For Canadian women, the medals are bronze, but the effort was golden 9 Aug 2012 Herdman has worked miracles with this team in less than a year. Imagine what he could do with three years of prep time before the Women’s World Cup?
FIFA plays waiting game; no Canadian suspensions ahead of bronze-medal match 8 Aug 2012 “The Canadian Soccer Association supports the work of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and will continue to cooperate fully,” said Victor Montagliani, President of the Canadian Soccer Association, in a release issued Wednesday.
Women’s-team coach Herdman says he’s unclear who or what FIFA is investigating 7 Aug 2012 In a conference call with media Tuesday, the Canadian Soccer Association announced that the team will not be making any more comments on the officiating in that semifinal game. The CSA also confirmed that it will not be challenging or protesting the decision.
“The Call” will be added to the lore of Canada-U.S. matches 6 Aug 2012 It will be discussed for years to come. For followers of the Canadian national women’s team, it will be simply be known as The Call. Maybe some profanities will be added.
Canada to face Arsenal (OK, Team GB) in Olympic quarters 31 Jul 2012 Arsenal midfielder Steph Houghton scored the goal that gave GB a 1-0 win over Brazil on Tuesday. Kim Little, the Scottish star on Team GB, is also Arsenal’s leading scorer. She scored 17 goals in 17 games for the Gunners in 2011-12.
After OIympic loss to Japan, we will now see if mental preparations paid off for the Canadian women 25 Jul 2012 Over the coming days, we will see how well Canada responds to Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to Japan in the group-stage opener of the Olympic tournament in Coventry. You can’t escape some of the parallels to the 2011 World Cup opener, another 2-1 loss to a world-power team.
Loss to Brazil a sign of things to come for Canada… if Sinclair continues to be only offensive option 17 Jul 2012 Sinclair can score a goal a game, but it might not be enough. The difference from Canada going out in the group stage to Canada going deep into the tournament will be Big Red’s ability to find secondary scoring.
Herdman and Canadian women’s team working out the final details ahead of Olympics 11 Jul 2012 “We create some technical blueprints in each game,” Herdman said during a conference call with media on Wednesday.
Sinclair continues on record-breaking pace as Canada edges Colombia 9 Jul 2012 Sinclair scored her 15th goal of the season on Monday as Canada beat Colombia 1-0 in a pre-Olympic friendly held in Switzerland. What’s notable is that the most goals Sinclair has registered in a calendar year for Canada is 16. She is now only one away from tying the record.
Julien is the shock omission from the Canadian women’s Olympic roster 25 Jun 2012 Julien, who was part of the Canadian team that finished second at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Vancouver, lost her striker’s spot to Jonelle Filigno, who missed Olympic qualifying because of an injury she suffered while playing for Rutgers.