Forrest to coach Whitecaps Residency U-18s, PDL squad 18 Oct 2012On Thursday, the ‘Caps announced that Gordon Forrest will take over the U-18 Residency, the U-23 PDL team and will also manage the development of the club’s coaching staff. Basically, he’ll coach the coaches.
FC Edmonton makes deal to send teenage prospect Sigue to Whitecaps 17 Oct 2012As FC Edmonton unveiled its residency players for the 2013 season, the team confirmed that a deal has been reached to send Sigue to the Whitecaps Residency.
Wondolowski continues MVP march with another POTW award 8 Oct 2012So, according to the basics of Journalism 101, the fact that Chris Wondolowski was named MLS Player of the Week isn’t a news item. The San Jose Earthquakes striker scored his 23rd, 24th and 25th goals of the season in a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rapids — and was the easy winner of the vote from the members of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Draw eliminates Impact from playoff contention 7 Oct 2012The official “wait till next year” mantra can now be uttered throughout the Montreal Impact camp.
Another game, another late goal conceded by TFC 6 Oct 2012"We come to the end of every game and we don't tense up," said forward Andrew Wiedeman. "We all think this is the game we're going to right the ship. I firmly thought we were going to pull it out and get the win, the way we were peppering the goal. We put them under so much pressure in the second half but we couldn't pull it off."
Wondolowski is MLS Player of the Month 4 Oct 2012Chris Wondolowski’s charge towards the MLS Most Valuable Player award continues. The San Jose Earthquakes striker was named the league’s Player of the Month for September.
Whitecaps score four in rout of Chivas 4 Oct 2012Gershon Koffie, Dane Richards, Camilo and Barry Robson all found the back of the net against the worst side in the Western Conference, despite the club finding itself on the wrong side of the possession statistics, holding only 32.3 per cent of the ball.
Impact fans can’t be surprised by Rivas’s injury plight 2 Oct 2012And there’s a wisdom that exists about injury-prone players. They have a tendency to remain injury-prone. Hence the use of the word, “prone.”
Henry’s performance against TFC earns his MLS POTW honours 1 Oct 2012Maybe there should be a rule: If you face Toronto FC, you can’t be eligible for Player of the Week. Your performance is tainted by the level of the opposition.
Henry toys with Toronto FC’s back four 30 Sep 2012Henry has made some of the top defenders in the world look silly in his star-studded career. Against a defence as suspect as the Reds? Well, it looked like a pick-up game at times.
