Attakora and Beckie signings show that if they can count as domestics, Canadians can play in America 1 Jan 2016Nana Attakora and Drew Beckie prove a point: That if a Canadian player is able to count as a domestic player on the roster of an U.S.-based NASL team, he'll get a shot.
Hutchinson: National-team success will spur more opportunities for Canadian players 18 Dec 2015Atiba Hutchinson is anchoring the midfield for Besiktas, currently in first place in the Turkey’s top division. Before that, he spent years as the linchpin for PSV Eindhoven. Hutchinson, who was announced as Canada’s male soccer player of the year Friday, understands that he’s kind of gone where no Canadian has gone before. And, looking at rosters across Europe, we …
As he joins TFC, Will Johnson has glowing things to say about Portland 18 Dec 2015He’s won MLS Cups. He’s been an MLS All-Star. He’s an MLS team captain. And, when healthy, he’s an automatic Canadian national-team starter. So there’s nothing wrong with the fact that his first interaction with the media as a Toronto FC midfielder felt like a bit of a victory lap. He’s earned it.
After several attempts, RailHawks finally land Canadian Drew Beckie 18 Dec 2015A trade offer was made by the Carolina RailHawks during the 2015 season, but a deal couldn’t be finalized. But, after his Ottawa contract expired at the end of the campaign, Beckie finally made the move to North Carolina. The team announced Beckie’s arrival on Thursday.
The Fury’s new boss: The Paul Dalglish Q and A 15 Dec 2015There's been a bloodletting in Ottawa, and it simply can't be ignored. So, I've made the call to run the Dalglish Q and A on the website.
Maybe, just maybe, Christine Sinclair has an heir out there 14 Dec 2015But, if there’s a positive to come out of the first two games of the Natal Tournament in Brazil, it’s that we may, finally, have other scoring options to talk about.
The CONCACAF Women’s U-20 final: A friendly disguised as a championship 14 Dec 2015Daniel Worthington, the coach of the Canadian U-20 women’s team, treated Sunday’s CONCACAF final like a glorified friendly.
Pickett’s penalty perfection: Canada qualifies for the Women’s U-20 WC 11 Dec 2015Canada booked its spot in next year’s U-20 Women’s World Cup, but the team sure didn’t make things easy on itself.
FCE to head to Scotland; here’s why it makes perfect cents (sense) 11 Dec 2015 A preseason trip to Europe in no way suggests that Fath is doing anything more but increasing his investment in a team he and his brother, Dave Fath, have lost money on since day one. But, with the dollar slumping to less than 73 cents US on Friday, and it likely to drop even further as the oil price continues to sag, the fact remains that a trip to America has become increasingly expensive, and will likely be even more pricey in the spring of 2016.
MLS Cup highlights the league’s officiating woes 6 Dec 2015Portland’s 2-1 triumph over Columbus in MLS Cup will likely be held up as the new standard for everybody who believes the quality of officiating in North America simply isn’t good enough.
