After Gold Cup elimination, what’s next for the Canadian men’s program? 20 Jul 2017 There’s one game scheduled in September in Jamaica and with no World Cup qualifiers or Gold Cup games of any sort for years, the program will have to try and continue developing on friendlies.
Larin added to Canadian roster ahead of Gold Cup knockout phase 16 Jul 2017 That being stated, because the rules are there, it's hard to sniff at any national-team program that takes advantage of them. And these rules gave Canadian national team head coach Octavio Zambrano a golden opportunity to deal with his Cyle Larin problem.
Draw sends Canada to Gold Cup quarter-finals 15 Jul 2017 A second-place finish in Group A to go with a no-fear sort of performance against both Costa Rica and Honduras will continue to stoke the still small hope that Canada is, indeed, heading in the right direction under head coach Octavio Zambrano.
It’s time for Alberta to field a team in the Gold Cup 12 Jul 2017 What we do need to have is our own “national” soccer team. I put “national” in quotes because, well, it would be only a sort-of national soccer team.
Canada raises bar of expectations with solid performance against Costa Rica 11 Jul 2017 “I think we’re going to make something of this Gold Cup,” said goalkeeper Milan Borjan, who, like many other players around him turned in an excellent performance. “With a new, amazing coach that gives the guys the confidence, gives the spirit for the games. It’s really good.”
Relief for the Canadian men’s team as it scores four in Gold Cup opener 7 Jul 2017 Canada has been waiting on Alphonso Davies to get that Canadian passport for a while and now that he has it, he’ll already be heralded as the future of the Canadian program looking for a talisman.
Several key veterans out of Canada’s Gold Cup roster 27 Jun 2017 Canada’s team for the upcoming Gold Cup will have a very different feel than the squad that didn’t make it to CONCACAF's World Cup-qualifying hex.
Canada Soccer releases 40-man provisional roster ahead of Gold Cup 6 Jun 2017 The timing was impeccable. On the same day that Canadian national-team coach Octavio Zambrano revealed his 40-man provisional roster for the upcoming Gold Cup, came news that Edmonton-raised teenage phenom Alphonso Davies has got the citizenship test out of the way and will have a Canadian passport very soon.
Second chance 18 Apr 2017 Maxim Tissot had a trial with D.C. United in 2016; the club couldn’t fit him in the roster, but told him to come back in 2017. After that second trial — and a heck of a lot of paperwork — Tissot has a chance return to MLS
Official statements 11 Jan 2016 Canadian soccer followers have seen it in World Cup qualifiers and in the CONCACAF Champions League — how the standards of officiating differ between Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. But Canadian official Sonia Denoncourt has been put in charge of the region’s referees — can she create standards that make sure no one ever gets “CONCACAF-fed” again?