TFC signs Logan Emory: NASL alumni fill the MLS ranks 13 Mar 2012 Last week, NASL confirmed that 14 of its 2011 alumni were on MLS rosters heading into opening weekend. Now, Emory is added to that list.
Marsch: For Impact, one loss does not a season make 11 Mar 2012 After Saturday's 2-0 MLS-opening loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps at B.C. Place, Montreal coach Jesse Marsch declared that one game does not a season make.
Vancouver’s Renniessance overwhelms Impact in MLS opener 11 Mar 2012 It took just three minutes and seven seconds for the Renniessance to officially take hold in Vancouver.
Vancouver’s French-speaking players popular with Quebec media 10 Mar 2012 New coach Martin Rennie, late of the Carolina RailHawks of the NASL has imported a number of new faces and has tried to put his stamp on the team by fostering confidence and positive thinking. Perhaps as a gesture to the members of the Montreal media, Sebastien Le Toux, Alain Rochat and Eric Hassli were made available.
The 11’s super-duper MLS 2012 season preview 7 Mar 2012 We tallied up our votes, and came up with our list of how the teams will finish, who will win MLS Cup and who will be the league’s MVP. No need to play the season, now. We have it all figured out.
RailCaps, er, Whitecaps, add Franks to roster 6 Mar 2012 If Rennie decides to field a lot of the RailHawks players when the Whitecaps face FC Edmonton, look for a tasty matchup. Remember that there were several incidents — shoving matches and scuffles in the tunnel — when FCE and Carolina faced each other last season.
Whitecaps’ keeper Knighton beaten by his former club in penalties 5 Mar 2012 The RailHawks won the game on penalties after the Whitecaps’ Davide Chiumiento scored a last-gasp equalizer. It was 2-2 after 90 minutes, but the RailHawks were perfect in the penalty shootout, while the Whitecaps were just two for four.
Whitecaps edge TFC reserves, Impact downs Hacken 4 Mar 2012 The Whitecaps won the preseason tournament with a 1-0 result over Toronto FC, as Camilo weaved through a group of TFC teenagers and then scored from a very tight angle.
Nguyen waived: Whitecaps waste their lottery pick 2 Mar 2012 Vancouver acquired Nguyen through a weighted lottery. As the last-place team in the league in 2011, Vancouver had the best odds to get him. But coach Martin Rennie and the rest of the team brass understood that, if they won the rights to Nguyen, they would not be able to participate in another weighted lottery in 2012. Once you get a guy, you are out.
Whitecaps score three times in 17 minutes against Sporting Kansas City 1 Mar 2012 But the game came to life in the second half — and the Whitecaps got goals from Sebastien Le Toux, Canadian youngster Russell Teibert and defender Carlyle Mitchell, as they went on to swamp SKC 3-0 thanks to a 17-minute spell of inspired play.