The Soccer Bowl loss stings for Fury fans — but the ref got that red-card call right 15 Nov 2015 Was it an accident? Absolutely. Was it avoidable? Probably. Was it red-card worthy? For sure. It’s not Kelly’s job — nor should it be — to judge intent. He can only judge the play based on what he sees in the split second he has to make that call. And he sees Trafford come down and plant — hard — on Guenzatti. He has no choice but to go with the red.
Well-rested Fury advances to Soccer Bowl; but there’s still a what-if feel to the final 8 Nov 2015 But, it’s got to pain people in Ottawa — and at NASL offices — that the final won’t be held in Ottawa. The semifinal at TD Place set a league record for post-season attendance, with 9,346 fans coming out. Had Ottawa hosted the final, the 10,000-tickets-sold mark would easily have been eclipsed.
FCE welcomes NASL format change, just don’t dare call it “playoffs” 27 Feb 2014 FC Edmonton welcomes the NASL’s decision to abort its controversial playoff format and double the number of teams that will make the post-season in 2014.
NASL asks supporters’ groups if they want to see format change, winter season 20 Feb 2014 The survey, which was sent out to FC Edmonton and Minnesota United supporters on Wednesday, asks if fans like the current Soccer Bowl format or would like to see the competition widened.
Half a Soccer Bowl is better than no Soccer Bowl, right? 10 Nov 2013 The Soccer Bowl was offline until about 40 minutes into the first half. The game was supposed to be available to Canadian viewers — and geoblocked in the rest of the world — on UStream, the league’s webcasting partner. But, for NASL, it was yet another case of a stream that was unavailable or of poor quality.
Canadian viewing information for Saturday’s Soccer Bowl 8 Nov 2013 On Friday, the NASL finally announced the Canadian broadcast info for Saturday's soccer bowl. Talk about taking it down to the wire.
Time for Toronto and Edmonton to honour NASL champs of the past 9 Dec 2010 Earlier this week, the Vancouver Whitecaps named Carl Valentine, a member of Canada’s 1986 World Cup squad, as the club’s official ambassador. Valentine was a member of the 1979 Whitecaps squad that won the NASL Soccer Bowl, defeating the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Giants Stadium, just a week after Vancouver stunned the heavily favoured New York Cosmos in the semifinal. “Valentine, at 21, the kind of young recruit NASL teams should be looking for—rather than the big-name, passe players they are forever signing—was continually showing thrust and speed,” wrote Sports Illustrated’s Clive Gammon about Valentine’s performance in the Soccer Bowl. As well, you can’t miss the fact that, on the Whitecaps website, right beside the logo, reads a simple statement: “Since 1974.” This a team that was forged in the NASL, and doesn’t talk about the league in embarrassed hushes.
