You can’t win with Canadians: Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 20/NASL Week 14 20 Jul 2015 This is what happens when Canadians are allowed to play. The sky doesn’t fall. The team doesn’t go winless. If you don’t ever present challenges for your Canadian players, how can they ever rise to them?
FCE coach Miller laments injury crisis, blasts NASL schedule-maker 13 Jul 2015 “Explain this to me,” said Miller. “We play in Fort Lauderdale Saturday, and tomorrow we’ll be flying through Tampa on the way to San Antonio. Then, we’re back in Tampa on Saturday. How does that make sense? Only in this league does this happen, I guess. I’m not sure about the stadium availability, but how does this happen?”
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 19/NASL Week 13 13 Jul 2015 But, that doesn’t mean the Canadian scene was dead when it comes to the North American first and second divisions. This weekend, Bruno Zebie made his NASL debut, coming on as a sub for FC Edmonton in its 1-1 draw with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. But, what makes it all the more interesting is that his brother, Allan Zebie, started the game.
Does Miller deserve an apology? Comparing Canada’s scorelessness to FCE’s scorefulness 12 Jul 2015 Now, two years later, it’s looking like the cabal of Miller critics owe the man an apology — at least for the criticisms of how he handled the national side. While Canada flounders through another goalless Gold Cup (as Morrissey once sang: Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before), Miller’s FC Edmonton leads the NASL in goals scored.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 18/NASL Week 12 6 Jul 2015 Mason Trafford scores. Hanson Boakai scores. Sadi Jalali scores. Jay Chapman gets his first start. Jordan Hamilton makes his first MLS appearance. Nana Attakora is sent off. FC Edmonton gave a whopping 512 minutes of playing time to Canadians in a 4-0 win over San Antonio.
Hit the North! Eddies rout nine-man San Antonio 5 Jul 2015 But, while the Eddies started off the game shorthanded, it was the San Antonio Scorpions who finished with just nine men on the field. And they faced a sombre 4,000-km-plus trip home to Texas from oil-sands territory after receiving a 4-0 hiding from the Eddies to open the NASL fall season.
FCE promotes Canadian midfielder Bruno Zebie on an emergency basis 3 Jul 2015 For the first time, FC Edmonton could have brothers on the field, playing the ball to each other, in an NASL game.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 17/NASL Week 11 (summer break) 28 Jun 2015 With the Canadian women’s national team losing a heartbreaking quarterfinal Saturday at BC Place to the English, this might be the week of weeks where our readers say “oh yeah, I guess MLS had games this weekend. Let me check the phone to see what the scores were.”
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 16/NASL Week 11 (summer break) 21 Jun 2015 The revealing good news/bad news scenario in this week’s Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings is found in this past weekend’s Vancouver Whitecaps match.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 15/NASL Week 11 14 Jun 2015 This weekly update to the minutes-played-by-Canadians list need to be taken with more than a few grains of salt.