Canadians begin women’s U20 tourney with rout of Haiti 2 Mar 2012 After a nervous start, the Canadians got five second-half goal en route to a 5-0 win over Haiti Thursday in Panama City.
Italians cry foul over Robyn Gayle’s match-winning goal for Canada 1 Mar 2012 The Italian soccer federation wasn’t as kind. On its website, it blasted the referee for allowing the Gayle goal. The FIGC’s report stated the game was “spoiled by a foul in the penalty area that went undetected by the referee” before Gayle got the winner.
Hart on loss to Armenia: Canada looked “like a team that has not played in four months” 29 Feb 2012 “I’m glad we played the game,” said Stephen Hart who was less than happy with the game overall. “The first half, we did OK for about the opening 30 minutes of the game and then it was a matter of keeping proper possession of the ball and basically giving them the chances that they had.”
Parker, Schmidt lead Canadian women to opening win at Cyprus Cup 28 Feb 2012 Kelly Parker scored and had a role in setting up two others as the Canadian national women’s team opened the Cyprus Cup Tuesday with a comprehensive 5-1 win over a Scotland side that’s missing its best player.
Hart’s Canadian side besieged by hail, rain in Cyprus 28 Feb 2012 The skies opened up in Cyprus Tuesday, bring a mix of rain and hail — forcing Canada to adjust its training routine ahead of tomorrow’s friendly with Armenia.
Hart claws and scratches with clubs so he can put together small 17-player Canadian roster 23 Feb 2012 When the Canadian men’s national team faces Armenia next Wednesday in Cyprus, it will bring a squad of just 17 players. Meanwhile, the Armenians will bring 31 players.
Whitecaps beat CIS champs, but more links are needed 20 Feb 2012 The Vancouver Whitecaps certainly scored well in the PR department Sunday, as it beat the reigning CIS champion University of Victoria Vikes Sunday, in front of 2,831 fans in the B.C capital.
CONCACAF delivers amnesty to de Guzman and Dunfield 14 Feb 2012 And that means Canadian midfielders Terry Dunfield and Julian de Guzman, who had a yellow each from the previous round of qualifying, will enter the next phase of World Cup qualifying with clean slates.
Sherbrooke finally scores some goals, but can’t escape last-place finish at FIFRA championships 5 Feb 2012 After being outscored by a cumulative score of 24-1 over its three round-robin losses, Sherbrooke faced Ecuador’s La Bombonerita in the third-place game. The Ecuadoreans took the match by a 7-6 score.
How the CSA can fix its WCQ public-relations mess 4 Feb 2012 What this column won't do is make an attack on Toronto itself. It's counterproductive. It's simple. Coach Stephen Hart was given final say on the venues for the qualifiers, and he went with Toronto. It's his decision. So, Hart's Toronto call should be judged just as fans judge a correct or incorrect roster selection or tactical decision.