BMO Field gets clean sweep of Canadian men’s national team matches 3 Feb 2012 ut the expected “news” that was to be announced at the town hall proceedings beforehand simply confirmed what The 11 had already reported earlier in the week – Canada will play all three of its CONCACAF World Cup qualifying matches at BMO Field.
OSA request hints that BMO Field could host all three upcoming Canada WCQ matches 31 Jan 2012 The Ontario Soccer Association has asked its members to not play league games during Canada’s home World Cup qualifying dates,a strong signal that all three group-stage home matches will be played at BMO Field.
Canada rediscovers its scoring form in final group-stage match 16 Nov 2011 Stephen Hart got his wish. The Canadian national head coach watched his team put together the complete performance he was looking for as Canada routed St. Kitts and Nevis 4-0 on Tuesday night.
Canada qualifies for next World Cup round in unconvincing fashion 12 Nov 2011 “I think the first 10 minutes we knew St. Kitts was a fast team and they work hard,” midfielder Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault said. “Sometimes we had a couple of problems but those games happen. We just have to keep our head up and be prepared for the next round.”
Hart ponders “subtle” defensive shuffle for key World Cup qualifier 10 Nov 2011 In training sessions ahead of Friday’s match (which will be streamed at sportsnet.ca begnning at 7 p.m. ET), Hart has moved Mike Klukowski from the left side to a centre back slot, and moved Adam Straith out from the centre to the right side.
TSN, CTV, RDS win rights for 2018 and 2022 World Cups and 2015 WWC 27 Oct 2011 The Bell Media empire, which includes CTV, TSN and RDS, announced Thursday that it had secured the rights for the 2015 Women’s World Cup and the 2018 Russia and 2022 Qatar World Cups.
Canada better on the road than at home: Hart 10 Oct 2011 However, coach Stephen Hart has another concern with playing on its home turf — playing recklessly and not according to the game plan. Canada won its opening qualifier 4-1 over St. Lucia at home, but looked shaky in the first half with the team taking chances by throwing players forward – something Hart did not draw up on his playbook.
Tune in to online radio broadcast of Canada-St. Lucia qualifier 7 Oct 2011 Fans can surf to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/canmnt-live for the audio coverage of the game.
Cricket pitch could present problems for Canada’s soccer team 6 Oct 2011 The members of the Canadian national men’s team who will take the field for a World Cup qualifier Friday in St. Lucia will have to make some interesting footwear choices. Should they go with longer blades or shorter studs?
Di Chiara says he was surprised to get national-team call from Hart 4 Oct 2011 Joseph Di Chiara thought that he was eventually going to get a call from a Canadian national side — just not the senior national side.