John Herdman Is Committed to Coaching Canada Football

 

John Herdman, the Canada football men’s team coach for its appearance in the first World Cup in 36 years. Even though he has received offers, he has no plans of leaving his position. Herdman previously said that he plans to remain as the coach of Canada through 2026 and reiterated his loyalty to the program after recent reports agreed to take over the national team of New Zealand.


According to him, success at this level brings in more opportunity and he has received many offers in recent months, all of which he has turned down, including an offer from New Zealand Football. He stated that he wants to reiterate his commitment to Canada Soccer and the growth of the program. Continue reading “John Herdman Is Committed to Coaching Canada Football”

CFL 2023 Schedule Will Include 156th Birthday Celebrations

The Canadian Football League or short for CFL is the professional league for this sport in Canada. It offers the highest level of Canadian football. There are a total of nine teams, each representing the different cities of Canada. You find them divided into two major divisions. The East Division comprises four teams while West Division includes a total of five teams.

If we see CFL’s activities in 2022 the regular season spanned across 21 weeks, each team played across three bye weeks and a total of 16 games. The season runs traditionally from mid of June to the early part of November. CFL was officially formed in January 1958 when Interprovincial Rugby Football Union merged with the Western Interprovincial Football Union. Continue reading “CFL 2023 Schedule Will Include 156th Birthday Celebrations”

                    ATLETICO OTTAWA EARN FIRST-EVER CPL FINAL BERTH

Atlético Ottawa earns their first-ever CPL Final at TD Place Stadium. They drew 1-1 against Pacific FC and were the second-best team for a lot of the first half. However. Ottawa still got the job done, as their first-leg win played a big role in the nation’s capital hosting the CPL Final.

Three Keys to the Game

Atlético Ottawa Gave Themselves Chances To Score

Atlético Ottawa started the game really well at TD Place Stadium. They had a couple of chances to score at the start of the game. Ottawa also created some scoring chances like: Carl Haworth’s shot missed the net in the 12-minute. Ballou Tabla’s shot was stopped by the Pacific FC goalkeeper. Continue reading ”                    ATLETICO OTTAWA EARN FIRST-EVER CPL FINAL BERTH”

DAVIES FEATURED IN WIN OVER BARCELONA

Canada international Alphonse Davies played the whole game as his Bayern Munich side recorded an impressive victory over Spanish side Barcelona in Group C as far as this season’s Champions League group stage campaign is concerned.

After the latest Champions League group stage draw was conducted a few weeks ago, Canada international Davies and his Bayern Munich teammates were drawn in the same group alongside Spanish La Liga giants Barcelona, Italian Serie A side Inter Milan and Czech side Viktoria Plzen. Continue reading “DAVIES FEATURED IN WIN OVER BARCELONA”

DAVID ON MAN UNITED RADAR – REPORT

Canada international star Jonathan David is on the radar of Premier League giants Manchester United according to the latest reports emanating from the British media. The specific report from the Daily Mirror revealed that the Red Devils could have a free run at David if they pursue a move for him. Canada striker David plays his club football for Lille in the French top flight and the immediate past French Ligue 1 champions have set an asking price of €50m (£42m) for him.

David, 22, is the go-to man for goals at Lille after he emerged as their leading goalscorer last season. The Canada international scored 19 goals in 47 appearances for the club in all competitions last season. Continue reading “DAVID ON MAN UNITED RADAR – REPORT”

BAYERN EYEING DAVID AS LEWANDOWSKI REPLACEMENT

Canada striker Jonathan David is a possible replacement for Robert Lewandowski at German club Bayern Munich according to the latest reports emanating from the media. Polish international Lewandowski could leave the Bavarian giants this summer with Spanish La Liga giants Barcelona on his trail. The Catalan giants want to sign the striker who has one year to go on his current Bayern Munich contract and they have already made several bids for him. The German champions have maintained that Lewandowski is not for sale this summer despite the interest from Barcelona and despite the player’s refusal to extend his contract.

Barcelona have had bids turned down for Lewandowski by Bayern Munich and their latest offer is around €40m. The Catalans are determined to get their man who’s in the final years of his career. Despite his age, Lewandowski is seen as one of the best strikers in the world. With Barcelona on the trail of Lewandowski, Bayern are already planning for life without him as reported in the media. Continue reading “BAYERN EYEING DAVID AS LEWANDOWSKI REPLACEMENT”

CANADA RESUME NATIONS LEAGUE AGAINST CURACAO

Canada will resume their ConcacafNations League campaign when they take on Curacao at home next week. The Canadians will take on Panama in an international friendly on Monday before the Nations League clash with Curacao. Canada would be hoping to avenge the 1-0 defeat suffered at the hands of Panama in March when the two teams meet in a matter of a few days. Gabriel Torres was the recipient of the only goal of the game when Panama got the better of Canada.


The Canadians were beaten by Panama during the March international break in a qualifying game ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament on Qatari soil. Canada were very impressive during the qualifying campaign for the Qatar 2022 World Cup from the Concacaf section. They didn’t taste defeat throughout their World Cup qualifying campaign until three games to the end. The Panama game made it two losses in three games. It was the last game of the qualifiers for both Panama and Canada. Continue reading “CANADA RESUME NATIONS LEAGUE AGAINST CURACAO”

UGBO BESTS DAVID IN LIGUE 1

Two Canada international forwards came up against each other last weekend when Troyes played hosts to immediate past champions Lille in a French Ligue 1 clash which took place on Sunday. Canada national team star Jonathan David lined up for Lille, while national team colleague Ike Ugbo lined up for Troyes. Ugbo is on loan at French club Troyes from Genk in the Belgian top flight.


Troyes led 1-0 at the halftime break after Florian Tardieu scored from the penalty spot following the call that Tristan Dingomewas brought down by Lille defender Jose Fonte. Continue reading “UGBO BESTS DAVID IN LIGUE 1”

LILLE STAR DAVID ON ARSENAL RADAR

Lille striker Jonathan David is a target for Premier League heavyweights Arsenal according to journalist Ben Jacobs who writes for CBS Sports. According to him, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and technical director Edu Gaspar would like to sign the Canada national team star when the summer transfer window reopens in a matter of weeks.


Edu and Arteta are said to be a big fan of the Canada international, but a move for him is far from straightforward. Jacobs said that Everton star Dominic Calvert-Lewin is a more realistic striker target for the Gunners the Canada national team player David. The Lille hitman was the main man for Canada as they qualified for this year’s FIFA World Cup tournament on Qatari soil by winning the final round of the Concacaf qualifiers ahead of more illustrious teams such as the United States of America and Mexico. Continue reading “LILLE STAR DAVID ON ARSENAL RADAR”