Schmidt’s super show propels Canada to win — but it also serves as pre-World Cup warning 29 May 2015The Sophie Schmidt show was good enough to beat England. She scored a fantastic goal from just outside the penalty area, had a free kick fly just inches over the bar, and had a good attempt off a short-corner set piece.
Canada’s anti-Blatter vote may be the most significant of them all 28 May 2015During his reign as president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter has made the Canadian Soccer Association one of his favourite federations.
Fallout from FIFA arrests might be felt in Canada 27 May 2015Trying to predict the aftermath of Tuesday’s FIFA arrests is like trying to gather up all the buckshot that’s been sprayed out of a cannon.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 12/NASL Week 8 24 May 2015Off the field, there was some good news as well. FCE’s Allan Zebie, who looks to have claimed a starting fullback spot after making the jump from the academy to the first team this past off-season, was signed to a contract extension that keeps him with the Eddies till 2017. Zebie is also rocketing up the Canadian minutes-played charts.
One in nearly 1.14 million: How FC Edmonton’s last two ACC losses defied the odds 22 May 2015How about this: That the mathematical chance of FC Edmonton losing in the semifinal stage of the Amway Canadian Championship — on goals scored in the 96th minute of the second leg — is one in 1,137,777.77.
Heartbreak kids: Eddies lose Canadian Championship semifinal in 96th minute… again 20 May 2015FC Edmonton is developing a tragic history of giving up late goals to lose Amway Canadian Championship ties. Last year, it was a 96th-minute Patrice Bernier penalty that gave the Montreal Impact a last-gasp semifinal win over the Eddies. On Wednesday, Whitecap substitute Matias Laba rolled the ball across the goal line in the 96th minute of the semifinal’s second …
Eddies can’t afford to try and manage the second leg against the Whitecaps 19 May 2015“For us, it we sit back in the 18-yard box, it is inevitable what will happen,” said FCE coach Colin Miller. “Our game plan worked to a T at BC Place, save for the last six minutes. And, I think we can score, I feel that way about every game we play, and that we need to score. But we are in a position where we’re not chasing the game, so there’s no need to do anything stupid.”
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 11/NASL Week 7 18 May 2015FC Edmonton's brass decided to rotate the squad for Sunday's match against the San Antonio Scorpions. And, with so many younger prospects given the chance to play, a whopping total of 421 minutes were given to Canadian players.
Gut check in Vancouver: “What a performance” by the Eddies, says Miller 13 May 2015“What a performance by these guys tonight,” said FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller. “It speaks to the culture that we’re trying to build here. We gave up some very poor goals to the best team in NASL on Sunday. But we came into this game not looking to draw; we thought we could win the game. We knew that, playing against the best team in the MLS Western Conference, that we couldn’t have one single player out there fail tonight. And we didn’t have any failures.”
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 10/NASL Week 6 11 May 2015Hanson Boakai, Adrian Cann and Mason Trafford made their NASL season debuts this past weekend, and it pushes the number of "surefire" Canadian prospects who have played in MLS or NASL in 2015 to 29. But, let's break that number down. Take Ottawa and the Eddies out of the equation, and the number of players drops to 16 — which isn't very good at all.
