Canada Soccer won’t comment on FIFA’s decision to ban El Salvador coach for his actions related to WC qualifier 2 May 2018 Canada Soccer said it likely won't comment on FIFA's decision to slap a two-year ban on the former coach of the El Salvadoran national team for his actions leading up to a September, 2016 World Cup qualifier at BC Place.
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.
Loss to Honduras a severe blow to Canada’s U-20 World Cup hopes 17 Feb 2017 There was no way that Canada’s men’s under-20 team was going to qualify for a first World Cup in a decade in its first game, but, after a 1-0 loss to Honduras on Friday night, the drought looks set to continue.
Patriot games 9 Jan 2017 Jayson Leutwiler plays his professional soccer in England. He was born in Switzerland and played for that country’s junior national teams. But, years ago he decided he want to represent Canada at a senior-national-team level. Late in 2016, he finally got his chance to play for the Canadian side.
Canada fined and warned by FIFA because of improper fan conduct during World Cup qualifiers 4 Oct 2016 FIFA confirmed Tuesday that it has levied a series of fines and warnings to the Canadian Soccer Association due to poor fan and player behaviour during the recent series of World Cup qualifiers.
Another cycle gone 15 Sep 2016 Like so many before, this World Cup-qualification campaign ended in bitter disappointment; once again, Canada couldn’t survive a tough road schedule and CONCACAF gamesmanship
How to deal with another Canadian World Cup disappointment 7 Sep 2016 I’ve been through a lot of them. It doesn’t get any easier with experience, let me tell you. Over the next couple of days, you’re going to go through a lot of deep, dark stuff. You’re going to weird out the people you know who aren’t into soccer (this is likely a good day to call in sick… oh, you’re at work already? Well, scratch that).
Canada wins the game, loses the war — another World Cup shot vapourizes 6 Sep 2016 Really, the fact that Honduras got a point out of a 0-0 draw in Mexico eases the pain. By getting a point, Honduras made sure that Canada could not catch it for second place in CONCACAF’s Group A — and get that spot in the Hex.
Is offering El Salvador money to play well against Canada really match-fixing? 6 Sep 2016 El Salvador's national soccer federation has claimed that a representative of a wealthy Honduran businessman has offered its national team money to do well against Canada in Tuesday night's World Cup qualifier.
Dear Mexico: It’s Canada. We need your help. 2 Sep 2016 Somehow, we got out of there Friday afternoon with “just” a 2-1 loss. Really, if it wasn’t for our keeper, Milan Borjan, a crossbar, and some really poor Honduran finishing, it could have been out of sight.
