The grass vs. turf debate, part MMXLVII: Why turf is the option for the Women’s World Cup 31 Jul 2013 The grass vs. turf debate was a topic of debate once again on Wednesday, during a sponsored conference call with three members of the women’s national team — Rhian Wilkinson, Erin McLeod and Diana Matheson — and Women’s World Cup communications officer Sandra Gage.
Canadian national team: Edmonton game smashes the must-play-at-BMO Field stereotype 27 May 2013 “It’s a long flight, especially coming out for a single game,” said Ledgerwood. “It’s a 12-hour flight and, as soon as you get off the plane, you step on the field. But, as national-team players we know the long travel comes with it. We’re willing to sacrifice the hours for the long flights to do it.”
Miller finally gets the chance to coach Canada at home 16 May 2013 Fast forward to the present. Miller has his FC Edmonton squad just three points off the top of the NASL table. And he’s beaming with pride after the Canadian Soccer Association confirmed that he’ll be the interim coach of the national side once again.
Canada confirms May 28 friendly in Edmonton: Kickoff time, ACC conflicts are issues 3 Apr 2013 The worst-kept secret in domestic soccer was confirmed Tuesday, when the Canadian Soccer Association announced that it has booked a friendly against Costa Rica for May 28 at Commonwealth Stadium. This has been on the radar since the middle of March: FIFA posted the match on its international calendar and the Costa Rican federation announced the game officially, then retracted …
Canada prepares the “building blocks” for World Cup 2026 24 Mar 2013 But, if even a 2026 bid launch is going to become a reality, we’ll need to have a good look at ourselves. On Thursday, when the Women’s World Cup schedule was unveiled, all the plums went to Edmonton and Vancouver.
Edmonton and Vancouver the big winners out of Women’s World Cup announcement 21 Mar 2013 National team coach John Herdman said he has visions of 60,000 fans, all decked in red, packing Commonwealth for the first two Canada matches. “In 2002, at that special tournament, you saw them as babies. Now, you will see them again as women.”
FIFA has Edmonton date for Canada-Costa Rica on its schedule 18 Mar 2013 But, FIFA does have Canada slated to play Costa Rica on May 28 in Edmonton on its master schedule.
Toronto confirmed for rematch with USA, as time runs out to get pre-WWC friendlies into host cities 19 Feb 2013 But, there’s also a real need to look at the prep for the Women’s World Cup. As Toronto isn’t a host city, this game against the Americans isn’t fulfilling a promise that the CSA has made to Canadians.
LeBlanc: Canadian women drawing their NWSL battle lines 23 Jan 2013 “We were in China (for the Yongchuan Cup), so we didn’t find out live,” said LeBlanc, who was on a media conference call Tuesday promoting her upcoming visit to Edmonton with national teammates Christine Sinclair, Rhian Wilkinson and Diana Matheson. “But we all looked at our e-mail to find out where we were going, and then the trash talking started right away.”
CSA to stay mum as Edmonton debates Commonwealth WWC plan 26 Oct 2012 “No one from the Association will be attending the meeting,” read a statement from the CSA.