Toronto confirmed for rematch with USA, as time runs out to get pre-WWC friendlies into host cities 19 Feb 2013 But, there’s also a real need to look at the prep for the Women’s World Cup. As Toronto isn’t a host city, this game against the Americans isn’t fulfilling a promise that the CSA has made to Canadians.
Canadians shut out of NWSL Supplemental Draft 7 Feb 2013 A total of 45 players were selected — and every one of them carried American citizenship. And three teams passed on making sixth-round picks.
Canadian national teamers look forward to the day NWSL expands north of the border 5 Feb 2013 While the four members of the Canadian women’s national team who were in Edmonton Monday will all soon head Stateside to report to their NWSL teams, they still dream of playing pro soccer in their home and native land.
LeBlanc: Canadian women drawing their NWSL battle lines 23 Jan 2013 “We were in China (for the Yongchuan Cup), so we didn’t find out live,” said LeBlanc, who was on a media conference call Tuesday promoting her upcoming visit to Edmonton with national teammates Christine Sinclair, Rhian Wilkinson and Diana Matheson. “But we all looked at our e-mail to find out where we were going, and then the trash talking started right away.”
Canadian women outgunned by South Korea 14 Jan 2013 Just 10 minutes into the second half of its second match at the Yongchuan Cup, the Canadian national women's team itself down by three goals to the world-16th ranked South Koreans.
Sinclair gets homecoming of sorts: Goes to Portland in NWSL allocations 11 Jan 2013 Christine Sinclair, Canada’s all-time leading goal scorer and perennial automatic for the national Women’s Player of the Year award, will be going to Portland Thorns FC.
Herdman names experimental women’s roster for Yongchuan Cup 4 Jan 2013 Seven players who have yet to play a senior “A” match for the women’s national team have been named to what has to be called an experimental Canadian roster ahead of the Yongchuan Cup.
Herdman to name his NWSL 16 later this month; unsure how losses of W-League programs will impact program 4 Jan 2013 “The Whitecaps are investing younger,” he said. “They are using the funding they had and were using on W-League and using it on players who are 14 to 17. Strategically, it makes a lot of sense.”
Are the losses of Canadian W-League teams the unintended consequences of CSA’s NWSL subsidy? 21 Dec 2012 Sometimes, ideas that begin with the best intentions have unintended negative consequences. As the United States Soccer Federation announced the formation of the NWSL, the new tier-one pro league for that country, the Canadian Soccer Association chimed in with the news that it would fund the salaries of 16 players.
Women’s World Cup 2015 logo unveiled 14 Dec 2012 “The emblem of a competition is an important step on the road to the first game,” said FIFA President Sepp Blatter in a message that was recorded for the launch event.
