Good news on a bad night for FCE supporters: Pinto’s U.S. paperwork clears 3 May 2012 During the halftime show of the TEAM 1260 broadcast of the ACC match, FC Edmonton spokesman Andreas Morse confirmed that Chilean striker Yashir Pinto is cleared to cross the American border to play football.
WPS striker Lenczyk signs with the Ottawa Fury 19 Apr 2012 The club announced that American forward Meghan Lenczyk will join reigning W-League MVP Mallory Outerbridge in the attack. Lenczyk was the 14th overall selection in 2011 WPS draft, and played in 14 games for the Atlanta Beat, scoring twice.
Hart doesn’t foresee many changes to Canadian men’s national team lineup 12 Apr 2012 Don’t expect to see national men’s coach Stephen Hart experiment with his roster for Canada’s June 3 friendly against the United States and the subsequent World Cup qualifiers. Hart said, at the senior level, there simply aren’t many players from which to choose.
West, Vorbe sign with FCE: NASL petitions U.S. gov’t to green-light Pinto paperwork 29 Mar 2012 FC Edmonton Director of Soccer Operations Joe Petrone confirmed Thursday that the club has added two more players — left back Adam West and the multi-positional Fabien Vorbe.
Last-gasp goal gives Cuba shock draw with Canadian U-23s 27 Mar 2012 Canada looked comfortable until substitute Maykel Reyes leapt high and headed past a helpless Michal Misciewicz, who had kept a spotless goalkeeping record through every other minute of the tournament to date. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.
Oh Canada! U-23 side is stellar in win over the United States 25 Mar 2012 “Everyone’s just happy. That’s the most important thing. But the coaches told us we can’t get overconfident,” said captain Nana Attakora. “We still have a game on Monday and if we lose that game, this game is meaningless.”
Little Big Red loses CONCACAF U-20 final to the U.S. 12 Mar 2012 Canada’s Little Big Red was just 11 minutes away from securing the CONCACAF title. The Canadian women were leading 1-0 until the 79th minute. Then, the Americans rallied with two late goals and took the final of the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championship by a 2-1 count. Just as we saw with the senior women’s team and Olympic qualifying, the loss …
Mission accomplished: Canadians qualify for U-20 Women’s World Cup 10 Mar 2012 The Canadian women got two goals each from Jenna Richardson and Christabel Oduro as they easily dispatched the host Panamanians by a 6-0 count in the semifinals of the CONCACAF women’s U-20 Championship.
Whitecap DeMerit doesn’t expect any tactical surprises from Impact 10 Mar 2012 The Vancouver Whitecaps aren’t quite sure what 11 players the Montreal Impact will have on the field when the two teams kick off the MLS season Saturday at B.C. Place. But, Whitecaps’ veteran centre back Jay DeMerit has a pretty good idea of how the visiting team will line up.
Impact round-up: Ching back to Houston, Valentin off to U.S. U-23 camp 16 Feb 2012 On Thursday, the Impact announced it had finalized a trade with the Houston Dynamo, sending veteran striker Brian Ching back to Texas. The Impact gets the conditional pick in return.
