Argentina’s Di Biase comes from Bolivian League to FC Edmonton 29 Jul 2016The Eddies are set to fill their open international roster spot, as Argentine midfielder Nicolas Di Biase trained with the team Friday.
Eddies snatch seventh home win in a row after comeback over Cosmos 27 Jul 2016If the Eddies are indeed putting together a special sort of season, they may look back on Wednesday’s 2-1 win at home over the New York Cosmos as the day they went from “the team that’s on a hot streak” to a “team that’s a genuine contender for a Soccer Bowl.”
Fisk and Galvao need patience: FC Edmonton waiting on Spanish, Portuguese federations to sign off on deals 26 Jul 2016The Eddies have completed the paperwork when it comes to signing these two players, and the Canadian Soccer Association has done its part. But the Eddies need the Spanish FA to sign off on Fisk — who most recently played in Spain — and the Portuguese federation to green-light Galvao’s move.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 20/NASL Week 15/USL Week 18 25 Jul 2016In Saturday’s win in Jacksonville’s 40-plus C heat (with the humidity), the Ottawa Fury gave 464 of a possible 990 minutes playing time to Canadians. Canadian Carl Haworth scored the second goal of the game in a 2-0 win. And, with that, Ottawa not only leads all NASL and MLS teams in terms of giving minutes to Canadians, the Fury …
“We’ll play a lot worse than we did tonight and win:” Miller’s take on FCE’s loss to Indy 23 Jul 2016It was only the Eddies second loss in 10 games. But, you might have figured that this one was gonna be a problem for FCE.
Mistakes cost Canadian women in final pre-Olympic friendly 23 Jul 2016 But, even though Canada didn’t look overmatched by the world’s No. 3-ranked women’s soccer nation, a series of key mistakes allowed the French to claim a 1-0 win.
The repatriation acts: Dixon yet another Canadian who decides to return home in 2016 20 Jul 2016Dixon is just part of a growing trend of Canadians who are deciding that home soil is the best place for them to be. Dixon, who got his first national-team call-up earlier this year, is the newest member of the “come back to Canada club.”
FC Edmonton says Landskrona BoIS can’t use Boakai until a deal is sealed 19 Jul 2016“They can’t do anything until they look after us,” said Miller.
Ben Fisk on his training stint with FC Edmonton: “We’ll see how the club likes me and we’ll go from there” 19 Jul 2016“We wanted to have a look at him, but nothing has been finalized yet,” said Miller.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 19/NASL Week 14/USL Week 17 18 Jul 2016So, despite all the good Canadian news from the Whitecaps, after the team's two matches this past week, its season-long average of minutes played by Canadians per match dipped below 90. That means the Whitecaps average less than one full 90 minute session for a Canadian player per game. And that puts them far behind the four other Canadian MLS and NASL sides.
