Frankfurt delighted to have Canadian striker Occean signed, sealed and delivered 3 Jul 2012 The rumour mill turned into fact Tuesday, when Eintracht Frankfurt revealed Canadian striker Olivier Occean as one of its new signings in a splashy presser.
Canadian futsal squad felled by Escobar’s four-goal effort 3 Jul 2012 The Cardiac Kids from Canada scored the first two goals, but then succumbed to a barrage from the hosts. On Monday night, Canada lost its opening match of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship to Guatemala by a 7-3 count.
TFC says it has been approached about Plata loan; Nesta may not fit under salary cap 1 Jul 2012 "A couple of weeks ago we had some clubs ask us about his services," Cochrane said. "We've toyed with the idea and continued to kind of think about whether to loan him out. Quito was one of those clubs, and a couple of clubs in Mexico also."
Herdman: 2-1 loss to U.S. shows massive improvement 30 Jun 2012 “We’re one goal away from the potential gold medalist, and I think that’s a reality,” he explained. ?“In January, we were four goals away. We’ll try to bridge that gap in the next few weeks.”
A Canadian coaching odyssey: Ongaro goes back and forth between Edmonton and China 29 Jun 2012 So, how did Ongaro latch on to the Chinese job? A year ago, he was coaching both the Canadian national futsal and beach soccer programs. Ongaro is also a FIFA instructor, and tours countries around the world. That brought him in contact with a lot of federations who have fledgling beach soccer programs. He got lots of coaching offers, but China was a bit more, ahem, persuasive in its pitch.
Finally official: Juventus-PSG match in Montreal has been cancelled 27 Jun 2012 It is official. Because of Juventus’ commitment to play in the Italian Super Cup in Beijing, the scheduled July 31 friendly between the Bianconeri and Paris-St. Germain is cancelled.
German trial shows Whitecaps were shrewd in ensuring Clarke was signed 26 Jun 2012 The Vancouver Whitecaps confirmed Monday that Canadian teenager Caleb Clarke, who the club had just promoted from its Residency to the MLS roster in April, is on trial with German third-division side FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt.
Occean-to-Frankfurt rumours show just how much of a big deal the Canadian striker has become 22 Jun 2012 It’s a fascinating display of money doing the talking in European football. SpVgg Greuther Furth won the Bundesliga 2., while Frankfurt finished second. Both are being promoted, but Furth is the novelty club, a team that will be in rarefied air when it plays the likes of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
Former Bundesliga star Lisztes looks for MLS move 21 Jun 2012 The agent representing Lisztes — based in Canada — has confirmed that the former Hungarian national-teamer, who turns 36 in July, would like to play out the remainder of his career in North America.
Hart gives us his post-mortem on Canada’s first two Group C matches 14 Jun 2012 “Not only missed chances,” said Hart of Tuesday’s 0-0 home draw with Honduras, “But we failed to make the keeper work."