Bye bye, BC Place: Vancouver’s departure from WC bid offers boost to Edmonton, PR windfall for Morocco 14 Mar 2018 It’s easy for Moroccans to point out just how the United bid isn’t, well, very united.
Liberals and the United World Cup bid: Two groups who need each other 13 Mar 2018 For the United bid, some kind of news that doesn’t come from the United States is welcome, as the America-first tack that had been taken by the bid (until last week) has worked more as an anchor than as a sail.
Canada Soccer creates new U-23 director position for Biello to fill 26 Feb 2018 On Monday, new men’s national-team coach John Herdman and his newly hired assistant, Mauro Biello, were talking about systems and structure.
Canada Soccer: World Cup and Olympic bids for 2026 would be “complementary” 25 Feb 2018 In fact, bidding on both events for the same year is a plus, said Canada Soccer General Secretary Peter Montopoli.
When CCL adds more Canadian teams, frozen February matches could be the norm 21 Feb 2018 It could become our annual cold-shaming-of-teams-from-other-parts-of-CONCACAF festival. Oh, hi there, Mexican champs! Welcome to -20 C! Oh, hello L.A. Galaxy. Welcome to Winnipeg in February. No, this isn’t “bad” weather to us. This is NORMAL weather to us.
NWSL allocation, Algarve Cup roster: New Canada coach puts heavy emphasis on offence 15 Feb 2018 The roster for the Algarve Cup was unveiled, featuring seven forwards out of the 23 players named. Maybe new coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller has been studying post-Second World War Eastern European tactics and is looking to start at least four strikers, or maybe he's going to go way out there and show us off Canada's new-look 1-3-6.