Earlier this year, I had the chance to sit down with Tosaint Ricketts and talk at length about his soccer-playing life, from growing up in Edmonton to the months of not getting paid at FC Politehnica Timisoara.

The eyes of Canadian soccer fans need to be trained on Edmonton’s City Council Chambers on Oct. 31.

Canada’s U-20 men’s team scalped the United States Wednesday at the Marbella Cup in Spain.

And in Alberta, the richest, most prosperous province in Canada by a country mile, a place where people who drive buses make more than execs in Toronto, we have a debate about whether or not to stick temporary trailers on a track in order to get our World Cup bid to a passing-grade level. And it shows just how much PR work the CSA has to do in Canada’s centre of wealth.

But Thanksgiving Monday’s national club championship final between Royal-Select Beauport and Edmonton Scottish was a compelling Cup final, the kind of game you’ll talk about years from now. Beauport, down to 10 men, triumphed over a Scottish side laden with former NASL and USL players.

“It is you guys (the media) who are focused on Honduras,” said Hart. “My discussions with the squad after the Panama game were about Cuba. They continue to be that. It is a dangerous thing to play a game before it arrives.”

Ri Un Sim scored goals in the 78th and 87th minutes, pacing North Korea to a 2-1 win over the Canadians in Azerbaijan. Sim has scored in every game in the tournament so far.

Simon Fraser University alumnus and Hamilton FC product Josh Bennett will get his shot to earn a job in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

The University of Winnipeg’s men soccer team has been stripped of two wins and a draw after it was revealed that the Wesmen fielded an ineligible player in those matches.

Even the Canadian Soccer Association has no faith in Toronto FC.