Player of the Year Sinclair admits she considered taking her game to Europe 15 Dec 2011 “I’m not ready to not play professionally,” said Sinclair Thursday, as she was named Canada’s female soccer player of the year for the seventh straight year after a vote that wasn’t close. “When there were rumours that WPS might be shut down, for sure I thought about going either to Germany or to Sweden to play.”
Sinclair’s late goal allows Canadian women to edge the Swedes 22 Nov 2011 Christine Sinclair then gave Canada the win with a goal two minutes into stoppage time. After a hectic WPS and World Cup schedule, Canada’s reigning player of the year took a sabbatical and missed Canada’s last two friendlies against the United States. But, in a style to which Canadian fans have grown accustomed, Sinclair returned to score a key goal.
LeBlanc’s penalty saves give Canada Pan Am gold 28 Oct 2011 Christine Sinclair got the tying goal with three minutes left in regulation — and goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc made two key saves in the penalty shootout.
Gayle’s last-gasp goal puts Canada in Pan Am final 26 Oct 2011 The Canadian national women’s team got a late goal from Robin Gayle that ensured it a date in the Pan Am Games’ gold-medal game against Brazil.
After draw with Brazil, Canadian women to meet Colombia in Pan Am semis 23 Oct 2011 The Canadians and Brazilians finished tied atop their qualifying group after the teams played to a 0-0 stalemate Saturday. But Brazil won a coin toss and got the top spot in the group. So, the Canadians will face the Colombians, who won their group.
Herdman gets his first win as the women’s national team coach 18 Oct 2011 Canada got goals from veterans Christina Julien and Christine Sinclair, and the first-ever senior international marker from 18-year-old Amy Pietrangelo, as it beat Costa Rica 3-1 in their opening game of the Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
NCAA commitments keep Fury stars off Canadian women’s team roster 13 Sep 2011 But, because so many of the Fury’s players, including Outerbridge, have NCAA commitments, only one member of the Ottawa team that lost the W-League championship game to Atlanta is part of the roster that new Canadian women’s coach John Herdman will utilize in friendlies Sept. 17 and 22 against the United States.
Canadian women wanted equality: Now, in dealing with criticism, they should get it 5 Jul 2011 And the CSA knows that. Guaranteed, next time Morace gives the Association an expensive shopping list, she’ll be met — understandably — with a lot of resistance. It’s like asking dad to borrow the Ferrari after you totalled the Porsche the last time out. Not gonna happen.
Morace will finally lose Teflon image in wake of Canada’s embarrassing loss 30 Jun 2011 Carolina Morace’s skin has been made of Teflon. The Canadian national women’s coach has got what amounts to a free pass from soccer fans and the media in this country. In the wake of Canada’s humiliating 4-0 defeat to France Thursday at the Women’s World Cup, the questions that haven’t been asked of Morace need to come to the surface.
How did CBC’s Canada-Germany ratings stack up? 29 Jun 2011 CBC’s broadcast of the Women’s World Cup opener between Canada and the No. 1 ranked Germans got ratings that the men’s program can only dream about — but didn’t come close to the kind of numbers CBC pulled in for major group-stage games of the men’s World Cup last year.
