Does Miller deserve an apology? Comparing Canada’s scorelessness to FCE’s scorefulness 12 Jul 2015 Now, two years later, it’s looking like the cabal of Miller critics owe the man an apology — at least for the criticisms of how he handled the national side. While Canada flounders through another goalless Gold Cup (as Morrissey once sang: Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before), Miller’s FC Edmonton leads the NASL in goals scored.
Oh no: Canada starts another Gold Cup with a scoreless effort 9 Jul 2015 But at no time in that scoreless 2013 run did Canada have a chance as clear-cut, as golden, as the one that Cyle Larin spurned in the first half of the match in Carson, Calif. against El Salvador.
Floro: Lack of Canadian content on Canadian MLS teams puts national team in “bad position” 6 Jul 2015 “We have three teams who are playing in MLS,” said Floro. “But only two or three players are starting. That’s a bad position for us, no?”
Laing: “I know FCE is doing its best to keep me here” 30 Jun 2015 Midfielder Lance Laing says that he’s hopeful that he can play in FC Edmonton’s NASL fall-season opener before he needs to report back to the Jamaican national side.
The Walking Eds: Injuries may force FCE to bring a skeleton squad to Fort McMurray 30 Jun 2015 FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller has been involved in professional soccer for more than three decades. He said Tuesday that, at no time in his career, has he been involved in an injury crisis as severe as the one FC Edmonton is in right now.
Goalkeeper sub the talking point of FCE’s spring-season finale 13 Jun 2015 The analysis of FC Edmonton’s spring-season finale — a 3-0 loss on the road to the Indy Eleven — has to begin by looking at the decision to yank keeper John Smits at halftime.
Chile reception: FC Edmonton’s Lance Laing off to Copa America 2 Jun 2015 FC Edmonton left winger Lance Laing will be heading to South America.
Canadian stalemate: Fury shuts out Eddies’ NASL-leading offence 29 May 2015 “Escape” is the appropriate word, because FCE keeper John Smits, making his second start in a row, made two outstanding point-blank second-half saves, to give the Eddies their first clean sheet of the season — in Cup or NASL play.
If Laing goes to the Reggae Boyz, FC Edmonton will have a massive hole to fill 15 May 2015 If Lance Laing enjoys an extended period with the Reggae Boyz, FC Edmonton will have to learn to play without him on the left wing.
A long MLS labour stoppage could act as a massive equalizer for Gold Cup, early World Cup qualifiers 3 Feb 2015 Victor Montagliani: "From the technical side, there are a handful of players in MLS who could be part of the team that would be at the Gold Cup. And it would hurt if those players weren’t playing. But, when you look at all the countries in CONCACAF, we might be one of the ones least affected by an MLS work stoppage. Certainly, it would not affect us like it would the United States, where the majority of their players play in MLS.”
