Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 20/NASL Week 17 (hiatus)/USL Week 18 24 Jul 2017This past week marked some MLS firsts for Canadians.
Cosmos steal Valencia’s thunder in Regina 22 Jul 2017But, put the game in Regina, in the brand-new Mosaic Stadium, and the context changes. As part of Saturday’s officially named Soccer Day in Saskatchewan, with plans now in full motion to put a Canadian Premier League team in the province, the game between the New York Cosmos and Valencia took on a very different meaning.
Potential CanPL owners talk about their big dreams for Saskatchewan soccer 21 Jul 2017How do you know that you’re at a Canadian Premier League meet-and-greet event with circuit president Paul Beirne and two prospective partners in a Saskatchewan franchise?
Straith’s time with FC Edmonton comes to an end 21 Jul 2017FC Edmonton signed Canadian national-teamer Adam Straith to a spring-season contract in 2017 and coach Colin Miller made it clear he hoped that he and Straith could extend the deal to last through the fall campaign. But, that wasn't to be; so, like De Jong last year, Straith's NASL stint will last just a half-season.
Former FCE forward Sadi Jalali gets arraignment date on drug-trafficking charge 20 Jul 2017Former FC Edmonton and Canadian youth national team player Sadi Jalali now has an arraignment date of Sept. 8 at Court of Queen's Bench.
Trafford has become a key piece for the Miami FC juggernaut 19 Jul 2017“It is fun,” Trafford said of Miami FC’s season so far. “Consider where we came from last year; last year, we had a good team, but we didn’t have the success we wanted. Now, this year, with our experience, they’ve added one or two pieces and everything has clicked.”
Fordyce returns: FC Edmonton welcomes back team’s all-time leading scorer 18 Jul 2017FC Edmonton finished the NASL spring season with a league-low 11 goals for in 16 games played. So, getting the team's all-time leading goalscorer back into the fold is welcome news.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 19 (hiatus)/NASL Week 17/USL Week 17 17 Jul 2017Jacksonville’s Drew Beckie, with 1,383 minutes played, led all Canadians when it came to time spent on the pitch. A total of 14 Canadians played in NASL this spring season.
FC Edmonton’s attendance has skyrocketed, now pressure is on to reward those new fans with better performances 16 Jul 2017And the Eddies bid goodbye to two international players in the past week. Dean Shiels's departure was confirmed earlier in the week and, on Sunday, the Eddies announced that Norwegian midfielder Sabri Khattab was going to return home.
Larin added to Canadian roster ahead of Gold Cup knockout phase 16 Jul 2017That being stated, because the rules are there, it's hard to sniff at any national-team program that takes advantage of them. And these rules gave Canadian national team head coach Octavio Zambrano a golden opportunity to deal with his Cyle Larin problem.
