Sinclair is NWSL’s first-ever player of the month 8 May 2013 Sinclair scored twice and added an assist as her Portland Thorns began the season on a strong note, going 2-0-1 in April.
NWSL’s opening weekend broadcasts were frustratingly poor 15 Apr 2013 And that opinion? That "minor league" would be overstating just how poor the league’s efforts were in communicating its product to its fans and, more importantly, to its potential fans.
Canadians shut out of NWSL Supplemental Draft 7 Feb 2013 A total of 45 players were selected — and every one of them carried American citizenship. And three teams passed on making sixth-round picks.
Canadian national teamers look forward to the day NWSL expands north of the border 5 Feb 2013 While the four members of the Canadian women’s national team who were in Edmonton Monday will all soon head Stateside to report to their NWSL teams, they still dream of playing pro soccer in their home and native land.
LeBlanc: Canadian women drawing their NWSL battle lines 23 Jan 2013 “We were in China (for the Yongchuan Cup), so we didn’t find out live,” said LeBlanc, who was on a media conference call Tuesday promoting her upcoming visit to Edmonton with national teammates Christine Sinclair, Rhian Wilkinson and Diana Matheson. “But we all looked at our e-mail to find out where we were going, and then the trash talking started right away.”
Sinclair gets homecoming of sorts: Goes to Portland in NWSL allocations 11 Jan 2013 Christine Sinclair, Canada’s all-time leading goal scorer and perennial automatic for the national Women’s Player of the Year award, will be going to Portland Thorns FC.
NWSL reveals the names of the 16 Canadian women who made the cut 9 Jan 2013 Maybe the biggest surprise on the list is the inclusion of Bryanna McCarthy, the University of West Virginia product who has played in just four senior national-team matches so far in her career.
Herdman to name his NWSL 16 later this month; unsure how losses of W-League programs will impact program 4 Jan 2013 “The Whitecaps are investing younger,” he said. “They are using the funding they had and were using on W-League and using it on players who are 14 to 17. Strategically, it makes a lot of sense.”
Are the losses of Canadian W-League teams the unintended consequences of CSA’s NWSL subsidy? 21 Dec 2012 Sometimes, ideas that begin with the best intentions have unintended negative consequences. As the United States Soccer Federation announced the formation of the NWSL, the new tier-one pro league for that country, the Canadian Soccer Association chimed in with the news that it would fund the salaries of 16 players.
Herdman: Tough times ahead for women’s soccer in Canada 4 Dec 2012 But women’s national-team coach John Herdman isn’t so sure. Instead or rosy prognostications about women’s soccer in Canada, he said it’s time for us to lower our expectations, as time has come for the program to take a few lumps.
