Ballon D’Or vote will show what international community thinks about Sinclair’s suspension 26 Oct 2012 When the result of voting for FIFA’s women’s player of the year is revealed Jan. 7, it will be a referendum of sorts.
Proposed 2016 Copa America offers a dilemma for the next Canadian soccer coach 25 Oct 2012 The announcement that CONMEBOL and CONCACAF execs have laid down a “framework” for staging a special edition of the Copa America in the United States has likely put Canadian soccer execs in a bit of a quandary.
CSA accepts Stephen Hart’s resignation 18 Oct 2012 The Canadian Soccer Association has accepted the resignation of men’s national-team coach Stephen Hart.
Hart: I know fans will “never forgive me” 17 Oct 2012 “I think I have six months left on my contract and I have to really sit down and think about this,” said Hart. “Personally I did my best but with this result I don’t think the country’s fans will forgive me.”
The 8-1 drubbing didn’t cost Canada the Hex — the 0-0 home draw did 16 Oct 2012 But, once the feelings from this loss subside, we will look back at the game that truly cost Canada its chance at the Hex. And that was the June 0-0 draw at home to Honduras.
Canada U-20 loses its second in a row at Marbella Cup 15 Oct 2012 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.
After Friday’s results, Canada knows it must get at least a draw in Honduras 13 Oct 2012 "That's a good question," responded Occean when asked what happened. "I think in the moment we want to score more goals and want to get the ball back and I lightly pushed the goalkeeper, then red card. So that's rough, that's kind of rough. That's poor refereeing, really poor refereeing."
Canada not happy with three-goal margin over Cuba 13 Oct 2012 "We could've at least scored seven goals today, we had so many chances," said Atiba Hutchinson. "There could've been a lot more. Players kind of had their heads down a little bit because we know we could've had more goals."
Alderson red card highlights U-20 team’s loss to Azerbaijan 12 Oct 2012 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.
Tosaint Ricketts: In his own words about Romania, growing up in Edmonton, living the life 11 Oct 2012 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.