Canada Corner: TFC vs. Bolton, MLS Vancouver, and more
Photo by ISIphotos.com BY: Kurtis Larson Call it a well-earned draw. Though highly overshadowed by Thierry Henry's debut against Tottenham tonight, Toronto FC took on the EPL's Bolton Wanderers Wednesday in front of just under 20,000 in attendance at BMO Field in Toronto. Fielding a team largely comprised of reserves and teenage academy players, Toronto...
Canada Corner: Could Canada host a future World Cup?
Photo by ISIphotos.com By KURTIS LARSON FIFA World Cup final, July 16, 2038, Victoria, British Columbia, CA. England vs. Ivory Coast (say what you will...). Full of cameras flashing and spectators chanting, the newly constructed 89,000-seat Tim Horton's Arena sits jammed packed on the Pacific shoreline. Awaiting two flags, six referees (future goal-line refs included)...
Canada Corner: ‘We are not far away’
Photo by ISIphotos.com By KURTIS LARSON "We are not far away." With MLS on break and the sporting world focused on South Africa, there's no better time to recall Canada's lone trip to a FIFA World Cup and those words above issued by Canadian international and Toronto FC Designated Player Julian de Guzman earlier this...
Canada Corner: Hoilett hints at choice, TFC announces Motagua date and more
Photo by Greig Cowie/ISIphotos.com By KURTIS LARSON From Owen Hargreaves (Calgary, AB) to Jonathan de Guzman (Scarborough, ON), Canadian soccer players have repeatedly shunned their country of birth to play for other, more powerful soccer nations around the globe. A whole host of names comprise a list of promising young Canadians that have moved overseas...
Canada Corner: TFC lifts trophy, National Team wraps up friendlies and more
By KURTIS LARSON If you would have told the Vancouver Whitecaps before the start of the Canadian Championship they would run through the tournament without a loss, they would have been booking flights for the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League before they competition's first kick. Four games, four draws and only four points...
Canada Corner: Nutrilite Wrap, National Team News and More
By KURTIS LARSON Vancouver's dream of becoming the third different club in three years to hoist the Nutrilite Canadian Cup came to an end Wednesday night at Saputo Stadium drawing Montreal in the tournament's fifth game. A surprisingly inspired Impact side came from a goal down in the second half to level the score at...
Canada Corner: Toronto FC tops Montreal, stars called for Argentina friendly & more
By KURTIS LARSON Toronto FC took a massive step in getting back to the CONCACAF Champions League shutting out the Montreal Impact at Stade Suputo in Canadian Cup play on Wednesday night by a score of 1-0. Head coach Preki made a total of six changes to a lineup that defeated Chicago 4-1 on the...
