Burnley cancels Eckersley’s contract, making way for TFC deal 25 Jan 2012 English side Burnley released a statement Wednesday confirming that the club has cancelled the remainder of defender Richard Eckersley’s contract.
Toronto FC parts ways with Belgian midfielder Yourassowsky 18 Jan 2012 Mikael Yourassowsky’s short stay with Toronto FC will be remembered for one shining moment; the goal that gave the Reds the 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship title. His inspired far-post run resulted in the marker that allowed the Reds to defeat the Vancouver Whitecaps in the final.
Impact will make regular returns to the Big O 18 Jan 2012 The Impact will play at the Big O until the Stade Saputo renovations are done during the 2012 campaign. But the team struck a deal with the Olympic park, which guarantees games will be played at the Big O in 2013, 2014 and 2015 as well.
Impact snatches two Canadians in Supplemental Draft 17 Jan 2012 Of the Canadian teams, Montreal made the biggest splash Tuesday, selecting two Canadians out of the four picks it made.
Rumour mill debunked: QPR states it hasn’t signed TFC Academy players 17 Jan 2012 Queens Park Rangers have confirmed that Canadian teenagers Dylan Carreiro and Michael Petrasso have not been signed by the English Premiership club.
CONCACAF gets it right with Champions League rethink 14 Jan 2012 But, the fact is, no one was buying the old CCL format. The rows and rows of empty seats at CCL games was a testament to apathy. Mexican sides and MLS sides had a hard time drawing flies. When the Montreal Impact packed the house for its quarter-final match with Santos Laguna in 2009, it was an exception rather than the rule.
SuperDraft: Impact chooses defence over offence, Whitecaps get Mattocks, TFC adds to midfield logjam 12 Jan 2012 With the first pick of the 2012 SuperDraft, MLS commissioner announced — in French — that the Impact had selected Duke University defender Andrew Wenger with its first pick, leaving high-scoring University of Akron star Darren Mattocks to the Vancouver Whitecaps, who had the second pick.
Plata and Toronto FC have “agreed to terms” on new multi-year deal 11 Jan 2012 But the wording of Toronto FC’s press release is important. “Agreed to terms” was used instead of “signed.” There is a difference.
MLS website confirms Voyageurs’ Cup match-ups 9 Jan 2012 Book it. The semifinals of the Voyageurs’ Cup will see the Vancouver Whitecaps face FC Edmonton and Toronto FC play the Montreal Impact. The match-ups were confirmed by MLSSoccer.com on Monday, quoting Canadian Soccer Association officials.
Former U.S. U-20 coach Rongen takes over as head of TFC Academy 6 Jan 2012 On the one-year anniversary of Aron Winter being named Toronto FC’s Head Coach and Technical Director, the former Dutch international made a quiet announcement about another addition to club’s personnel.