CanPL roundup: Wanderers go local, former England U-17 joins the Cavalry 30 Jan 2019 On Wednesday, Wanderers announced the signing of the club’s first local player, 17-year-old Scott Firth.
Priestman leaves Canadian program, will join England’s national team 3 Aug 2018 Bev Priestman will be leaving her various roles within Canada Soccer to move back to England and take over as an assistant coach with the women's national side.
FC Edmonton signs English-Indian fullback Netan Sansara 9 Feb 2017 The team announced the signing of English-Indian left back Netan Sansara, Thursday. Sansara played with Norwegian side Fredrikstad from 2014 till the end of the 2016.
FCE teenager Shome made NASL debut Saturday, wrote university exam Tuesday 20 Apr 2016 FC Edmonton’s 18-year-old midfielder made his professional debut Saturday, playing 80 minutes against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. But, he couldn’t let himself get too carried away — on Tuesday, the University of Alberta first-year engineering student wrote an exam.
D.C. reunited 21 Sep 2015 A knee injury and then a broken foot derailed Diana Matheson’s preparations for the Women’s World Cup — her participation at the tourney was reduced to a single sub appearance, in Canada’s quarter-final loss to England. But, now back to full health, the midfield magician has made a major impact on her NWSL club, the Washington Spirit
The long road back… 21 Sep 2015 When Ethan Gage left the Vancouver Whitecaps for Reading, the former Canadian U-20 Player of the Year had high hopes for his career. Instead, it was a disaster. He’s spent years in Scandinavia rediscovering a passion for the game, a passion that he’d lost in England...
Good enough… or not? 15 Jul 2015 Flattered by the success of the Olympic bronze medal in 2012, the Canadian women’s national team may have been as glittery as fool’s gold to casual sports fans. But, really, with the team’s offensive issues and lack of stars in the primes of their careers, was elimination at the quarter-final pretty much inevitable?
No, Canada 15 Jul 2015 Canada’s players had to give the fans at BC Place a teary salute after they lost their Women’s World Cup quarter-final to the English. The success of the team at the London Olympics was a feel-good story that lingered for three years. But did loyalties that were spawned in the Olympic run come back to haunt Canada in 2015? Damn straight they did...
Champions of Europe 15 Jul 2015 The third-place match is usually the most-criticized game of any World Cup, women or men. The argument: Why make the semifinal losers stick around for another game, when third place isn’t regarded as that big a deal in World Cups? But, England’s win over Germany showed us the other side of the debate; that the game can mean a heck of a lot to the players involved...
Leagues ahead of Canada 15 Jul 2015 Mark Sampson, head coach of the English women’s team, spoke about how vital the rise of the WSL has been to the success of his Lionesses. At the Women’s World Cup, 22 of the 23 players on the English roster came from WSL clubs. The odd one out was striker Jodie Taylor, who plays with the Portland Thorns of the NWSL.