So, yes, I am going to write about Canada’s new home kit — released today by Umbro Canada — because, well, I need to cash in a bit.

The number of registered players fell from 818,940 in 2016 to 776,176 in 2017.

The Canadian Premier League took four major steps towards its planned 2019 kickoff.  At the Canada Soccer annual general meeting Saturday in Yellowknife, four more CanPL clubs received their official professional sanctions: York (Toronto Area), Port City (Vancouver area), Calgary and Halifax.

Canada Soccer said it likely won't comment on FIFA's decision to slap a two-year ban on the former coach of the El Salvadoran national team for his actions leading up to a September, 2016 World Cup qualifier at BC Place.

And the glaring, obvious truth is that Canada, despite only having one team in CCL, year after year performs better than the United States, which has four slots in the tournament.

“The steps that we [the city] have taken along the way allow us to remain active in the bid,” said Coun. Walters.

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.

In fact, bidding on both events for the same year is a plus, said Canada Soccer General Secretary Peter Montopoli.

So, as Calgary looks to edge closer to a “yes” and four other Canadian cities work towards a World Cup, is someone finally going to take charge ask if these processes are on a collision course?

There's an assumption from the bid committee that Canada's World Cup hosting duties will be spread out. So, if only two cities are selected in the end, it CANNOT be Montreal-Toronto or Vancouver-Edmonton