From pro player to pro owner: Joe Belan looking build a soccer team and industry in Saskatchewan By Matthew Gourlie REGINA — The day after Joe Belan graduated from high school he moved away from home for the first time to begin his professional soccer career. At the time he had no idea that career…
Belan has vision of a team, a stadium and a World Cup bid for province By Matthew Gourlie REGINA — A Saskatchewan team in the Canadian Premier League may not yet exist, but it started to feel a lot more real Friday night. A crowd of approximately 50 people attended the Canadian Premier League Sask.…
2017 Gold Cup preview: Jamaica By Matthew Gourlie For years Jamaican football had players with obvious individual skills, but a lack of team success. Then, in 1997, Brazilian manager Rene Simoes brought in seven English-born Jamaican players to the fold and the Reggae Boyz qualified for France 98, their first World Cup trip, and won…
By Matthew Gourlie Octavio Zambrano and the Canadian men’s national team have delivered in both the abstract and the concrete so far at the 2017 Gold Cup. After raising expectations they have a chance to meet and surpass them once again by winning their quarter-final match against Jamaica. The new-look Canadian side has delivered tangible…
2017 Gold Cup: Canada 0 Honduras 0 By Matthew Gourlie For the third straight Gold Cup, Canada ended the group stage with a goalless draw. This time it sends them through the quarter-finals instead of sending them home. Canada and Honduras battled to a 0-0 stalemate that left Canada second in Group A and Honduras…
2017 Gold Cup: Canada 1 Costa Rica 1 By Matthew Gourlie After a lot of high points and a few low ones in the opener, Canada put out a much more consistent effort to put themselves at the top of Group A Tuesday. Canada needed nine saves from keeper Milan Borjan to earn a 1-1…
Sask. primer will be held on July 21 By Matthew Gourlie The Canadian Premier League will be hosting a “Sask. Primer” public information session on July 21. The event will be held at 7 p.m. at O’Hanlon’s Irish Pub in Regina on the eve of Soccer Day in Saskatchewan which will feature Spain’s Valencia meeting…
2017 Gold Cup: Canada 4 French Guiana 2 By Matthew Gourlie Great careers are made of a series a great moments. There is no predicting what the future holds for Alphonso Davies’ career, but so far he providing moments that are only enhancing his reputation as a special talent. There was plenty of positives and…
2017 Gold Cup preview: Costa Rica By Matthew Gourlie Despite being amongst CONCACAF’s elite for two decades, Gold Cup success has eluded Costa Rica. The Ticos failed to advance past the quarter-finals in the previous three Gold Cup tournaments and in the last 11 editions have only reached the semifinals three times. Their lone final…
2017 Gold Cup preview: French Guiana By Matthew Gourlie French Guiana are not members of FIFA, but they seem to fit into CONCACAF just fine. The French overseas department entered their first Gold Cup as an unknown. On the eve of their first match they added an air of intrigue. The mystery surrounds Florent Malouda,…
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