One shot on target over two playoff legs: An embarrassment for the Whitecaps 2 Nov 2017 Make no mistake, one shot on goal over 180 minutes is embarrassing. It’s as bad as losing 10-0.
TFC begins its attempt to defy history with a win over the Red Bulls 30 Oct 2017 Toronto’s playoff campaign began Monday in New York, er, New Jersey – and the Reds did not show indications that they would become just another historical footnote.
Let’s face it, we all KNEW Seattle-Vancouver was gonna end in a 0-0 draw 29 Oct 2017 So, as the JAMC drove through an ear-splitting main-set closer of “Reverence,” the bright lights reducing them to shadows on stage, I checked Twitter to see that, yes, the Whitecaps and Sounders had played to a scoreless draw.
Whitecaps start a new chapter in their history with playoff win 25 Oct 2017 Yet, even though teams are constantly changing, fans and media often burden the current players with the anchors of the past. Case in point: Going into Wednesday’s playoff match against the San Jose Earthquakes, a lot has been said about the Vancouver Whitecaps having never won a post-season MLS match.
The job you don’t want: Montreal Impact now on hunt for eighth head coach in less than a decade 23 Oct 2017 To call the Impact head-coach job a poisoned chalice would be an understatement. Basically, the day you get hired, you get a cyanide capsule.
WFC2 became the Whitecaps’ own Kobayashi Maru 14 Oct 2017 But, no. Frankly, the Whitecaps were backed into a corner. When the USL got its Division-2 status from the USSF for the 2017 season — moving up from Div-3 status — it began a chain of events that really could have only ended this way.
MLS opens a marketing office in Canada: Is it already too little, too late? 2 Oct 2017 But, where MLS has truly stumbled in Canada is in making itself a national concern. Basically, in this country, interest in the league is restricted to the three metro areas that have teams. The three Canadian MLS clubs have virtually no presence in the rest of Canada.
Another Canadian in legal trouble in Orlando: Will Johnson arrested on domestic-violence charge 6 Sep 2017 For the second time this season, a Canadian national-teamer playing for Orlando City has been arrested.
Miami FC’s begins legal action in fight for pro-rel: What it could mean for Canadian clubs is muddy 3 Aug 2017 What Miami FC, along with the lower-division Kingston Stockade FC (a team based in New York state), did is initiate an international legal proceeding targeting FIFA, CONCACAF and the United States Soccer Federation. What do the two clubs want? They have gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, claiming that FIFA is violating Swiss law (the body’s headquarters are in Switzerland) by not compelling the USSF to have a system of promotion and relegation between its professional divisions. MLS is Div-1, while USL and NASL are Div-2.
McKendry sees move from USL to FC Edmonton as a step up the ladder 27 Jul 2017 McKendry played in one game for the Whitecaps this season but has played a lot for the WFC2 team in USL. He led all Canadian players on WFC2 in terms of minutes played. But, even though USL and NASL are both recognized as Division-2 leagues, he sees the move from WFC2 to FCE as a step up.
