The 8-1 drubbing didn’t cost Canada the Hex — the 0-0 home draw did 16 Oct 2012 But, once the feelings from this loss subside, we will look back at the game that truly cost Canada its chance at the Hex. And that was the June 0-0 draw at home to Honduras.
After Friday’s results, Canada knows it must get at least a draw in Honduras 13 Oct 2012 "That's a good question," responded Occean when asked what happened. "I think in the moment we want to score more goals and want to get the ball back and I lightly pushed the goalkeeper, then red card. So that's rough, that's kind of rough. That's poor refereeing, really poor refereeing."
Canada not happy with three-goal margin over Cuba 13 Oct 2012 "We could've at least scored seven goals today, we had so many chances," said Atiba Hutchinson. "There could've been a lot more. Players kind of had their heads down a little bit because we know we could've had more goals."
Tosaint Ricketts: In his own words about Romania, growing up in Edmonton, living the life 11 Oct 2012 Earlier this year, I had the chance to sit down with Tosaint Ricketts and talk at length about his soccer-playing life, from growing up in Edmonton to the months of not getting paid at FC Politehnica Timisoara.
Hart: Cuba, not Honduras, has got to be the focus of the CMNT 4 Oct 2012 “It is you guys (the media) who are focused on Honduras,” said Hart. “My discussions with the squad after the Panama game were about Cuba. They continue to be that. It is a dangerous thing to play a game before it arrives.”
DeRo to miss Canada’s next two World Cup qualifiers 13 Sep 2012 The Canadian men’s national team will go into its two biggest World Cup qualifiers in more than two decades without the country’s all-time leading scorer.
NASL pushes its brand during Canada-Panama match 12 Sep 2012 The signs were placed strategically alongside the pitch at Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City. And the advertising buy was approved by NASL Commissioner David Downs.
Bernier: Canada “should have never been like this” in Panama rematch 12 Sep 2012 “You can understand it during the game to lose momentum or be tired but I think in a game like this we should be ready from the get-go and give them more of a battle.”
Injury, suspension force Hart to shuffle lineup ahead of Panama rematch 10 Sep 2012 With Will Johnson out because of yellow-card accumulation and striker Olivier Occean not even making the trip to Central America because of an injury picked up in Friday’s win, Hart will have to make some changes.
Panamanian keeper: “We were not paying attention and fell asleep” 8 Sep 2012 "We had a situation where we were not paying attention and fell asleep as a team and that was the difference," said Panamanian goalkeeper Jaime Penedo.