Chivas is a team that struggles at home, and the Whitecaps are in the midst of a four-games-in-11-days stretch, so it would have taken a brave person to predict that Saturday’s 0-0 draw would be anything but dire.

This season’s MLS All-Star Game may hold more interest for Canadian soccer fans than any of these summer exhibtions have since the 2008 edition was played at BMO Field.

Canadian striker Marcus Haber announced via his Twitter account that he has signed with English side Stevenage FC.

After a bright start from the Canadians, four rapid-fire first-half goals gave Panama an advantage it would not relinquish, as it went to beat the Maple Leafs by an 8-5 count.

But the biggest of those changes was his decision to give keeper Evan Bush his first start with the Impact — in MLS. But Bush could do nothing to prevent the Impact from a 2-0 loss.

Canadian U-20 coach Nick Dasovic has named his roster for July 6 and 8 friendlies against the Mexicans.

Montreal, though, could have benefited from the fact that Italy isn’t quite as rosy a place for a professional footballer as it was even a month ago. While Corradi has been in Canada, the perception of Italian football has considerably worsened.

In an NASL campaign which has seen FCE flirt with the bottom of the table, an against-all-odds win might be the thing the team needed to help it bond — the kind of win that could turn around a season.

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.

By the end of 2012, TFC and Santos Laguna will have played each other four times over the year.