Tabla’s move to Barcelona is met with a collective Canadian “meh” 25 Jan 2018 But, judging by the lukewarm reaction this has received in Canadian soccer circles so far, it's fair to say that the football followers in this country — the people who have dispatched the likes of Owen Hargreaves and Asmir Begovic into their own emotional black holes — have already given up on Tabla ever wearing Canada red again. It feels like Barcelona just signed some phenom from some other country.
Organic team identities, team contract options, single table: What CanPL can learn from MLS 15 Jan 2018 As CanPL moves toward its 2019 launch as this country’s division one, despite the presence of three Canadian sides in MLS, it will be interesting to see what the league takes away from MLS — and what it stays away from.
MDS to MLS: “I’ve really achieved all I can achieve in Division 2” 12 Jan 2018 But, after a phone call with LAFC head coach Bob Bradley, MDS was convinced that maybe he could be an assistant coach.
Canadian Championship schedule finally gets itself away from the NHL playoffs 11 Jan 2018 Thank you, Canadian Championship schedule makers.
Promotion-relegation. Independent-club system. The future of CanPL, as seen by its new commissioner 10 Jan 2018 The new commissioner of the Canadian Premier League prefers the independent club system. He dreams of a time when Canada has a Premier League, a second division and a third division — and teams are promoted and relegated through those leagues. He envisions Canadian pro soccer teams from coast-to-coast.
Zambrano says “major changes” coming to national program for 2018 13 Dec 2017 Zambrano, who was named the head coach of the national program in March, said he will be instituting some “major changes” (his words) into the way Canadian players are scouted, and that he plans to significantly increase the size of the men’s talent pool.
Despite Toronto FC’s dominance, ratings slide for MLS Cup in Canada 11 Dec 2017 Now, there are a lot of factors to why the 2016 game did better than 2017; cord-cutters, the move to an afternoon game and the fact that 2016’s game was one of most boring things ever, maybe that scared a fraction of the audience away for 2017 (“fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, shame on you”). The fact that Toronto FC put up one of the most incredible seasons in MLS history didn't help increase the reach of the big game.
Toronto FC caps most dominant season in MLS history 9 Dec 2017 Based on the run of play, the chances created, the scoreline should have been far more severe than 2-0. Really, 6-0 or 7-0 would have been fair.
MLS Cup in ’17 will be one last hurrah ahead of a harsh 2018 for Canadian club soccer 7 Dec 2017 The truth is, 2018 will be a low point for men’s soccer in Canada. Boy, is it going to suck. It will be ultimate in lame-duck years. Canadian jobs will dwindle. We’ll have fewer teams to support. And even in TFC beats Seattle 10-0 on Saturday, that’s not going to change a thing.
OK, TFC fans: Put a hold on #SaveTheCrew stuff and gloat for a little bit 29 Nov 2017 Back in the day, when Toronto FC was a brand-spankin’ new team, it developed a rivalry with, of all teams, the Columbus Crew. There was no rhyme or reason for it; if you look in the history books, there is no mention of the great Columbus/Toronto war.