Canadian keeper Borjan says no deal has been finalized with Sivasspor 7 Jun 2011 Canadian national team keeper Milan Borjan hasn’t yet put a signature on a four-year contract offer from Turkish side Sivasspor. Last week, the Turkish side announced that it had brought Borjan into the fold.
Fleming doesn’t toy with Canadian U-17 World Cup roster 7 Jun 2011 Canada’s lineup for the U-17 World Cup will be almost identical to the squad coach Sean Fleming brought to Jamaica for the CONCACAF Championship.
Late Matheson goal gives Canadian women a win in Hungary 7 Jun 2011 Diana Matheson saved some blushes for the Canadian women’s national team, scoring an 87th minute winner as Canada beat Hungary 1-0 in Budapest Tuesday in a World Cup warmup match. Karina LeBlanc played the full 90 and got the clean sheet in goal for Canada.
Canada out to avenge 2007 Gold Cup loss to the U.S. 6 Jun 2011 The time for talking is over — in just over 24 hours, Canada will look to upstage its rivals from the Unites States as both teams begin their Gold Cup campaigns in Detroit. Whenever the U.S. and Canada play each other it’s a big game, but when the neighbours take to the pitch on Tuesday night, the Red and White will also have revenge on its mind.
Canadian keeper Borjan gets deal with Sivasspor 2 Jun 2011 One day after playing the full match in a 2-2 draw with Ecuador, Canadian national team keeper Milan Borjan has found a new home. Turkish side Sivasspor announced Thursday that it has signed Borjan to a four-year deal.
Tosaint goes marching in! Canada gets late equalizer in “away” game at BMO Field 2 Jun 2011 Tosaint Ricketts picked a fine time to score his first goal for Canada — an injury time strike to rescue a 2-2 result against Ecuador. Trailing 2-1 at the 90-minute mark, Canada was desperate to push forward for the equalizer.
Morals vs. politics: Why Canada won’t stand against Blatter 1 Jun 2011 But, despite all of the scandals at FIFA heaquarters in Zurich and at CONCACAF, it would have been difficult for the Canadian Soccer Association to add its voice to England’s calls for a delay. Because the ballot was held in secret, the CSA will never need to tell us if it was one of those 17 nations that called for the delay. But, we know that at no time did Canada add its voice to England’s in challenging the Blatter coronation.
Dunfield says it was “difficult” to hear about Thordarson’s firing 31 May 2011 “It was sort of a surprise to me a little bit,” said Dunfield after the national team practice Tuesday morning at BMO Field. “It’s difficult when you see not only a good manager, but a good person lose his job. But it’s important we move on from that now.”
Canadian Tosaint Ricketts sees his team go from UCL to relegation in an instant 31 May 2011 On the eve of Wednesday's friendly with Ecuador at BMO Field, Canadian national-teamer Tosaint Ricketts got some bad news this morning. His Romanian club won’t be in the Champions League after all; in fact, it won’t even play in Romania’s top flight next season.
Ecuador sets Canada up well for the Gold Cup 31 May 2011 “We specifically went to attract a South American team and we thought that Ecuador physically, beside the obvious style of play, would match against the sort of opposition that we would have to play,” said national-team coach Stephen Hart.