Santos Laguna knocks a Canadian team out of CCL for the third time 25 Oct 2012 But, for the third time since Canada began sending a team to the CCL, our representative has been knocked out of the competition thanks to a loss in Torreon. Montreal gave up two injury-time goals to lose there back in ’09, then TFC twice in 2012.
Proposed 2016 Copa America offers a dilemma for the next Canadian soccer coach 25 Oct 2012 The announcement that CONMEBOL and CONCACAF execs have laid down a “framework” for staging a special edition of the Copa America in the United States has likely put Canadian soccer execs in a bit of a quandary.
CONCACAF asks teams to commit to “fair play and reciprocal courtesy” 19 Oct 2012 Interesting. In the wake of Panama’s national federation tweeting the location of the hotel in which the Canadian team was staying back in September, and with all of the intimidation tactics we see in Central America, this looks like a warning that maybe, just maybe, CONCACAF isn’t going to put up with nations who are poor hosts anymore.
No faith in TFC: CSA schedules Canadian Championship semis to fall on same dates as CCL final 28 Sep 2012 Even the Canadian Soccer Association has no faith in Toronto FC.
Ricketts’ situation a concern for Stephen Hart 19 Jul 2012 The fact that Tosaint Ricketts faces a lengthy spell without club soccer is distressing to national-team coach Stephen Hart.
It’s Sutton time? Jamaican source reports Impact goalie Ricketts has patella injury 9 Jun 2012 If that is indeed the case — and, the Jamaican Football Federation has yet to provide an official update on Ricketts — that would mean that Greg Sutton would likely take over as the Impact’s keeper through the summer.
Hutchinson downplays American friendly, plays up World Cup qualifiers 28 May 2012 “The game against the States is not the most important,” said the 29-year-old Brampton native and PSV Eindhoven midfielder in a conference call with reporters on Monday from the Canadian team’s training camp in Sunrise, Fla. “We want to be ready for the qualifying games.”
U.S. names roster that will face Canada at BMO Field 25 May 2012 The warmest BMO welcome will no doubt go to Maurice Edu, who was the club’s first-ever draft pick and won MLS rookie of the year on 2007. He was eventually sold to now-bankrupt Rangers. But BMO Field was the first professional stadium that he called home, so the game should be more special for him than any of the other 22 men on the U.S. squad.
Jakovic added to Canadian men’s team roster 22 May 2012 On Tuesday, the Canadian Soccer announced that D.C. United defender Dejan Jakovic has been added to the preliminary men’s team roster ahead of June 3’s centenary friendly against the United States and two World Cup qualifiers later in the month.
Little Big Red loses CONCACAF U-20 final to the U.S. 12 Mar 2012 Canada’s Little Big Red was just 11 minutes away from securing the CONCACAF title. The Canadian women were leading 1-0 until the 79th minute. Then, the Americans rallied with two late goals and took the final of the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championship by a 2-1 count. Just as we saw with the senior women’s team and Olympic qualifying, the loss …
