Wenger impresses for Impact in draw with SKC 27 Feb 2012 Andrew Wenger, the top pick of the MLS SuperDraft, had some bright moments as the Montreal Impact hung on for a 1-1 draw with Sporting Kansas City in each team’s second match of the preseason Walt Disney World Classic in Orlando, Fla.
Long Tan won’t allow himself to be the Whitecaps’ forgotten striker 26 Feb 2012 Tan drew two penalty kicks, the first one which was converted by Sebastien Le Toux, as the Whitecaps beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 Sunday.
Sebrango will be the Impact’s elder statesman in MLS 21 Feb 2012 At this time last season, Eduardo Sebrango was pondering retirement. Now, he’s guaranteed a season in Major League Soccer.
Impact round-up: Ching back to Houston, Valentin off to U.S. U-23 camp 16 Feb 2012 On Thursday, the Impact announced it had finalized a trade with the Houston Dynamo, sending veteran striker Brian Ching back to Texas. The Impact gets the conditional pick in return.
With WPS gone, Ottawa set to host top women’s club soccer event in North America 2 Feb 2012 Ottawa has been named the host city for the 2012 W-League championships to be held that weekend. Now that the WPS is out of the picture, the finals will bring together the four top women’s club soccer programs in North America.
Women’s soccer goes from high point to low: WPS suspends operations 30 Jan 2012 And, no doubt, the suspension of WPS will have a massive impact on our Canadian women’s team as it prepares foe the London Olympics. Instead of being solely focused on improving the national side ahead of the Games, key players like Christine Sinclair, Candace Chapman, Lauren Sesselmann and Kelly Parker will have other pressing concerns — finding work.
Impact begins preseason with a draw against Chivas 22 Jan 2012 The Impact drew the Chivas reserve side 0-0 Sunday in Guadalajara, Mexico. The match was divided into three 30-minute periods.
SuperDraft: Impact chooses defence over offence, Whitecaps get Mattocks, TFC adds to midfield logjam 12 Jan 2012 With the first pick of the 2012 SuperDraft, MLS commissioner announced — in French — that the Impact had selected Duke University defender Andrew Wenger with its first pick, leaving high-scoring University of Akron star Darren Mattocks to the Vancouver Whitecaps, who had the second pick.
Herdman, Canadian women’s team ready to face frustration at Olympic qualifiers 12 Jan 2012 John Herdman and the Canadian national women’s team are expecting to see a lot of teams packing the back at the upcoming Olympic qualifiers in Vancouver.
Plata and Toronto FC have “agreed to terms” on new multi-year deal 11 Jan 2012 But the wording of Toronto FC’s press release is important. “Agreed to terms” was used instead of “signed.” There is a difference.