Book it. The semifinals of the Voyageurs’ Cup will see the Vancouver Whitecaps face FC Edmonton and Toronto FC play the Montreal Impact.The match-ups were confirmed by MLSSoccer.com on Monday, quoting Canadian Soccer Association officials.

For the second year in a row, Denis Hamlett will be an assistant with a team making the move from Div.-2 to Major League Soccer.

The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Argentine defender Martin Bonjour.

On the one-year anniversary of Aron Winter being named Toronto FC’s Head Coach and Technical Director, the former Dutch international made a quiet announcement about another addition to club’s personnel.

Toronto FC has just been handed a massive advantage ahead of its CONCACAF Champions League ties against the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Central defender Dicoy Williams will be back with Toronto FC in 2012, but likely won’t be ready for the start of the regular season.

First, Beckham has a history of skipping games on artificial turf — and the game at the Rogers Centre goes on the fake stuff. Through a series of scheduling woes and nagging injuries, Beckham only made one appearance at BMO Field before the surface was changed to grass — that was the 2008 MLS All-Star Game.

At that time, C.J. Sapong, who would go on to become the league's rookie of the year, was still on the board. Will Bruin, another forward who had some impressive spurts in 2011, was also still there for the taking.

So, when it comes to picking the year’s best stories, I let the numbers speak for themselves. I went back through the analytics and looked at the 11 stories you, the readers, kept reading and re-reading.

But here's a suggestion. The CSA currently has no roster rules on the Nutrilite Canadian Championship. The CSA regulates the Canadian Championship. Why not place a quota there?