TSN had its playoff ratings miracle: Now it must build audience for MLS regular-season games 10 Jan 2017 Understand that the interest in the MLS playoffs was not the product of a steady rise in the ratings. It was a massive spike, with many Canadians watching the league for the first time.
From Boyle Street to the big time 9 Jan 2017 Alphonso Davies has turned a lot of heads; the kid from Edmonton made his MLS debut with the Whitecaps this past season. He was just a teenager. And, he’ll still be a teenager for a few more years. His coaches look back at how the kid from one of Edmonton’s poorest neighbourhoods rose to become a national sensation...
PLASTIC PITCH No. 11: Alphonso Davies’s Edmonton roots, NASL’s future, MDS, what next for TFC, should Scottish get a shot at Voyageurs Cup? 9 Jan 2017 But now that we have a verdict, the issue goes forward. Thanks for your patience! What can you find inside the issue, other than our look back at the USL/NASL soap opera?
Time for Canadian soccer supporters to be… optimistic? 18 Nov 2016 So, a Canadian League, a Canadian team guaranteed to play in MLS Cup and a possible end to discrimination against Canadian players by American teams?
Swope Park Rangers’ win over WFC2 is actually a good thing for Canadian soccer 15 Oct 2016 But the fact that Swope Park Rangers (the American affiliate of Sporting Kansas City) beat WFC2 (the Canadian affiliate of the Vancouver Whitecaps) 3-0 in the USL’s Western Conference final is actually a good thing for soccer north of the border.
Changing the channel 15 Sep 2016 Despite solid attendance figures at Stade Saputo, BMO Field and BC Place, Major League Soccer’s TV numbers are trending downward. This year, they’re sliding further still. Why aren’t fans in the stands translating into large television numbers?
The grass isn’t always greener 15 Sep 2016 New Vancouver Whitecaps signings David Edgar and Marcel de Jong have some advice for young players; if it’s a choice between taking the long-shot in Europe or developing with a Canadian club — choose Canada
Levis a fit for the Whitecaps: CIS product makes the MLS jump 23 Aug 2016 Levis is not the first CIS product to play in MLS. Right now, University of Montreal product Wandrille Lefevre is playing for the Montreal Impact. And he’s not the sole Husky to play pro soccer. Paul Craig played with FC Edmonton in NASL.
Whitecaps forge new partnership in Alberta: FC Edmonton gave thumbs-up to deal 9 Aug 2016 On Tuesday, the Whitecaps announced a new partnership with the Alberta Soccer Association that will include an academy located in Calgary. But it needs to be stated that, before this deal was stamped, both the ASA and the Whitecaps informed FC Edmonton of their intentions — and FCE gave the plan its support.
The repatriation acts: Dixon yet another Canadian who decides to return home in 2016 20 Jul 2016 Dixon is just part of a growing trend of Canadians who are deciding that home soil is the best place for them to be. Dixon, who got his first national-team call-up earlier this year, is the newest member of the “come back to Canada club.”