John Herdman, Viktor Frankl and the attempt to revitalize a “broken” Canadian WNT 20 Apr 2015 “When I picked the Canadian team up, the discipline wasn’t there, because the passion wasn’t there. They’d forgotten what it meant to play for Canada,” he said.
Herdman: Don’t expect mind games when Canada faces France 8 Apr 2015 “France offered us this game, and I think it’s for a reason,” said Herdman. “I think it’s because we’re a bogey team for them.”
The new Canada kit 20 Mar 2015 Canadian national-teamers Desiree Scott, Emily Zurrer and Julian de Guzman posed in the team's new kits Friday. The new Umbro kits were unveiled at the flagship SportChek store at West Edmonton Mall.
Short-term solutions 13 Mar 2015 When the NWSL was founded, the Canadian Soccer Association was in on the ground floor; the CSA agreed to subsidize the contracts of 16 Canadian players, who would all be assigned to various teams in the new women’s league. But, that relationship isn’t quite as rosy as it was a couple of years ago — and Canada is no longer using its full allocation...
Look back in anger 13 Mar 2015 Former CSA president Dominique Maestracci accuses MLS of breaking promises it had made to the association; and he says the relationship with the USSF was not a cooperative one...
Herdman on CNWT: “There’s not too many cards left up our sleeves” 3 Mar 2015 We’re now at the stage of the poker game where it’s time to call. We’ve gone through the bets, the bluffs and the folds.
Mind games or no mind games? Chinese utilized a strong lineup in loss to the Canadian women 15 Jan 2015 Before the BaoAn Cup, Canadian women’s team coach John Herdman mused that he could approach the game against China in one of two ways — he could play an experimental lineup that might keep the Chinese guessing all the way to June, or play a strong, first-choice team and get the psychological edge by beating the Chinese in their own stadium.
Canada will send just 13 allocated players to NWSL in 2015 14 Jan 2015 According to the CSA, “Canadian National Team players will remain in the Centralized Development Program to begin and train in that environment throughout the season, but will have the opportunity to participate in the first three to four NWSL matches before the start of the FIFA Women's World Cup. The NWSL will also a take brief 12-day break during the group stages of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 in Canada.”
Sinclair wins Player of the Year honour for 11th straight time; says she has become a more complete player 18 Dec 2014 She’s Canada’s all-time leading scorer, but she only scored once for the national team in 2014.
PLASTIC PITCH 4 is out today! 17 Dec 2014 Issue 4 of Plastic Pitch is out today! What will you find inside?
