Salinas’s goal and Ching’s misses help Whitecaps to victory 28 Aug 2011 Shea Salinas got the winning goal in a 1-0 victory Saturday over the Houston Dynamo, but the Vancouver Whitecaps’ also got an assist from Lady Luck to get their fourth win of the MLS season.
Deja vu — Severe weather washes away TFC’s CCL match-up 25 Aug 2011 The Reds' CONCACAF Champions League group stage match with FC Dallas was abandoned on Wednesday after 45 minutes due to lightning and a tornado warning across southern Ontario. The game will replayed in its entirety on Thursday at 10:15 a.m. ET, so the 1-0 lead that Dallas held at the time of the stoppage has been erased.
Zusi wins weekly MLS honour 23 Aug 2011 Graham Zusi is the MLS Player of the Week. The Sporting Kansas City midfielder got the nod after the ballots cast by the members of the North American Soccer Reporters were counted.
Gargan’s revenge — another former Red haunts TFC 22 Aug 2011 All Fire-d up! Dan Gargan was feeling exactly that on Sunday night after he scored a second-half insurance goal against his former club in Chicago Fire’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC at Toyota Park.
Timbers prove dominance over expansion cousins from Vancouver 21 Aug 2011 And, the result only confirmed what we’ve all come to realize since the MLS season began; that Portland is well ahead of Vancouver. The Whitecaps weren’t deserving of losing by the slender 2-1 scoreline.
PEI’s Mozzi Gyorio is one of NASL’s top Canadians 18 Aug 2011 Stratford, PEI’s Mozzi Gyorio has been a big part of FC Tampa Bay’s surge up the standings. Gyorio, who is currently part of the national U-23 player pool, is a playmaking midfielder who can play in the middle or out on the right. He scored a key last-gasp free-kick marker in last week’s 3-3 draw in Montreal.
Historic FC Dallas win puts early pressure on Toronto FC 18 Aug 2011 Toronto FC doesn’t begin group stage play in the CONCACAF Champions League until Thursday night, but it already knows that its path to qualification for the quarter-finals has taken a weird turn.
MLS returnee Eddie Johnson has unique place in Toronto soccer history 16 Aug 2011 Eddie Johnson’s mark on the history of Toronto FC can never be erased. The American striker, who the league announced Tuesday will be repatriated to MLS after failing to make his mark in Europe, scored the first-ever league goal at BMO Field.
Setanta ensures that Toronto FC’s CCL match will be seen live 15 Aug 2011 Setanta Sports, which is part of the Rogers’ family of channels, announced Monday that will air Toronto FC’s CONCACAF Champions League group stage match live at 8 p.m. on Thursday.
Seven games left… can the Impact catch FC Edmonton? 15 Aug 2011 While it’s still improbable that the Impact will overhaul FC Edmonton for the last playoff spot, FCE’s recent struggles have made the race a lot more interesting than it needed to be.