Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 15/NASL Week 11 14 Jun 2015This weekly update to the minutes-played-by-Canadians list need to be taken with more than a few grains of salt.
Don’t panic: Canada good enough to beat Dominica 11 Jun 2015"I think we played a very good game," coach Benito Floro said after the match. "We proposed that we would be serious in this game and to play Dominica with a lot of respect. We developed a strong pressing game, and at the same time we have had at least 12 or 13 scoring chances. Unfortunately we only scored once from open play and the penalty. The result was not correspondent with the play but it was good."
Floro: Akindele, Roberts and Johnson all “new” to me 9 Jun 2015Canadian national-team coach Benito Floro is working with three “new” players as the team prepares to begin its qualification process for the 2018 World Cup. FC Dallas striker Tesho Akindele, FC Edmonton defender Mallan Roberts and, um, Portland Timbers midfielder Will Johnson are all new players, in Floro’s eyes. Wait? Will Johnson? The Canadian national-team veteran? Floro put him in …
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 14/NASL Week 10 7 Jun 2015It was moving day on the Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings.
FC Edmonton’s Roberts called into Canada’s national side 6 Jun 2015The Canadian Soccer Association has announced that FC Edmonton defender Mallan Roberts — who got his citizenship earlier this year — has been called up the men's national team ahead of their June 11 and 16 World Cup qualifiers against Dominica.
CSA board member to propose motion that Canada pull out of FIFA, CONCACAF 4 Jun 2015Canadian Soccer Association board member Amelia Salehabadi-Fouques will submit a motion that the organization pull out of FIFA and CONCACAF. In a statement made public on her website (CLICK HERE), the Quebec board member pledges to make a motion at Saturday’s CSA board meeting that would initiate a temporary separation between the CSA and FIFA. Of course, her motion calls …
CSA confirms that it is looking for new broadcast partner 3 Jun 2015The CSA says that it "is exploring broadcast avenues" for Canada Soccer as a whole, and is looking at ways to get the Canada/Dominica qualifiers in the air.
Decision made: Akindele on Canadian roster for WCQ 2 Jun 2015The decision has been made. FC Dallas forward Tesho Akindele has chosen to represent Canada.
FC Edmonton: No contact at all with Canadian professional league backers 1 Jun 2015But, if the league does indeed come to be — and, to be fair, there is still a lot of skepticism out there — the assumption that the North American Soccer League’s Ottawa Fury and FC Edmonton would simply come along for the ride is well, off-base.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 13/NASL Week 9 31 May 2015Ouimette now has five appearances, four of them starts, for the Red Bulls. He’s played a total of 412 minutes. And that’s significantly more minutes this season than — ahem — all of the Canadians combined on the Impact roster.
