No new Canadian prospects invited to Impact’s evaluation camp 3 Oct 2011 The Montreal Impact announced that three players from its NASL roster won’t be part of the team’s pre-MLS evaluation camp. And none of the six new players the Impact have invited to the camp carry Canadian passports.
Neagle’s hat trick earns him Player of the Week nod 29 Aug 2011 In what was a major statement game for his club, home-state product Lamar Neagle scored a hat trick for the Seattle Sounders in a 6-2 win over Eastern Conference leaders Columbus — and earned the Player of the Week nod from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Seven games left… can the Impact catch FC Edmonton? 15 Aug 2011 While it’s still improbable that the Impact will overhaul FC Edmonton for the last playoff spot, FCE’s recent struggles have made the race a lot more interesting than it needed to be.
Ottawa Fury deserves to be recognized as Canada’s team of the year 30 Jul 2011 Win or lose on Sunday, the Ottawa Fury is Canada’s team of the year. In any sport. Oh, surely, when the Canadian Press gets votes from sports editors across the country for its Team of the Year, the Fury might only get a nod from someone in the nation’s capital and will be widely ignored by everyone else. But, when 2011 comes to a close, the Fury deserve to rank with any of the hockey teams that traditionally dominate that vote.
Ex-Impact forward Roberto Brown scores against Seattle in CCL 27 Jul 2011 A familiar name to Montreal Impact fans helped San Francisco to a 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League qualifier on Tuesday. After Sounders defender Jeff Parke was whistled for a hand ball in the area, Roberto Brown went to the spot and slammed home the penalty kick to give the Panamanian side a slender lead, with a game in Seattle still to go.
Rosales named MLS Player of the Week, but The 11 says Perkins deserved the nod 18 Jul 2011 Looking back at the week that was in Major League Soccer, one game stands out above all others — Seattle’s 4-3 win over the Colorado Rapids was a wild affair that had the throngs of fans in the Emerald City on the edge of their seats. Mauro Rosales, who scored a goal and added an assist, was voted the MLS Player of the Week by the members of the North American Soccer Reporters on Monday.
Hassli’s ESPY nomination a bright light in a dim Whitecaps’ season 13 Jul 2011 You have to wonder if Eric Hassli’s ridiculous wonder goal, scored a month ago in Seattle, will go down as the defining moment of the Whitecaps’ first season, a moment of magic that gleams from a dim campaign of disappointments.
Montero named MLS Player of the Week; The 11 opts for Hesmer 11 Jul 2011 Seattle Sounders’ striker Fredy Montero finished at the top when the votes were counted, and was named MLS Player of the Week on Monday. It wasn’t a huge surprise. Montero scored twice, one on an audacious free kick, another on a tap-in after a goalmouth scramble as the Sounders came back from two one-goal deficits to win 3-2 against the hated Portland Timbers at JELD-WEN Field.
First XI will produce headaches for MLS spin doctors 11 Jul 2011 With the MLS All-Star Game once again going head-to-head against the qualifying round of the CONCACAF Champions League (Toronto FC will face Real Esteli at the same time the All-Stars will take on Manchester United), two of the players selected in the First XI — Kasey Keller and Brek Shea — will be question marks for the game.
Draw! MLS stalemates continue at an amazing pace 6 Jul 2011 Last season, there were 58 draws in MLS play. In 2011 — at just the halfway mark of the season, we are now at a whopping 64 draws. With six of this past week’s nine games ending up in draws — including both matches played as part of a July 4 doubleheader broadcast on ESPN2 — 2011 continues to show parity in MLS like we have never seen before.
