Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 6/NASL Week 2/USL Week 3 11 Apr 2016 The Impact is well behind the Whitecaps and Toronto FC when it gives to offering playing time to Canadian players. But, out of those three Canadian MLS organizations, it leaves TFC and the Whitecaps in the dust when it comes to giving domestic players time on the pitch at the USL level.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 5/NASL Week 1/USL Week 2 4 Apr 2016 Where do we stand this year? This year, at the same stage of the MLS and NASL seasons, 24 Canadians on 10 different teams have got minutes. So, if there is a difference between 2015 and 2016, it’s statistically insignificant.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 3 21 Mar 2016 And, while three weeks of the MLS season is a very small sample size, it seemed like a good time to see where we are this year compared to last season. Why? Because only four MLS players were selected for Canada’s squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Mexico — and only one of those players, Will Johnson, came from a Canadian team.
Miller pleased with how close-knit the Eddies have become in Scotland 17 Mar 2016 “I don’t want to get carried away in the preseason, but I have to say I have seen some very positive signs from the youngest to the oldest players in the group. So far, it looks to be a very tight group; it isn’t always easy for a team to come together — and we’ve made I think eight changes.”
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 2 14 Mar 2016 Anthony Jackson-Hamel was credited with one minute of game action for Montreal in Saturday's 3-0 win over the New York Red Bulls, and he scored. A goal-per-minute is a pretty impressive strike rate.
Canada’s U-17s finish a good week for women’s program by qualifying for World Cup 13 Mar 2016 A 4-2 win for the U-17s over Haiti in the third-place game of the CONCACAF Championships wrapped up what could be called a banner week for Canadian women’s soccer.
Canada beats Iceland and the elements in Algarve Cup 8 Mar 2016 But, on a windy Monday in Portugal, Canada got a 1-0 win over Iceland — and thanks to results elsewhere, it was good enough to claim top spot in the group and and a date in the tournament final against Brazil.
Games in sweltering conditions, separation from family: NASL life means big adjustments for European imports 8 Mar 2016 Heat. Many hours in the air and in airports. Moving from pristine grass pitches to new artificial turf to old artificial turf to grass pitches you’d wish would be replaced with artificial turf. That’s the North American soccer experience. And, for players coming from abroad, it requires a massive change in perspective.
FCE’s Ledgerwood says that his Alberta return still hasn’t sunk in yet 1 Mar 2016 Even though Nik Ledgerwood has been in training camp on Alberta soil for the past three weeks, it still hasn’t really hit him that he’ll be playing home games this year, well, at home.
Canada’s pick becomes the new FIFA president 26 Feb 2016 The man who had the open support of the Canadian Soccer Association is now the new president of FIFA. Switzerland’s Gianni Infantino won the presidency Friday after he got 115 of 207 votes on the second ballot. After the first ballot, Infantino had 88 votes while Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim el-Khalifa earned 85. But, on the second ballot, Infantino …
