Former coach of the Canadian women program John Herdman is set to take over the men’s program. He was named the replacement following the sack of Octavio Zambrano last March. His formal title is national team head coach and men’s excel director. The shock announcement came on Monday, with the Canadian Soccer Association chief Steve […]
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CANADA FRIENDLY AGAINST EL SALVADOR
Canada soccer team will be playing a friendly game against El Salvador that will be hosted in Houston later this month. The Canadian Soccer Federation has stated that a part of the proceeds of the match will be donated to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. At the same time, this will allow the Canada team to […]
DOES THE MLS HARM INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTS?
As usual, with the failure to make the 2018 World Cup Finals, analysts have been trying to point out the issues that hampered the team. Most of them agree that the schedule of the Major League Soccer (MLS) affected the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) in a way, whilst it obviously also impacts on […]
US, CANADA AND MEXICO WANT TO HOST WORLD CUP 2026
The United States could partner with Canada and Mexico to host the World Cup in 2026, according to reports. Canada soccer leaders are hoping to partner with their Mexican counterparts while the United States would be the lead host of the tournament – which would be the biggest ever following the decision of FIFA to […]
CANADA SOCCER PLAYERS SUFFER DATA HACK
Canada soccer female players join the list of athletes that have their medical records hacked. Hackers have been releasing confidential information of Rio Olympians to the public as they get hold of them. The world anti-doping agency (WADA) is pointing fingers at Russian cyber espionage as the group behind the attacks. Top stars have had […]
CANADA SOCCER SET TO BEAT GERMANY TWICE IN A WEEK
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games brought a lot of surprises with the Canadian women not being left out. They broke a record of 22 years as they defeated the German national women team at the Olympics after 13 attempts. They have a golden opportunity to achieve another feat when they meet in the semi finals […]
Canada finally got Victory after 5 Matches
Canada managed to bring an end of five straight matches without a victory with a 2-1 win over Uzbekistan in a friendly game. The national team had not won a game of football since the 1-0 success over Honduras in a World Cup qualifying game back in November 2015. Since then, and they have suffered […]
CANADA WOMEN SOCCER TEAM CHANGE TACTICS AHEAD OF RIO 2016
The women national team of Canada takes a different approach to Rio 2016 after their World Cup performance. By this time last year, the head coach of the team was at a base camp helping the team soar in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Last summer’s tournament was held in Canada and the pressure was […]
Benito Floro comments dont matches with Canadian Team Defence
Benito Floro’s opinion doesn’t match with those who think the defence of the Canadian team has reached the optimum standard. The coach, who is now 3-year old in his stint, believes that the mistakes made by the team in terms of holding the opposition are certainly lesser now, but, it’s not that the defence has […]