MLS smiling 27 Feb 2011 Dare to dream. We are in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Both Canada and the United States are cruising towards qualification, with teams built on the backbones of the two U-17 squads who will face off in Sunday’s CONCACAF U-17 final. Striker Keven Aleman and midfielder Bryce Alderson lead Canada towards Qatar 2022, while striker Marc Pelosi fills the net for the Americans. All of them are household names.
Calgary United sweeps doubleheader without playing a game 25 Feb 2011 The aborted travel plans of the Kitsap Pumas have greatly influenced the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League race. Calgary United will see it’s record go from 5-4 to 7-4 this weekend without having to kick a ball. This weelend’s scheduled home Professional Arena Soccer League interconference doubleheader against the Pumas was cancelled, after the Seattle-area team’s travel plans fell apart.
Canadian teens off to CONCACAF final 25 Feb 2011 Canada got an early goal, and then held on. Check that. Held on desperately in a 1-0 win over Panama in the first of two semifinals at the U-17 CONCACAF Championship in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Canada, which had already qualified for the U-17 World Cup in Mexico by making it to the semifinals of the competition, faces the winner of the United States-Jamaica semifinal, being staged later Friday.
TFC does the right thing with Brennan, Dichio and Dasovic 24 Feb 2011 Wednesday’s decision to make Danny Dichio the coach of the senior TFC Academy squad, and place Jim Brennan in charge of the junior Academy players, is a step in the right direction for this club.