Canada Soccer announced today that it has released Director, High Performance, Tony Fonseca effective immediately.

Then, on Thursday came the announcement that, as part of its national English-language television deal with TSN, seven MLS games will be broadcast coast-to-coast on CTV. That’s a massive sign of BellMedia getting behind the MLS property, with the same kind of fervour we have seen dedicated to the Canadian Football League in the past. Of the seven national CTV games, five will feature match-ups between the Canadian sides.

The 11 has learned that NASL is about to announce a major change to the league's roster rules — Canadians will now be full domestics league wide.

Yet, both the Fury and the Canadian Soccer Association have guarded the team’s Canadian-content obligations for 2017 like a state secret. But the fact that there are a dozen non-Canadian-team-eligible players already signed tells us something.

The number of players in NWSL who have their contracts subsidized by the Canadian Soccer Association continues to shrink.

Canada provides a real issue for CONCACAF; our recognized national championship is the Voyageurs Cup. How well a Canadian club does in USL, NASL or MLS has no bearing on Champions League qualification. In the eyes of the region, the Voyageurs Cup is a more important trophy for a Canadian team to win than MLS Cup.

Post-Christmas, Canadian Soccer Association and CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani told the media that he was “open” to the idea of a joint bid between Canada, the United States and Mexico for the 2026 World Cup.

In accepting her 13th Canadian Female Player of the Year Award, Christine Sinclair suggested that NWSL expansion into Canada would be the way to add more jobs for women.

Jayson Leutwiler plays his professional soccer in England. He was born in Switzerland and played for that country’s junior national teams. But, years ago he decided he want to represent Canada at a senior-national-team level. Late in 2016, he finally got his chance to play for the Canadian side.

In a system without promotion and relegation, why is it important for us to have divisional distinctions for leagues? Really, why do we care so much what a series of suit-and-tie guys deem to be Divisions 1, 2 and 3 in North America?