Canadian U-23 coach Fonseca cuts older players, goes with youth for Olympic qualifiers 20 Mar 2012 Canadian U-23 coach Tony Fonseca has made four cuts — and is going with a very young lineup for the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament, which begins Thursday night in Nashville.
Edwini-Bonsu sacrificed men’s senior team call-up so he could play for U-23s 19 Mar 2012 Canadian striker Randy Edwini-Bonsu had to do some wheeling and dealing with his German club in order to get clearance to play for Canada’s U-23 team in the upcoming Olympic qualifiers, which begin Thursday in Nashville.
Strong U-20 performances earn Oduro call-up to senior women’s team 19 Mar 2012 Christabel Oduro’s standout performance in helping Canada qualify for the U-20 Women’s World Cup has earned her a call to the senior team.
Days away from training camp, Canada finally unveils its men’s Olympic roster 9 Mar 2012 Four days before the team is supposed to gather in Sunrise, Fla. for a pre-Olympic qualifying camp, the Canadian Soccer Association has officially announced the 23-player roster.
Moncton gets its chance to prove the city’s ready for Women’s World Cup 8 Mar 2012 For the Canadian women’s team, the match will be one of their final preparations ahead of the 2012 Olympics. But, for Moncton, the game could mean so much, much more. When FIFA and CSA officials toured the seven cities vying to host games in both the 2014 Women’s U-20 World Cup and the 2015 Women’s World Cup, they made a promise: The national team would play friendlies in those venues leading up to the games.
Herdman wants Canadian women to focus on future, not the past, when they face France 5 Mar 2012 When the Canadian national women’s team faces France on Tuesday for the Cyprus Cup title, Big Red coach John Herdman wants his charges thinking about the future, not the past.
Impact round-up: Ching back to Houston, Valentin off to U.S. U-23 camp 16 Feb 2012 On Thursday, the Impact announced it had finalized a trade with the Houston Dynamo, sending veteran striker Brian Ching back to Texas. The Impact gets the conditional pick in return.
Herdman says tactics, management to blame for U.S. rout of Canadian women’s team 30 Jan 2012 “We’ve got to look at ourselves first — the management team,” said Canadian coach John Herdman. “What we could have done better — whether it was the selections, the order of the substitutions — some of the tactics where we could have played things quicker or made a bigger impact with certain things. But I can’t fault the players’ effort.”
Mission accomplished: Canadian women book tickets to London 28 Jan 2012 Sinclair scored twice and Melissa Tancredi added a third as the Canadians brought the 22,954 predominantly Canadian fans to their feet with a hectic 3-1 win over Mexico. Veronica Perez scored Mexico’s lone goal.
Winter: Stinson, Morgan won’t miss TFC’s CCL action due to Olympic commitments 27 Jan 2012 “It should come together. We have spoken at least the games that we’re going to play against L.A. that they’re going to remain with us.”