Two Aviators alumni will be back at Commonwealth Stadium with Canadian women’s national team 27 Apr 2015 The Edmonton Aviators may have been a blip in the history of the Canadian soccer. But two of their alumni will make a return to Commonwealth Stadium — where the Aviators played their one and only home season schedule, back in 2004 — when the Canadian women’s team opens the World Cup against China on June 6.
Fury pulls the plug on its W-League program 2 Dec 2014 In a briefly worded statement, the Fury announced that it will no longer be fielding a team in the W-League.
Breaking away from Boston 25 Jun 2014 At first glance, you’d think that moving to the W-League from the NWSL represents a major step down. But, Canadian national-team veteran Rhian Wilkinson opted to leave the Boston Breakers behind and return to her native Quebec. Now playing in Laval, she speaks about her decision to leave Beantown and her future in the game...
The Aviator flies again 17 Mar 2014 Born at the wrong time. Born under a bad sign. If Selenia Iacchelli had any luck at all, she might be as familiar to Canadian women’s soccer followers as Diana Matheson, Sophie Schmidt or Desiree Scott. But, Iacchelli had to wait till she was 27 years of age to break into the Canadian soccer mainstream. Her story is remarkable; filled withbroken limbs, career-path changes and a love of frozen yogurt...
For Stephanie Labbe, CanWNT scrimmage against FCE Reserves was a flashback 26 Oct 2013 “For me, this was definitely a flashback,” said Labbe. “From the Aviators to the Alberta team, I was going back to my roots. Definitely, in 2002, when the under-19 championship was here, that was my first exposure to the national team. I was in the stadium watching them. Now, to be back here, with the national team, it feels like I have come full circle.”
How soccer changes a life: The incredible story of Lindsay Butler 30 Aug 2013 Last season, at the age of 31, she was at the Vancouver Whitecaps’ W-League camp, The coaching staff offered her the chance to come back for the 2013 season before they found out that the W-League team was going to be folded.
Laval loses W-League final on a heartbreaking own goal 29 Jul 2013 Canadian defender Sasha Andrews and the Pali Blues took the W-League title on Sunday in Bradenton, Fla., getting the benefit of a late own goal to defeat the No. 1 seed, Laval Cometes, 1-0.
Canadian U20 prospects combine to propel Laval into W-League final 27 Jul 2013 Canadian soccer fans will be more than pleased to see the combination of Amandine Pierre-Louis and Valerie Sanderson creating a goal for the national team at next year’s U-20 World Cup.
Four Canadians named to the W-League all-star squad 24 Jul 2013 With nearly 40 per cent of the team’s spots taken by Canadians, the W-League’s all-star selections certainly have a good-news feel to them.
Key Laval players get national U-20 calls just ahead of W-League finals 22 Jul 2013 Canadian national women’s U-20 coach Andrew Olivieri has announced the roster for a training camp that begins Tuesday in Denmark.
