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.
After two losses to Mexico, Canada is still in decent shape 29 Mar 2016 But this is all that matters: With games left against El Salvador (home) and Honduras (away), Canada still controls its own destiny. At the start of this group stage, we would have taken this scenario. Gladly. Two games left, and all to play for — with no games left against Mexico.
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.
After another contract controversy, Tosaint Ricketts looks to MLS 24 Mar 2016 “I’m looking to come back to North America. I’m kind of in between things, talking to a few clubs. Hopefully, after this camp, things will be sorted out.”
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.
Corea may have big roles to play for FC Edmonton and El Salvador in 2016 10 Feb 2016 “Down here in Edmonton, I can’t really say much about it!” laughed Corea after the Eddies’ training-camp session Wednesday at Commonwealth Fieldhouse. “I might get my head chopped off by the gaffer and some of the guys here. But I want my team to qualify.”
The young and the rested 11 Jan 2016 The U-20 team qualified for the Women’s World Cup; but was youth really served by the decision to rest key players for the final game of the CONCACAF Championship?
The numbers game 11 Jan 2016 Advanced analytics are helping soccer managers across the world assess their teams’ strengths and weaknesses. But Canada was one of the first national programs to embrace analytics — way back in the early ‘80s
