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.

And there’s a wisdom that exists about injury-prone players. They have a tendency to remain injury-prone. Hence the use of the word, “prone.”

The Argentine forward was named NASL Player of the Week for the second consecutive time on Monday. He got 17 of the 19 first-place votes from the members of the North American Soccer Reporters.

But, for 60 minutes of Wednesday’s 2-1 loss in Columbus, TFC looked like a team that was going through the motions, even though coach Paul Mariner handed keeper Freddy Hall his MLS debut and centre back Dicoy Williams his first MLS start of the season.

Ferreira nabbed 15 of the 18 first-place votes cast by members of the North American Soccer Reporters.

Herdman has worked miracles with this team in less than a year. Imagine what he could do with three years of prep time before the Women’s World Cup?

The Laval Cometes dominate the Canadian roster for the upcoming U-20 Women’s World Cup.

Two of Canada’s top developmental sides had crucial post-season matches Sunday, and both came up short.

And, on Wednesday, the Impact sent Braun home to his home state of Utah.

Saborio blew away the field in the MLS Player of the Week vote, earning 11 of the 16 first-place votes cast.