DAZN’s big Canadian deal: Digital space is a natural fit for soccer 25 May 2018 The DAZN deal simply reflects the reality — that, in Canada, soccer is a sport better suited for digital streams than for traditional broadcasters.
Canadian coach Findlay expects South Koreans to begin friendly with its strongest squad 2 Nov 2016 For interim Canadian men’s national-team coach Michael Findlay, the process of picking players for the Nov. 11 friendly in South Korea featured some logistical issues.
The CL final and the overemphasis on tactics in soccer journalism 22 May 2012 And, tactics, while important, are just part of the game. Let’s be absolutely clear. Tactics do not win games by themselves. Good tactical decisions by managers give their players the best possible chances they have to succeed. But it is still up to the players to provide the intangibles, the skill, the grit, the desire, to win games.
Edmonton fans have chance to return charitable favour to NSC Minnesota supporters 16 Jun 2011 At the end of May, the Dark Clouds, a band of NSC Minnesota Stars supporters, collected money to send to the Red Cross to help the victims of the Slave Lake wildfire in northern Alberta. They had found out about the fire, which destroyed 374 homes in the town, as their club traveled to Alberta to face FC Edmonton in NASL play for the first time. Now, FC Edmonton fans have the chance to return the favour.
Canadian Tosaint Ricketts sees his team go from UCL to relegation in an instant 31 May 2011 On the eve of Wednesday's friendly with Ecuador at BMO Field, Canadian national-teamer Tosaint Ricketts got some bad news this morning. His Romanian club won’t be in the Champions League after all; in fact, it won’t even play in Romania’s top flight next season.
When online, players can’t hide their Barca-Arsenal loyalties 17 Feb 2011 It was a fascinating exercise to go through a couple of hours worth of tweets after Arsenal’s stunning 2-1 win over Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie. The pundits are one thing, but when the tweets come from players or, in the case of Eskandarian, recently retired players, it’s amazing to see people who are (or recently were) paid to play the game become fans.
No surprise: Whitecaps add Rochat to MLS roster 21 Jan 2011 The Vancouver Whitecaps announced Friday that the club will have Canadian-born Swiss national-team defender Alain Rochat on the roster for the 2011 MLS season.
So, who is the real MVP of world football? 10 Jan 2011 So, here’s the question. Based on the criteria of most valuable to his or her team, to whom would you give the award (man, woman or both)? We at The 11 would love to know.
