Finally! 21 Sep 2015 After years and years and years and years of Canadian Championship heartbreak, the Vancouver Whitecaps finally exorcised their demons by taking the Voyageurs Cup in 2015
The Canadian way: Looking at who DIDN’T end up being on our Olympic roster 18 Sep 2015 It’s the nature of Canadian soccer supporters to focus who is not on a roster rather than who’s on a roster.
The Impact threw away the Voyageurs Cup 10 minutes before Cabrera was sent off 26 Aug 2015 Montreal’s four-on-two was a comedy of errors. It should be shown to atom-age players as a lesson on how not to attack.
What are the odds? 15 Jul 2015 Is FC Edmonton the wild card of coincidence when it comes to soccer in Canada?
One in nearly 1.14 million: How FC Edmonton’s last two ACC losses defied the odds 22 May 2015 How about this: That the mathematical chance of FC Edmonton losing in the semifinal stage of the Amway Canadian Championship — on goals scored in the 96th minute of the second leg — is one in 1,137,777.77.
Heartbreak kids: Eddies lose Canadian Championship semifinal in 96th minute… again 20 May 2015 FC Edmonton is developing a tragic history of giving up late goals to lose Amway Canadian Championship ties. Last year, it was a 96th-minute Patrice Bernier penalty that gave the Montreal Impact a last-gasp semifinal win over the Eddies. On Wednesday, Whitecap substitute Matias Laba rolled the ball across the goal line in the 96th minute of the semifinal’s second …
Eddies can’t afford to try and manage the second leg against the Whitecaps 19 May 2015 “For us, it we sit back in the 18-yard box, it is inevitable what will happen,” said FCE coach Colin Miller. “Our game plan worked to a T at BC Place, save for the last six minutes. And, I think we can score, I feel that way about every game we play, and that we need to score. But we are in a position where we’re not chasing the game, so there’s no need to do anything stupid.”
Gut check in Vancouver: “What a performance” by the Eddies, says Miller 13 May 2015 “What a performance by these guys tonight,” said FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller. “It speaks to the culture that we’re trying to build here. We gave up some very poor goals to the best team in NASL on Sunday. But we came into this game not looking to draw; we thought we could win the game. We knew that, playing against the best team in the MLS Western Conference, that we couldn’t have one single player out there fail tonight. And we didn’t have any failures.”
Snow patrol: Caps, FCE and CSA “unanimous” in decision to postpone match 6 May 2015 After referee Dave Gantar deemed FC Edmonton’s home pitch unplayable, officials from the Canadian Soccer Association, FC Edmonton and the Whitecaps unanimously agreed to postpone the first leg of their Amway Canadian Championship semifinal, which had been set for Wednesday night. The Edmonton leg, now set for May 20, will be the second leg of the series. The Whitecaps still host a match on May 13, but it will now be the first leg, not the second.
Bye bye, Bryce 13 Mar 2015 Bryce Alderson was a Generation Adidas player as a teenager. But the Canadian never played a minute for the Whitecaps in Major League Soccer. Still, the Whitecaps wanted him back in 2015 — and envisoned Alderson being a big part of their new USL-PRO team. But, after years of waiting for a shot on the big stage, Alderson said no...
