To finish third at a tournament, in which more than three teams were participating, without scoring a goal in open play? Impressive. With only one goal in three games? That takes effort. Not since the Seattle Sounders won MLS Cup in 2016 without getting a single shot on target before the penalty shootout has a team been rewarded for being as ineffective in front of goal. 

Right now, Canada is one win, one draw at the Algarve Cup because, really, their goal hasn't been threatened. That's not going to happen at the World Cup. At some point, the opposition will score. At some point, Canada might need to score two to win, or to find the net on that one great chance that comes to them in order to turn a 0-o draw into a 1-0 triumph.

Let’s face it, you would stay off the message boards and Reddit and the soccer blogs if you wanted sober, measured analysis. What you want is reactionary, knee-jerk, panicked commentary.

Really, though, Toronto FC should have made a tie out of this thing. The Reds were up 1-0 at halftime of the second leg thanks to a perfectly weighted header from Jordan Hamilton, but really could have, should have been up by more.

Basically, TFC was caught with its pants down, and decided not to even try and pull them back up.

But today’s kit was, well, underwhelming. It was as if Nike was like “quick, we need to get Canada a kit in time for this January friendly!” and sent a couple of boxes of generic black shirts and shorts to Spain.

The team confirmed that the sanction is for 2019 only and that "future sanctioning will indeed be reviewed."

The Ottawa Fury is taking its case against CONCACAF to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. The question is, how quickly can the case be heard?

So far, what I am hearing from agents and players is that they’d hold off. And this is where it gets tricky for the Fury. In January, we’re going to see a surge in signings in both USL and the Canadian Premier League. And, with each day the Fury has to sit on the sidelines and not be active in the market, the team’s chances of having a competitive roster dwindles.

CONCACAF says all it has done is advise the CSA that it didn't feel the "exceptional circumstances" clause had been satisfied, but hasn't actually received any paperwork regarding the Fury.