Why the CSA should look to Mexico for the next national-team coach 20 Oct 2012 Mexico is the devil we know. Maybe it’s time to do a deal with that devil, and bring some of those guts, and that know-how, to the politically correct Canadian soccer landscape
CSA accepts Stephen Hart’s resignation 18 Oct 2012 The Canadian Soccer Association has accepted the resignation of men’s national-team coach Stephen Hart.
Hart: I know fans will “never forgive me” 17 Oct 2012 “I think I have six months left on my contract and I have to really sit down and think about this,” said Hart. “Personally I did my best but with this result I don’t think the country’s fans will forgive me.”
After Friday’s results, Canada knows it must get at least a draw in Honduras 13 Oct 2012 "That's a good question," responded Occean when asked what happened. "I think in the moment we want to score more goals and want to get the ball back and I lightly pushed the goalkeeper, then red card. So that's rough, that's kind of rough. That's poor refereeing, really poor refereeing."
Canada not happy with three-goal margin over Cuba 13 Oct 2012 "We could've at least scored seven goals today, we had so many chances," said Atiba Hutchinson. "There could've been a lot more. Players kind of had their heads down a little bit because we know we could've had more goals."
Hart: Cuba, not Honduras, has got to be the focus of the CMNT 4 Oct 2012 “It is you guys (the media) who are focused on Honduras,” said Hart. “My discussions with the squad after the Panama game were about Cuba. They continue to be that. It is a dangerous thing to play a game before it arrives.”
Occean limps out of Frankfurt win with “muscle injury” 21 Sep 2012 Occean, who opened his Bundesliga account with a goal last week, hobbled out of Frankfurt’s 2-1 win over FC Nurnberg just 20 minutes into the match.
Bernier: Canada “should have never been like this” in Panama rematch 12 Sep 2012 “You can understand it during the game to lose momentum or be tired but I think in a game like this we should be ready from the get-go and give them more of a battle.”
Injury, suspension force Hart to shuffle lineup ahead of Panama rematch 10 Sep 2012 With Will Johnson out because of yellow-card accumulation and striker Olivier Occean not even making the trip to Central America because of an injury picked up in Friday’s win, Hart will have to make some changes.
Panamanian keeper: “We were not paying attention and fell asleep” 8 Sep 2012 "We had a situation where we were not paying attention and fell asleep as a team and that was the difference," said Panamanian goalkeeper Jaime Penedo.