The Canadian women’s national team rallied from a one-goal deficit to beat the Swiss 2-1 in the second pre-World Cup friendly the two sides have played in less than a week.

Canadian U-17 coach Sean Fleming has named the 24 teens who will be invited to the team’s pre-World Cup camp in Sunrise, Fla. The camp will run from May 19-29. After the camp, Fleming will name a 21-man roster who will go to Mexico for the U-17 World Cup, which goes from June 18 to July 10. Canada will find out who and when it will play when the draw happens later Tuesday in Mexico City.

Canada will have a date with one of the most talked-about teenage prospects in the soccer world. On Tuesday, U-17 squad was drawn into Group C with seeded England, Rwanda and Uruguay for next month’s U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Canada, which finished second in the CONCACAF tourney after an extra-time loss in the final to the United States, won’t be a favourite to advance.

The Vancouver Whitecaps earned their first-ever road point in MLS play in a 0-0 draw with the Chicago Fire Saturday. In a match which saw the Fire, with one win all season long, pack the middle of the park and the Whitecaps using eight starters who played 120 minutes in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship semifinal second-leg thriller against the the …

Fans of the Canadian national women’s team will be anxiously waiting the results of Friday’s MRI on the swollen knee of goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe. Labbe hurt the knee last week in Swedish league action. She was forced to leave a match between her side, Pitea IF, and Kristianstad after a collision with an opposing forward.

Will Bruin is, through, the first seven weeks of the MLS season, the leading candidate for Rookie of the Year honours. With a hat trick in Houston’s 4-1 win D.C. United on Friday, Bruin earned Player of the Week honours after the votes from the North American Soccer Reporters were counted. Bruin became only the player in MLS history to notch a hat trick in his rookie campaign.

Canada’s national women’s team has another injury scare to contend with ahead of the World Cup. Goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe injured her knee Sunday in a Swedish league match. Labbe, who plays for Pitea IF, collided with a Kristianstad striker in the 21st minute. According to the Norrbottens Kuriren Labbe tried to continue, but had to be subbed off five minutes after the incident.

FC Edmonton's home-game broadcasts will be available on Shaw TV. The team will not only be webcasting its home games on its website, as per NASL mandate, fans will also be able to watch matches on channel in the Edmonton area. Tape-delayed games will air Saturdays at 1 p.m. local time. Foote Field, the team’s home stadium, doesn’t have the facilities to do a live TV feed, but can accommodate live webcasts. The on-air crew will see the CBC’s Gareth Hampshire calling the play-by-play and, ahem, The 11’s Steven Sandor providing the colour.

FC Edmonton’s two newest signings were on hand at the club’s meet-the-team event at a south side restaurant on Monday. Midfielder Kyle Porter and defender Adrian Leroy were on hand to shake hands with fans as the club hyped its Wednesday date against Toronto FC at Commonwealth Stadium, the opening leg of the Nutrilite Canadian Championship semifinals.

If the prices stay at the same level for Ecuador, it’s realistic to expect about the same number of bums in the seats at BMO. Remember, that on June 7, Canada will play the U.S. — a far sexier match-up than Canada-Ecuador — in Detroit. Tickets for that, with service charges, will run from US$29.80 to US$111.60, with service charges. Canada can’t be in a position where one game competes with the other for fan dollars.