Whitecaps give trial to son of former Newcastle manager Chris Hughton 14 Jun 2011 The Vancouver Whitecaps are trying to use their strong links with Tottenham to their benefit. The MLS club confirmed today that Irish fullback Cian Hughton is on a 10-day trial. He’s the son of former Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton, who was sacked during the 2010-11 campaign.
Lenhart earns MLS Player of the Week nod, despite Hassli 13 Jun 2011 Eric Hassli may have scored the most jaw-dropping goal since the dawn of time, but it wasn’t enough to earn him the nod as MLS Player of the Week. San Jose Earthquakes’ striker Steven Lenhart got the nod after the ballots from the members of the North American Soccer Reporters were counted. Hard to argue with the decision: Lenhart bagged a hat trick and set up the Quakes’ winning goal in a 4-2 win over D.C. United.
Hassli’s wonder strike punctuates thrilling Cascadia derby 12 Jun 2011 On Saturday, Hassli showed just how special a player he can be; his equalizer in a 2-2 draw with the rival Seattle Sounders at Qwest Field was nothing short of brilliant. It is the kind of goal that will not only be shown on local highlight reels, but will likely be seen on best-goals packages broadcast all around the world.
Harmse waived by his hometown Whitecaps 10 Jun 2011 Kevin Harmse’s MLS comeback lasted all of 126 minutes. That’s how much game time the local midfielder saw with the Whitecaps before he was waived on Friday by the club.
Fleming doesn’t toy with Canadian U-17 World Cup roster 7 Jun 2011 Canada’s lineup for the U-17 World Cup will be almost identical to the squad coach Sean Fleming brought to Jamaica for the CONCACAF Championship.
Impact to keep name for MLS debut, announces season-ticket prices 6 Jun 2011 The Montreal Impact will remain the Montreal Impact when the club makes the move to MLS next season. The team announced Monday that it will retain the name in 2012, ending all speculation that the club would rebrand itself for MLS. Instead, the Impact follows the lead set by three other Div-2 clubs — Seattle Sounders, Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps — that all kept their names when they made the moves to ML
RSL’s Alexandre named player of the week for his performance against the Whitecaps 6 Jun 2011 In what was a low-scoring week across Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake’s Jean Alexandre stood out. Alexandre scored and made the pass to free Fabian Espindola for the second goal as RSL beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0. His performance earned him top spot in the vote from the North American Soccer Reporters.
Woe Canada: The losses keep mounting in the pro ranks 6 Jun 2011 Canada is 10-18-17. That’s the combined win-loss-tie (we live in North America, so we’ll put the draws behind the wins in the standings) record of the four major Canadian professional sides this season. Out of 45 games, our NASL and MLS teams have just won 10 of them. And five of them come from FC Edmonton, the new kid on the Division-2 block.
American Airlines ad suggests Toronto FC will have international friendly 6 Jun 2011 American Airlines has confirmed that Toronto FC will be hosting a major international friendly this summer as part of the World Football Challenge. The challenge, which includes visits to North America by the likes of Real Madrid, Juventus and Manchester City, is sponsored by the airline, and its new ad (see end of article after the break) features a Toronto FC logo, indicating it as one of the participating clubs.
Real Salt Lake dominates possession in win over the Whitecaps 5 Jun 2011 The Vancouver Whitecaps were unfortunate to have to face Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium the game after the Utah-based squad registered its first loss at home in two years. The result was a 2-0 loss at the hands of RSL in lacklustre fashion. "Today it just wasn't good enough in so many aspects of the game,” said coach Tom Soehn.