Our unofficial Team Canada, Swope Park Rangers, loses USL final 23 Oct 2016 For Rangers’ Canadian coach, Marc Dos Santos, it marked the second straight year he faced a New York team in a championship game — and lost.
Swope Park Rangers’ win over WFC2 is actually a good thing for Canadian soccer 15 Oct 2016But the fact that Swope Park Rangers (the American affiliate of Sporting Kansas City) beat WFC2 (the Canadian affiliate of the Vancouver Whitecaps) 3-0 in the USL’s Western Conference final is actually a good thing for soccer north of the border.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 31/NASL Week 26/USL playoffs 10 Oct 2016The hottest Canadian in USL, though, is Mark Anthony Gonzalez. He scored the opening goal as Swope Park Rangers beat Orange County 2-1 in extra time, despite being down to nine men.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 30/NASL Week 25/USL playoffs 3 Oct 2016But, let’s move our focus back to the USL.That league’s regular season is done. But the playoffs got underway this past week, and we’d be remiss not to mention a few Canadian standouts:
Canadian Rangers 28 Jun 2016Unlike NASL and MLS, the USL recognizes Canadian players as domestics on the rosters of their American teams. With a Canadian coach, Swope Park Rangers has become a home away from home for our soccer exports...