TFC’s success in CONCACAF will force juggling of 2012 NCC schedule 19 Oct 2011 It’s a nice problem to have — but Toronto FC’s success in the CONCACAF Champions League is already throwing a wrench into the planning of next season’s Nutrilite Canadian Championship. Why? This past year, the NCC began in the last week of April. But, the CCL final’s second leg is set for April 24-26, which would put it in direct conflict with a similar NCC start date in 2012.
Herdman gets his first win as the women’s national team coach 18 Oct 2011 Canada got goals from veterans Christina Julien and Christine Sinclair, and the first-ever senior international marker from 18-year-old Amy Pietrangelo, as it beat Costa Rica 3-1 in their opening game of the Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
CMISL in talks to bring indoor-soccer team to Vancouver 14 Oct 2011 Kowalchuk wrote in an e-mail to The 11 that “it would be premature” to confirm that Vancouver will or will not have a team competing in the CMISL in 2012.
Montopoli hopes all-Canadian Div. 2 can be “FC Edmonton times eight” 13 Oct 2011 Canadian Soccer Association General Secretary Peter Montopoli is hopeful that the FC Edmonton experiment can be repeated in cities across the country — in an all-Canadian Division-2 league.
New Edmonton downtown soccer stadium highlights Heart of the Capital campaign 12 Oct 2011 A new soccer stadium is one of the key projects being pushed by “Heart of the Capital,” a lobby group that is urging Edmonton’s city council to revitalize the downtown core.
Puerto Rico frustrates Canadian strikers at BMO Field 12 Oct 2011 Those who watched the World Cup qualifier from Toronto's BMO Field cannot be faulted for perhaps falling asleep at some point or changing channels during the uneventful and disappointing 0-0 draw.
Occean can’t stop scoring — for Canada and in Germany 10 Oct 2011 “It feels great, always felt that I could contribute a lot to the national side and here I am and I hope against Puerto Rico I’ll show again that I deserve to be here,” said Occean Sunday.
Canada better on the road than at home: Hart 10 Oct 2011 However, coach Stephen Hart has another concern with playing on its home turf — playing recklessly and not according to the game plan. Canada won its opening qualifier 4-1 over St. Lucia at home, but looked shaky in the first half with the team taking chances by throwing players forward – something Hart did not draw up on his playbook.
Canadians enjoy a magnificent seven in St. Lucia 8 Oct 2011 In the most dominating game in the history of the men’s program, Canada easily beat tiny St. Lucia 7-0. Simeon Jackson led the way with a first-half hat trick with Olivier Occean and Iain Hume contributing two goals each respectively.
Tune in to online radio broadcast of Canada-St. Lucia qualifier 7 Oct 2011 Fans can surf to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/canmnt-live for the audio coverage of the game.