Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 19/NASL Week 13 13 Jul 2015 But, that doesn’t mean the Canadian scene was dead when it comes to the North American first and second divisions. This weekend, Bruno Zebie made his NASL debut, coming on as a sub for FC Edmonton in its 1-1 draw with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. But, what makes it all the more interesting is that his brother, Allan Zebie, started the game.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 18/NASL Week 12 6 Jul 2015 Mason Trafford scores. Hanson Boakai scores. Sadi Jalali scores. Jay Chapman gets his first start. Jordan Hamilton makes his first MLS appearance. Nana Attakora is sent off. FC Edmonton gave a whopping 512 minutes of playing time to Canadians in a 4-0 win over San Antonio.
Hit the North! Eddies rout nine-man San Antonio 5 Jul 2015 But, while the Eddies started off the game shorthanded, it was the San Antonio Scorpions who finished with just nine men on the field. And they faced a sombre 4,000-km-plus trip home to Texas from oil-sands territory after receiving a 4-0 hiding from the Eddies to open the NASL fall season.
The Walking Eds: Injuries may force FCE to bring a skeleton squad to Fort McMurray 30 Jun 2015 FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller has been involved in professional soccer for more than three decades. He said Tuesday that, at no time in his career, has he been involved in an injury crisis as severe as the one FC Edmonton is in right now.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 17/NASL Week 11 (summer break) 28 Jun 2015 With the Canadian women’s national team losing a heartbreaking quarterfinal Saturday at BC Place to the English, this might be the week of weeks where our readers say “oh yeah, I guess MLS had games this weekend. Let me check the phone to see what the scores were.”
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 16/NASL Week 11 (summer break) 21 Jun 2015 The revealing good news/bad news scenario in this week’s Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings is found in this past weekend’s Vancouver Whitecaps match.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 15/NASL Week 11 14 Jun 2015 This weekly update to the minutes-played-by-Canadians list need to be taken with more than a few grains of salt.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 14/NASL Week 10 7 Jun 2015 It was moving day on the Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 13/NASL Week 9 31 May 2015 Ouimette now has five appearances, four of them starts, for the Red Bulls. He’s played a total of 412 minutes. And that’s significantly more minutes this season than — ahem — all of the Canadians combined on the Impact roster.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 12/NASL Week 8 24 May 2015 Off the field, there was some good news as well. FCE’s Allan Zebie, who looks to have claimed a starting fullback spot after making the jump from the academy to the first team this past off-season, was signed to a contract extension that keeps him with the Eddies till 2017. Zebie is also rocketing up the Canadian minutes-played charts.