America, as always, brings Canada back down to Earth 18 Oct 2018 But, with yet another loss to the Americans in which the Canadians didn’t generate enough to be competitive, it’s OK to be nervous about what Canada will do when it gets to the World Cup.
CONCACAF CONCACAFs CAF: United gets World Cup 2026, as Moroccan vote collapses 13 Jun 2018 The World Cup will be played on Canadian soil in 2026.
Karpenko’s heroics not good enough to prevent Americans from defeating Canada 8 Jun 2018 Canada lost its final group-stage game of the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship to the United States by a 1-0 scoreline. But, if not for the heroics of Canadian keeper, Anna Karpenko, the scoreline would have been a lot more severe.
United 2026 bid now the underdog as Morocco will be on the June 13 ballot 1 Jun 2018 Just a little more than a year ago, when the United 2026 bid was made official, it felt like CONCACAF had what amounted to a sitter at its feet. A tap-in. There was no way a push to bring a World Cup to the United States, with a little help from Canada and Mexico, could fail, right?
Canada loses to the United States, again. Or did we win? No, we lost. Or, did we? 12 Nov 2017 If you didn't live through the 90 minutes, Canada Soccer has provided a fine highlights package that can help us all sleep well tonight. If you watch it, you'll see that Canada didn't lose 3-1 to the Americans Sunday night in San Jose; no, in fact we won, 1-0!
Canadians come oh so close to breaking long winless streak against the USA 9 Nov 2017 Maegan Kelly, a 25-year-old from Kansas City, who, thanks to her family ties, had the necessary paperwork to make her Canada debut, came oh so close to ending that streak Thursday night at BC Place. Kelly got into the American penalty area, then popped the ball over keeper Alyssa Naeher. The ball bounced once and headed for the far corner.
From a Canadian soccer follower: How Americans can adjust to their new World Cup-less normal 12 Oct 2017 Trust me. I’m Canadian. And, as a Canadian, I know all about missing World Cups.
And then there were six: Calgary’s out as a potential World Cup 2026 host city 7 Sep 2017 The bid committee overseeing the joint U.S./Canada/Mexico push for the 2026 World Cup released an updated list of potential host cities for the tournament on Thursday.
Let’s go, Oilers! Edmonton’s reaction to 2026 World Cup bid long-list has been, well, underwhelming 17 Aug 2017 I can’t speak to how the news is being treated in Vancouver or Toronto or Montreal or Ottawa, but I can say that in Edmonton, Canada’s role in a joint bid for the 2026 World Cup with the United States and Mexico has been widely, well, ignored. I mean, come on, Leon Draisaitl over Lionel Messi, right?
Seven Canadian cities make World Cup 2026 long-list 15 Aug 2017 The United Bid Committee announced Tuesday that it has sent Requests for Information to 44 cities in North American, regarding a total of 49 stadiums. Included on the list are Toronto (2), Montreal (2), Vancouver, Ottawa, Regina, Calgary and Edmonton.
