League1 Ontario commissioner Dino Rossi believes that the league’s men’s and women’s divisions will soon be a proving ground for not only the best players in his home province, but from across Canada.

FCE coach Jeff Paulus said he hopes that the team will be able to announce some player signings by the end of November.

The first-ever No. 1 pick in a Canadian Premier League draft is Carleton University’s Gabriel Bitar.

That’s right. The U-20s aren’t going out with a whimper. They’re going out, supernova style.

So, the Canadian side is expecting a much stiffer test on Nov. 18 in Basseterre than they got in Nations League wins over the US Virgin Islands and Dominica.

And, on Wednesday, the rumours became hard truths when MDS was named the new head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. MDS signed a three-year deal, and will get the MLS chance that, well, a lot of Canadian soccer followers will say is long overdue. MDS is only  41, but with his track record, it feels, well, like he's been around forever, doesn't it?

The bad grass got the better of Canada. A harmless long-distance shot that Busti looked sure to capture took an awkward bounce off a divot and came up into the keeper’s face. The ball then caromed to Diaz, who scored his second off a nothing play.

The Canadians needed a late second-half goal from FC Dallas draft pick Adonijah Reid to save them some serious blushes — Canada got out of the match with a narrow 2-1 win over Guadeloupe.

After a weather delay in Bradenton, Fla. delayed the kickoff of Canada’s opening match at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship by nearly an hour, Noble Okello Ayo brought the thunder.

Well, with no Canadian teams in the MLS playoffs, at least Alphonso Davies put on a heck of a farewell show.