Mallorca manager confirms that de Guzman isn’t signed — just “training” 9 Jan 2013 "This is a guy who has finished his season and was fortunate that his brother has a home in Mallorca,” said Caparros (translated from Spanish). “I mentioned the possibility that he could train with us, and I knew him from the years he was with me at Deportivo La Coruna and we had no problem that he could train here. "
Payne: TFC “can afford to wait” for Nelsen 8 Jan 2013 "My feeling about Ryan is that he's going to be leading this team for five years to come and if I have to wait a couple of months for him to start that process, I can afford to wait," Payne said. "I'd rather do that than make the wrong decision or a decision I didn't want to make for the short term."
Miller: Expect different Canadian team for January friendlies 8 Jan 2013 “But I can say that the team will bear very little resemblance of the squad that went to Honduras,” said Miller. “It’s my goal to make sure the players who are coming in will be motivated and will want to help the program move forward. Playing for the national team is a privilege, not a divine right.”
Mallorca: Julian de Guzman training with club 7 Jan 2013 On Monday, the Spanish club confirmed on its website that the 31-year-old de Guzman was with the club, but was not signed.
PEI’s Gyorio emerges from career purgatory: Will join Fleetwood Town 7 Jan 2013 Sources close to Gyorio have told The 11 that the midfielder is simply waiting on his paperwork from the Canadian Soccer Association so he’s eligibile to play for Fleetwood, which plays in nPower League 2, or the fourth tier of English football.
Injured Josh Simpson hasn’t returned to training with Young Boys’ first team 6 Jan 2013 Simpson has yet to rejoin the first team — even for training — since he suffered a badly broken leg in the final game of the 2011-12 season.
Jackson scores for Norwich in FA Cup action 5 Jan 2013 English Premier League appearances have been few and far between for Mississauga’s Simeon Jackson — but Canadian soccer followers can hope that his pretty lob goal in FA Cup play Saturday can jump start his season.
What a difference a season makes: Hoilett goes from hot transfer target to QPR’s fringes 2 Jan 2013 He signed with QPR in the off-season, a move to a London club which had decided to open the wallets. But, so far, it wouldn’t be unfair to speak of the move as disastrous.
Bringing MLS-style playoffs to Europe? Wouldn’t that be fun! 28 Dec 2012 The real difference to the English game would be the fact that, outside of Southern basement dwellers Reading and Queens Park Rangers, the non-playoff teams would all still have something to play for outside of relegation.
The 11’s Top 11 stories of 2012 24 Dec 2012 So we went under the website’s hood and looked at the analytics. And, we were able to rank our 11 most-read stories of the year. Now, we present them in order.