Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 28/NASL Week 25/USL Week 26 18 Sep 2017Toronto FC misses a few key regulars, and still is good enough to annihilate the Los Angeles Galaxy, 4-0. For Canadian soccer followers, the big news out of TFC’s weekend win was that Tosaint Ricketts bagged a couple of goals.
Eddies beat Indy, then learn that Hurricane Maria has changed their plans 17 Sep 2017But, after the Eddies dominated Indy and won 2-0 at Clarke Stadium, Sunday, they found out they wouldn’t be getting on the plane on Monday. The league announced that the game at Puerto Rico has been postponed. Forecasts are calling for Hurricane Maria to arrive at Puerto Rico Wednesday.
FC Edmonton owner confirms attendance at CanPL meetings, says USL not an option 17 Sep 2017“We have been going to the meetings,” he said. “I believe in the Canadian Premier League. I think it will be great for Canada.”
Off the mark at Clarke: Eddies still looking for first home win of the NASL fall season 15 Sep 2017FC Edmonton’s fall-season performance breaks all the conventional wisdom about second-division soccer in North America.
“What a CanPL will mean for us”: Canadian players speak up 14 Sep 2017The 11 is reaching out to Canadian players, simply asking them for their thoughts about what a CanPL would mean to them.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 27/NASL Week 24/USL Week 25 11 Sep 2017So far this season, 26 Canadians have appeared in MLS matches; but, of those, only five have earned more than 1,000 minutes each. To put that in perspective, 1,000 minutes is just over 11 games of full-game action. More than half are under the 500-minute mark.
NCFC ends Clarke Stadium winless drought, and makes stew of the Rally Rabbit, too 10 Sep 2017Even the rally rabbit couldn’t save FC Edmonton, this time. Down 1-0 to North Carolina FC early in the first half of Sunday’s NASL match at Clarke Field, the Eddies had their good luck charm run onto the field; a grey rabbit interrupted the match. Now, history tells us that whenever the rabbit is seen, good things happen for the …
Eddies prepare for a run of “10 Cup finals” and try to shut out the NASL gossip 8 Sep 2017“There’s nothing we can do about it as players,” said FCE captain Nik Ledgerwood of the latest episode of As the NASL Turns. “We try to go on with our work, although it is a distraction. It’s your workplace, it’s up in the air. But, at the same token, it’s the same thing as last year. We were dealing with the same thing in the off-season. Nobody knew if there was going to be a league, a team, whatever it was. We’ll continue to work hard and do our stuff, and we hope the fans will come out and continue to support the team.”
And then there were six: Calgary’s out as a potential World Cup 2026 host city 7 Sep 2017The bid committee overseeing the joint U.S./Canada/Mexico push for the 2026 World Cup released an updated list of potential host cities for the tournament on Thursday.
Another Canadian in legal trouble in Orlando: Will Johnson arrested on domestic-violence charge 6 Sep 2017For the second time this season, a Canadian national-teamer playing for Orlando City has been arrested.