Oh Canada! U-23 side is stellar in win over the United States 25 Mar 2012 “Everyone’s just happy. That’s the most important thing. But the coaches told us we can’t get overconfident,” said captain Nana Attakora. “We still have a game on Monday and if we lose that game, this game is meaningless.”
Sinclair scores twice as Canadian women beat Brazil 24 Mar 2012 Karina LeBlanc became the first goalkeeper in Canadian national-team history to reach 100 caps, and Christine Sinclair scored career goals 132 and 133 as the Canadian women’s team beat Brazil 2-1 Saturday in Foxboro, Mass.
Fonseca: Canadian U-23 team “nervous” in opening game draw 23 Mar 2012 “In tournaments like this it’s important for a team to start well,” said Canadian head coach Tony Fonseca. “I think the way they faced this game was a certain level of stress coming into the first game. I think they faced it with being a little bit nervous for our taste.”
Hoilett keeps scoring as Blackburn edges away from relegation zone 20 Mar 2012 Blackburn Rovers are now six points clear of the relegation zone, and Brampton, Ont.’s Junior Hoilett is a major reason why the club is pulling away from the trailing pack.
Edwini-Bonsu sacrificed men’s senior team call-up so he could play for U-23s 19 Mar 2012 Canadian striker Randy Edwini-Bonsu had to do some wheeling and dealing with his German club in order to get clearance to play for Canada’s U-23 team in the upcoming Olympic qualifiers, which begin Thursday in Nashville.
Hume scores 100th career goal, gets dressing-down from manager, scores again 17 Mar 2012 Canadian international Iain Hume scored a goal, got screamed at by his manager at halftime, then scored again, as Preston North End defeated Exeter 2-1 Saturday.
Occean scores twice as SpVgg Greuther Furth remains atop Bundesliga 2 17 Mar 2012 Olivier Occean scored twice Saturday to help his Bundesliga 2. side, SpVgg Greuther Furth, overcome TSV 1860 Munich 4-1.
Quarter-final rewind: Winter won the coaching battle over Arena 15 Mar 2012 Aron Winter outmanaged and outcoached Arena in the second leg. Winter made the right decisions, while Arena struggled to adjust. And the coaching decisions could very well have been the deciding factors in the quarters.
Toronto FC the last MLS team standing in CCL 15 Mar 2012 If, last July, someone was to predict that Toronto FC would be the last MLS team standing in the CONCACAF Champions League, they’d have been offered some pretty sweet odds.
Mission accomplished: Canadians qualify for U-20 Women’s World Cup 10 Mar 2012 The Canadian women got two goals each from Jenna Richardson and Christabel Oduro as they easily dispatched the host Panamanians by a 6-0 count in the semifinals of the CONCACAF women’s U-20 Championship.