Some Kind of Terrible: Canada bullied by a superior Mexican side 25 Mar 2016 Life isn’t like a John Hughes film. In real life, the socially awkward guy who listens to Echo and the Bunnymen doesn’t end up with the most popular girl in high school. In real life, if the scrawny kid challenges the neighbourhood bully to a fight, he comes home with his own blood on his shirt and there’s fewer teeth in his mouth than he began the day with.
JDG: Mexico match “could change the future of Canadian soccer” 18 Mar 2016 “This one game at home could change the future of Canadian soccer, it could change careers,” de Guzman said Friday in a media conference call.
Marcel de Jong feeling positive about his first few weeks with the Ottawa Fury 6 Mar 2016 Even though he’s been at Ottawa’s camp since the outset, the termination of his SKC contract and his new Fury deal were only just announced. The Fury deal only lasts till the break between the spring and fall seasons, so de Jong can look for a new club in the July transfer window. In fact, his wife and daughter have remained in Kansas City.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings: The final countdown 1 Nov 2015 As MLS began its playoffs, NASL finished the final week of its regular season. So, this will be the final instalment of our power rankings.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS season-end/NASL 1 week to go 26 Oct 2015 If Kyle Porter plays 22 minutes or more for Atlanta in the final week of the NASL season, he is guaranteed to be the Canadian minutes leader in MLS or NASL this season.This is the penultimate instalment of the Power Rankings, with the MLS regular season having wrapped up this past weekend and NASL having just one week to go (save for FC Edmonton, which has a bye on the final week of the season).
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 33/NASL Week 27 19 Oct 2015 As we head into the final week of the MLS regular-season schedule and the last two weeks of the NASL regular-season slate, only four players remain mathematically alive to be the top Canadian in terms of minutes played in either division one or two.
Canadian double-dip; Olympic disappointment, rays of light for the senior team 13 Oct 2015 On Tuesday night, Canada's men's national team played Ghana in a friendly in Washington, D.C. while the Canadian U-23 team played the United States in the third-place game of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 32/NASL Week 26 12 Oct 2015 With NASL having a shorter schedule than MLS, this was basically a catch-up week for the second division, which gives us a better idea on how NASL teams rank against the MLS sides when it comes to giving first-team minutes to Canadian players. And, we see Toronto FC’s Jonathan Osorio fall out of top spot in the Canadian minutes-played ranks. Atlanta’s Kyle Porter retakes the lead.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 31/NASL Week 25 5 Oct 2015 As we get into the final weeks of the MLS and NASL seasons, the minutes-played-by-Canadians numbers continue to trend downward.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 30/NASL Week 24 28 Sep 2015 Cyle Larin went into this weekend's action knowing he just needed one goal to set the MLS rookie-scoring record.
