Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 28/NASL Week 23/USL Week 26 19 Sep 2016 Look at the 40 Canadians who have played in MLS and NASL this year. Only six currently play on American teams.
PLASTIC PITCH 10 — Does parity in MLS hurt or help the league’s growth? 15 Sep 2016 We notice more interest from our readers when we try to tackle a big topic over the course of several stories — and issue 10 of Plastic Pitch fits that bill. The MLS standings are always clogged, and 12 of 20 teams (60 per cent) make the playoffs. The No. 1 seed rarely goes on to win MLS Cup. Does …
Another cycle gone 15 Sep 2016 Like so many before, this World Cup-qualification campaign ended in bitter disappointment; once again, Canada couldn’t survive a tough road schedule and CONCACAF gamesmanship
“It felt like I was in my backyard”: Rayo OKC keeper enjoys stellar Edmonton homecoming 14 Sep 2016 Daniel Fernandes grew up just a couple of blocks away from Clarke Field. He remembers walking past the stadium day after day. He kicked his first ball in Edmonton.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 27/NASL Week 22/USL Week 25 12 Sep 2016 Ottawa Fury fullback/winger Eddie Edward has taken over the lead, after playing in two games over the course of the week.
Miami FC goes into blustery Edmonton and receives two gifts from the Eddies 11 Sep 2016 The Eddies saluted Sunday’s awful, blustery weather by giving goals away like it was Christmas, losing 2-0 to Miami FC. Dario Cvitanich and Vincenzo Rennella got the goals, but each were presented what amounted to open-net tap-ins thanks to critical errors from the home side.
FC Edmonton hopes to overcome its Miami vices 8 Sep 2016 Miami FC was the team that spoiled FC Edmonton’s attempt to win the NASL’s spring-season title.
Ledgerwood: What Floro has taught Canadian players will help team in the long run 8 Sep 2016 “I think a lot of players see two sides to it,” said Ledgerwood, who is back in Edmonton. “He’s definitely put in three years of hard work and built a foundation with the guys. I think the guys, internally, see great strides going forward with the national team and I think that’s a big thing. All of us got on the same page and bought into the philosophy that he wanted to bring to Canadian soccer. On the other side of it, do you wreck that foundation that he’s built and bring in somebody else and give them the chance to build something up?”
Canada wins the game, loses the war — another World Cup shot vapourizes 6 Sep 2016 Really, the fact that Honduras got a point out of a 0-0 draw in Mexico eases the pain. By getting a point, Honduras made sure that Canada could not catch it for second place in CONCACAF’s Group A — and get that spot in the Hex.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 26/NASL Week 21/USL Week 24 5 Sep 2016 For the first time in NASL play, the Eddies put out a starting XI that didn’t feature any Canadians. Now, there were mitigating circumstances. Due to international call-ups, both Shamit Shome (Canada U-20) and Nik Ledgerwood (who played in Canada’s 2-1 loss to Honduras on Friday) weren’t available for the 2-2 draw against the Ottawa Fury.
