Floro talks about Honduran heat, focusing on Friday’s WCQ and why he keeps leaving Osorio off the CanMNT 31 Aug 2016 “The fans don’t come on the pitch to play, it’s not important,” said Floro.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 25/NASL Week 20/USL Week 23 29 Aug 2016 The Vancouver Whitecaps made club history Saturday night. Coach Carl Robinson named four Canadians to the starting lineup for the match in Carson, Calif. against the Los Angeles Galaxy. David Edgar, Marcel de Jong, Russell Teibert and Fraser Aird all were in the starting XI for the 0-0 draw.
Man disadvantage: TFC now up to eight dropped points when opponents see red 27 Aug 2016 TFC and its supporters can look to three matches this season where the Reds were up by a man — or men — for long periods… and didn’t win.
“Even if he’s on a bed, we will take him”: Floro calls in injured de Guzman to provide leadership to CanMNT 26 Aug 2016 Julian de Guzman's knee injury won't allow him to take the field for Canada in its two upcoming do-or-die World Cup qualifiers. But he's still going along for the ride.
Floro quietly unveils roster ahead of crucial World Cup qualifiers 25 Aug 2016 No doubt there would have been questions about the exclusion of veteran Will Johnson, who has featured in a couple of Toronto FC matches since recovering from a broken leg — an injury suffered while scoring arguably the most dramatic goal in the history of the Voyageurs Cup.
Levis a fit for the Whitecaps: CIS product makes the MLS jump 23 Aug 2016 Levis is not the first CIS product to play in MLS. Right now, University of Montreal product Wandrille Lefevre is playing for the Montreal Impact. And he’s not the sole Husky to play pro soccer. Paul Craig played with FC Edmonton in NASL.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 24/NASL Week 19/USL Week 22 22 Aug 2016 If there is one Canadian player who has the “coach puts my name in the lineup in pen” distinction, it is Janouk Charbonneau of FC Montreal.
Canadian defender Didic makes Sporting Kansas City debut in CCL 17 Aug 2016 On the same day the Eddies announced that a deal had been reached to send academy prospect Amer Halilic to German side TSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen, Amer Didic, another FC Edmonton product, made his Sporting Kansas City debut.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 23/NASL Week 18/USL Week 21 15 Aug 2016 Cyle Larin scored for Orlando City Sunday and played the full 90 minutes in a 2-2 draw with the Chicago Fire. Larin continues to lead all Canadians in either MLS or NASL in terms of minutes played.
Whitecaps forge new partnership in Alberta: FC Edmonton gave thumbs-up to deal 9 Aug 2016 On Tuesday, the Whitecaps announced a new partnership with the Alberta Soccer Association that will include an academy located in Calgary. But it needs to be stated that, before this deal was stamped, both the ASA and the Whitecaps informed FC Edmonton of their intentions — and FCE gave the plan its support.