Moroccan 2026 World Cup push presents a series of challenges for joint U.S./Canada/Mexico bid 11 Aug 2017 The CAF has said it will back the Morocco bid, and this is where it gets interesting. Africa has 54 full members, so that means from the continent Morocco already has more than half the votes it needs to usurp the CONCACAF bid. If you want to compare a FIFA vote to a Canadian federal election, think of the CAF as riding-rich Ontario. Win Ontario, and you become awfully tough to beat.
Large number of players, agents already making inquiries about CanPL 1 Aug 2017 He said there has been “tons of interest.” Word of the Canadian Premier League is not only spreading in this country, but in other parts of the world. That’s fairly impressive for a league that, as Beirne admitted in Saskatchewan, “hasn’t been announced yet”
Trump’s impact on MLS: Southsiders won’t be organizing road trips across border in reaction to U.S. travel ban 1 Feb 2017 The Vancouver Southsiders posted this open letter on Tuesday night. They have stated that they aren't asking their members to boycott away games in the United States, but there won't be any "Caps on Tour" organized trips across the border as long as the current U.S. restrictions are in place.
SURVEY for Canadian soccer supporters: Will Trump change your travel plans for away games in the United States? 30 Jan 2017 If you're a fan of one of the Canadian teams that play the majority of their road games in the United States (that'd be MLS, NASL and USL), is what's happening in the United States making you reconsider your travel plans for road matches in America?
Canada changes its tune about 2026 9 Jan 2017 Post-Christmas, Canadian Soccer Association and CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani told the media that he was “open” to the idea of a joint bid between Canada, the United States and Mexico for the 2026 World Cup.
Playing surfaces, competing Olympic bid: A joint World Cup bid has a lot of hurdles to clear 30 Dec 2016 Remember, though, FIFA has a rule about senior World Cups. All games must be played on the same surface. Either they’re all on grass, or all on artificial turf. Unless that rule changes, or the Mexicans and Americans agree to tear up a lot of grass, a joint bid would mean that Canadians would be left with the very pricy option of placing grass surfaces in stadiums.
Canada has itself to blame for FIFA’s Sinclair and Herdman omissions 2 Dec 2016 Why was Canada’s women’s national team coach so angry? Because Christine Sinclair, who moved into the No. 2 spot on the all-time women’s international scoring list in 2016, wasn’t on the shortlist for The Best FIFA Women’s Player Award. (Herdman was also skipped over in the coach-of-the-year selections).
Lemos rising 28 Jun 2016 For a few precious days in the spring, the Canadian national futsal team became the darlings of this nation’s passionate soccer fanbase. And, at the centre of it all was a keeper who once plied his trade in Nicaragua...
Canada’s next step: To qualify for its first Futsal World Cup since 1989 8 May 2016 “We have achieved step one,” said Selaidopoulos. "Step two is getting into the World Cup. Step three would be winning the (CONCACAF) championship. We are taking this step-by-step. The guys are all focused on the short-term right now.”
Bye bye, America: Canadian futsal team slays Goliath 6 May 2016 hursday, a Canadian national futsal team made up mostly of amateurs from Ontario and Quebec felled an American side filled with professionals. Thanks to a Robert Renaud hat trick, Canada beat the American 5-3 in Costa Rica Thursday, which gave our national side a 9-7 edge in the two-game aggregate series.