NWSL, CSA announce list of subsidized players; 2017 is the smallest class to date 25 Jan 2017 The number of players in NWSL who have their contracts subsidized by the Canadian Soccer Association continues to shrink.
Leagues ahead of Canada 15 Jul 2015 Mark Sampson, head coach of the English women’s team, spoke about how vital the rise of the WSL has been to the success of his Lionesses. At the Women’s World Cup, 22 of the 23 players on the English roster came from WSL clubs. The odd one out was striker Jodie Taylor, who plays with the Portland Thorns of the NWSL.
Sinclair wins Player of the Year honour for 11th straight time; says she has become a more complete player 18 Dec 2014 She’s Canada’s all-time leading scorer, but she only scored once for the national team in 2014.
NWSL recap: Does Thorns win put Sinclair in position for ninth straight Canadian POY award? 2 Sep 2013 But, coming out of her Portland Thorns’ 2-0 win in this past weekend’s NWSL championship, in which Sinclair scored the stoppage-time icing-on-the-cake goal, the question: Is it enough to keep her in the lead for the 2013 award? Sure, there’s still a lot of soccer to be played. Sinclair could score three or four vs. South Korea on a late October night and make this column moot.
How we see the NWSL Final: Portland (Team Canada) vs. WNY Flash (Team USA) 25 Aug 2013 Meanwhile, even though Alex Morgan — who scored the U.S. winner in that Olympic semifinal — plays for Portland, the Timbers are clearly Canada’s team. Christine Sinclair didn’t score in the Timbers come-from-behind 3-2 extra-time semifinal win over FC Kansas City, but Canada’s all-time leading scorer netted eight times for Timbers this season.
Sinclair is NWSL’s first-ever player of the month 8 May 2013 Sinclair scored twice and added an assist as her Portland Thorns began the season on a strong note, going 2-0-1 in April.
NWSL’s opening weekend broadcasts were frustratingly poor 15 Apr 2013 And that opinion? That "minor league" would be overstating just how poor the league’s efforts were in communicating its product to its fans and, more importantly, to its potential fans.
Canadians shut out of NWSL Supplemental Draft 7 Feb 2013 A total of 45 players were selected — and every one of them carried American citizenship. And three teams passed on making sixth-round picks.
Canadian national teamers look forward to the day NWSL expands north of the border 5 Feb 2013 While the four members of the Canadian women’s national team who were in Edmonton Monday will all soon head Stateside to report to their NWSL teams, they still dream of playing pro soccer in their home and native land.
LeBlanc: Canadian women drawing their NWSL battle lines 23 Jan 2013 “We were in China (for the Yongchuan Cup), so we didn’t find out live,” said LeBlanc, who was on a media conference call Tuesday promoting her upcoming visit to Edmonton with national teammates Christine Sinclair, Rhian Wilkinson and Diana Matheson. “But we all looked at our e-mail to find out where we were going, and then the trash talking started right away.”
