After a bright start with a 2-1 win over the United States, Canada’s U-20 squad has now lost two in a row at the Marbella Cup in Spain.

Coach Nick Dasovic’s men lost the match after midfielder and Vancouver Whitecap Bryce Alderson was sent off, and then Azerbaijan got a late penalty-kick winner.

Earlier this year, I had the chance to sit down with Tosaint Ricketts and talk at length about his soccer-playing life, from growing up in Edmonton to the months of not getting paid at FC Politehnica Timisoara.

Canadian striker Iain Hume opened his Doncaster Rovers’ account in a 2-0 win over at Leyton Orient Saturday.

Occean, who opened his Bundesliga account with a goal last week, hobbled out of Frankfurt’s 2-1 win over FC Nurnberg just 20 minutes into the match.

Norwegian side Valerenga announced on transfer deadline day that the Edmonton native has been signed to a contract that will see him finish out the season. But there’s a very big IF involved. At the end of Valerenga’s announcement, it reads (translated from Norwegian) that “the transition requires that the Romanian Football Federation release Ricketts international players’ license.”

Whitecaps’ midfielder Dane Richards will leave MLS at the end of the season and join Canadian David Edgar and his Burnley teammates in the January transfer window.

Jackson scored on a close-range header in the 11th minute to give his Norwich City side a 1-0 lead over Hoilett’s Queens Park Rangers.

After being frozen out of the Ipswich Town lineup for almost all of the 2011-2012 season, Peters parted ways with the club by “mutual consent.” The club made the announcement on Thursday.

“Finally! I'm so happy! Now back with so much enthusiasm to my new adventure with my team the Montreal Impact! Thank you all for the support!” wrote Di Vaio on his official Twitter account Friday morning.