Quintessentially Canadian power rankings, MLS Week 5/NASL Week 1 5 Apr 2015 This week, the NASL enters our weekly ranking of who is getting minutes in the top two divisions in North America.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, Week 4 30 Mar 2015 We also changed the way we do the list in week four. Why? We have headaches when it comes to four players.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, Week 3 23 Mar 2015 Four Canadian players made their MLS season debuts (or MLS debuts, period) in the third weekend of the MLS season. That boosts the number of Canadians who have played in the league so far in 2015 to 12.
Catching up: Canada’s U-17 loss, Week 2 of the Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings 16 Mar 2015 But, I did want to take the chance to catch up on a couple of things: The elimination of Canada’s U-17s from the U-17 World Cup picture and the second instalment of The 11’s Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings.
ISSUE 5 OF PLASTIC PITCH: What is Canada getting out of participating in U.S.-based soccer leagues? 13 Mar 2015 Issue 5 of Plastic Pitch, out now, represents our most pain-staking effort. This issue is a labour of love, of passion for the Canadian game — and asks questions about our Canadian identity within the game. It should easily become the most talked-about issue we’ve put out.
Bye bye, Bryce 13 Mar 2015 Bryce Alderson was a Generation Adidas player as a teenager. But the Canadian never played a minute for the Whitecaps in Major League Soccer. Still, the Whitecaps wanted him back in 2015 — and envisoned Alderson being a big part of their new USL-PRO team. But, after years of waiting for a shot on the big stage, Alderson said no...
ACC not ready to grow… yet 13 Mar 2015 But, when will the ACC grow to more than five teams? That’s the million-dollar question. Because it’s not on the CSA’s imminent to-do list.
You’re better off without us 13 Mar 2015 An American soccer expert explains why, despite some pretty noble intentions, that his nation’s leagues and federations aren’t ever going to be decent stewards of the Canadian game...
Promises, promises 13 Mar 2015 We look back on a decade of promises, pledges and calls to action. Gathered in one place, they show that those who want to see Canadian soccer succeed really can’t be sure what to make of MLS, even though the league has been playing games on our soil since 2007...
Introducing our new quintessentially Canadian MLS power rankings 9 Mar 2015 So, let’s look at the rankings after week 1 of MLS action. The number on the right is the total number of minutes played by Canadians this season. So far, no MLS team has played more than one Canadian per game
