On 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.

As has been widely expected, the San Antonio Scorpions striker was named the NASL’s Golden Ball winner Wednesday.

The team also unveiled its newest member of the coaching staff, Angelo Sestito. And, director of soccer Joe Petrone promised that a new head coach would be in place by the end of November.

As 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.

Eddies’ central defender Paul Hamilton was named to the squad, which was announced by the league on Tuesday. The centre back was named defensive player of week in mid-May and led the team in minutes played, with 2,024.

NASL announced Thursday on its website that Downs will be retiring at the end of the 2012 season, and the search for a new commissioner is underway.

Michal Misiewicz, the Canadian keeper who wowed us during the U-23 team’s magical run in the Olympic qualifiers, is now without a club.

FC Edmonton goalkeeper Lance Parker is one of the finalists for Cosmopolitan magazine’s Bachelor of the Year contest.

“If you look at our budget, and the number of fans we have been getting, we have to make some tough decisions,” said Fath. “With our coaches, we had to go in a different direction… We haven’t seen any significant successes on the revenue side.”

FC Edmonton has fired coach Harry Sinkgraven and assistant Hans Schrijver.