Hart: Cuba, not Honduras, has got to be the focus of the CMNT 4 Oct 2012 “It is you guys (the media) who are focused on Honduras,” said Hart. “My discussions with the squad after the Panama game were about Cuba. They continue to be that. It is a dangerous thing to play a game before it arrives.”
Froese’s name the highlight of Canada’s roster for ASG Cup 24 Sep 2012 Flashing like a neon sign in the Canadian U-17 roster that was announced for the upcoming ASG Cup was the addition of Kianz Gonzales-Froese. This will mark the second tournament in a row that the teen has elected to represent Canada over his native Cuba.
Occean limps out of Frankfurt win with “muscle injury” 21 Sep 2012 Occean, who opened his Bundesliga account with a goal last week, hobbled out of Frankfurt’s 2-1 win over FC Nurnberg just 20 minutes into the match.
DeRo to miss Canada’s next two World Cup qualifiers 13 Sep 2012 The Canadian men’s national team will go into its two biggest World Cup qualifiers in more than two decades without the country’s all-time leading scorer.
Hart gives us his post-mortem on Canada’s first two Group C matches 14 Jun 2012 “Not only missed chances,” said Hart of Tuesday’s 0-0 home draw with Honduras, “But we failed to make the keeper work."
Canadians unhappy with home draw to Honduras 13 Jun 2012 "We've got to score goals," McKenna said. "You can't win soccer games if you don't score goals and that's our biggest problem... If you get at least three chances, you have to bury one."
WCQ: Canada gets three vital points despite Cuban heat, “unplayable” field 8 Jun 2012 “I would not know how to describe the field. It’s not even playable,” said Occean. “We came out with a big win and that’s important for us.”
Canadians ready for Cuban gamesmanship 6 Jun 2012 “It’s been very limited to be honest, they haven’t played much,” said Hart at Tuesday’s practice. “We went down to see the two games they played in Jamaica, they actually brought the under-23 team so we really don’t know much about what the senior team is doing.”
Remembering a Canada-Cuba qualifying battle of a World Cup past 5 Jun 2012 It was October, 1996 — and the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying schedule had Canada playing Cuba back-to-back. One home game on Oct. 10, then an away match Oct. 13. The home date took place at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium — which had been lovingly nicknamed “St. Paul’s Cathedral” by Canadian supporters because of Paul Peschisolido’s knack of scoring goals there.
Hart: “Time for experimenting is finished” 2 Jun 2012 “I think the time for experimenting is finished,” said Hart. “We had a series of games in the first round of qualifying and due to injury or unforeseen circumstances I had a lot of different players go through that system. But now we sort of know what we need to do and any sort of changes is not necessary now.”
