New FC Edmonton keeper Ramos wants to keep representing Cuba, but can’t 23 Feb 2013 Andy Ramos didn’t defect. He didn’t slip away before a national-team game. He didn’t ask for asylum.
Results are in: Canada will just need a draw against Nicaragua to advance at U-20s 21 Feb 2013 All Canada will need to do is get a draw with Nicaragua Friday to get into the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Disorganized Canadians gift two goals to Cuba in CONCACAF U-20 opener 19 Feb 2013 In the first half, the Canadian U-20s didn’t take their chances. In the second half, they were simply taken to the cleaners.
Murrell, Essa and an injured Alderson don’t make final U-20 cut 16 Feb 2013 Nick Dasovic has pared the national U-20 team roster down to 20 players, 48 hours before the team opens the CONCACAF Championship in Puebla, Mexico.
FCE reveals full training camp roster… Whitecaps friendly set… Monsalve out, Cuban keeper in 15 Feb 2013 FC Edmonton announced its list of 30 “trialists” invited to training camp, which officially begins tomorrow with fitness testing at the University of Alberta Butterdome.
Occean suspension must be served over “official” matches, not friendlies: FIFA 12 Feb 2013 FIFA made the decision back in November of 2012 that the Canadian striker would be suspended for six games, but didn’t make it official until Monday.
Dasovic: Canada’s U-20s will be ready for tough Mexican conditions 5 Feb 2013 On Tuesday, Dasovic named his preliminary 23-man roster for the CONCACAF U-209 Championship. The team will gather Feb. 11 in Mexico City for a pre-tournament camp. And, right before the team plays its Feb. 18 opener in Puebla against Cuba, Dasovic will need to pare the roster down to 20 players.
Dasovic: Had conversations with FC Edmonton, but committed to Canadian U-20s 21 Nov 2012 Nick Dasovic spoke with FC Edmonton’s front office about the vacant coaching position, but he remains committed to the Canadian U-20 program.
After Friday’s results, Canada knows it must get at least a draw in Honduras 13 Oct 2012 "That's a good question," responded Occean when asked what happened. "I think in the moment we want to score more goals and want to get the ball back and I lightly pushed the goalkeeper, then red card. So that's rough, that's kind of rough. That's poor refereeing, really poor refereeing."
Canada not happy with three-goal margin over Cuba 13 Oct 2012 "We could've at least scored seven goals today, we had so many chances," said Atiba Hutchinson. "There could've been a lot more. Players kind of had their heads down a little bit because we know we could've had more goals."