Oh, and while Sansara had never been to Canada before, his mother has — they have family in Calgary who are in the restaurant business.

Then, on Thursday came the announcement that, as part of its national English-language television deal with TSN, seven MLS games will be broadcast coast-to-coast on CTV. That’s a massive sign of BellMedia getting behind the MLS property, with the same kind of fervour we have seen dedicated to the Canadian Football League in the past. Of the seven national CTV games, five will feature match-ups between the Canadian sides.

The team announced the signing of English-Indian left back Netan Sansara, Thursday. Sansara played with Norwegian side Fredrikstad from 2014 till the end of the 2016.

“I believe that continuity is massive,” said Miller. “I see some teams in North America that throw a hand grenade to their rosters every season. We are not going to look at changing over 15 or 16 players. The lads who are returning did well for us last year.”

The 2017 NASL schedule was released on Monday; and some Friday and Saturday night games have been added to the mix of FCE home games.

The 11 has learned that NASL is about to announce a major change to the league's roster rules — Canadians will now be full domestics league wide.

It took longer than originally expected, but Canadian midfielder Kianz Froese has finally got his deal to play in Germany.

If you're a fan of one of the Canadian teams that play the majority of their road games in the United States (that'd be MLS, NASL and USL), is what's happening in the United States making you reconsider your travel plans for road matches in America?

Miller said the team has already signed a replacement at left back, a player he said has been a captain of his European side.

In a reply sent to The 11, the league stated that: "Each season, clubs will play each other home and away, plus they'll have two additional games — one home, one away. The owners/league wanted to give the fans/teams more than just 28 games."