Canadian men’s team to face Armenia in Cyprus 17 Jan 2012 The Canadian Soccer Association announced that our men’s national team will play Armenia during the FIFA international match day of Feb. 29.
B.C.-born Leroux will have sort-of homecoming at Olympic qualifiers 16 Jan 2012 Sydney Leroux will have a sort-of homecoming in Vancouver this week.
Mottershead replaces Matheson on women’s Olympic qualfiying roster 15 Jan 2012 Diana Matheson’s injured knee won’t be ready in time for her to play for the Canadian national team at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers.
Herdman, Canadian women’s team ready to face frustration at Olympic qualifiers 12 Jan 2012 John Herdman and the Canadian national women’s team are expecting to see a lot of teams packing the back at the upcoming Olympic qualifiers in Vancouver.
FC Edmonton signs CIS players, offers tryout to former D.C. United defender 10 Jan 2012 And St. Mary’s forward Elvir Gigolaj, who was one of the stars of the 2011 CIS Men’s Soccer Championship held in Victoria, wowed in his trial with FC Edmonton and is likely to stick with the team. Gigolaj helped St. Mary’s get all the way to the CIS final. He scored in the championship game, but the Huskies fell to the hosts. Gigolaj scored two extra-time goals in the semifinal win over the University of Alberta.
MLS website confirms Voyageurs’ Cup match-ups 9 Jan 2012 Book it. The semifinals of the Voyageurs’ Cup will see the Vancouver Whitecaps face FC Edmonton and Toronto FC play the Montreal Impact. The match-ups were confirmed by MLSSoccer.com on Monday, quoting Canadian Soccer Association officials.
The 11’s top 11 stories of 2011 24 Dec 2011 So, when it comes to picking the year’s best stories, I let the numbers speak for themselves. I went back through the analytics and looked at the 11 stories you, the readers, kept reading and re-reading.
Does Canadian Championship need a Can-con rule? 23 Dec 2011 But here's a suggestion. The CSA currently has no roster rules on the Nutrilite Canadian Championship. The CSA regulates the Canadian Championship. Why not place a quota there?
Taking on Lenarduzzi’s take on Canadian player development 22 Dec 2011 But there is one chapter that will be the focus of the rest of this article: Lenarduzzi, as president of the Whitecaps and a former national-team coach, has a strong opinion on Canadian player development.
Herdman selects women’s Canadian Olympic qualifying roster 20 Dec 2011 As he announced his roster for the upcoming tournament in Vancouver, Herdman also spoke of the need to keep the team’s heads “light, bright and clean.” So, in January, he is bringing in Dr. Ceri Evans, listed on the roster as a “mental trainer” to work with the team, to help boost the player’s confidence after the morale-shattering World Cup — a tournament where the player’s mental toughness was brought into question.