By Mathew Gourlie The growth of Major League Soccer to the modern era — the so-called MLS 2.0 — can be traced to one moment. It’s not the David Beckham signing or the first soccer-specific stadium. It’s not expansion to Toronto or Cascadia. No, MLS began the road to financial stability and coming of age…
By Matthew Gourlie The John Herdman era opened with a win and an impressive debut in Spain Saturday. There were plenty of positives in Canada’s 1-0 friendly win over New Zealand at the Pinatar Arena in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain. However, with wind gusts up to 65 km/h the match wasn’t much of a…
By Matthew Gourlie It’s a new era for the Canadian national men’s soccer team. Again. When John Herdman takes charge of the Canadian men for the first time Saturday against New Zealand in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain, he will be the fourth man to do so in the last 18 months. The 42-year-old Englishman…
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