Narrow win in St. Kitts and Nevis puts Canada in Nations League driver’s seat Matthew Gourlie It wasn’t always pretty, but Canada’s 1-0 win away to St. Kitts and Nevis was sufficient. With that result Canada completed a first year under new head coach John Herdman that was perfect. Canada will finish 2018 with four…
Matthew Gourlie Three games into the John Herdman era and Canada is undefeated and have yet to concede a goal. Herdman is the first Canadian men’s national team manager to post three consecutive shutout victories to open his tenure following Canada’s 5-0 win over Dominica on Oct. 16 at BMO Field in Toronto. Canada’s results…
Canada sets tone and sets record in Herdman’s competitive debut Canada 8 U.S. Virgin Islands 0 When it comes to competitive debuts, it’s hard to do much better than recording the most lopsided victory in the history of the Canadian men’s team. Canada beat the U.S. Virgin Islands 8-0 in Bradenton, Fla. to get off…
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…
By Matthew Gourlie After a mere 298 days, the Octavio Zambrano era is over. The 59-year-old Ecuadoran manager’s reign will go down as one of the shortest and most bizarre tenures in Canadian men’s national soccer team managerial history. The details of how Zambrano went from the Canadian Soccer Association’s man to persona non grata…
2017 Gold Cup preview: Canada By Matthew Gourlie If there’s a bright side to inheriting a team that hasn’t scored a goal in two straight continental championships it is that the bar is set low. Octavio Zambrano brings a young squad armed with an attacking mind-set to the Gold Cup. The new head coach has…
By Matthew Gourlie Will Johnson doesn’t expect to play at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. When you press him on the subject, the 30-year-old admits it is possible and “fun to think about.” After breaking each of your legs less than two years apart, the long-term starts to feel a lot less certain. What…
Zambrano feels the youngest-ever Canadian international is ready to contribute By Matthew Gourlie MONTRÉAL — Facing a bank of cameras and at least 40 members of the media, Alphonso Davies turned the tables for a second and asked the first question: “Who do I look at?” The national spotlight is relatively new for the 16-year-old,…
Young players come off bench to help spark Canada to 2-1 win over Curaçao in Zambrano’s debut By Matthew Gourlie MONTRÉAL — If Octavio Zambrano learned nothing else Tuesday, he knows he has players on his bench who can change a match. The new Canadian manager posted a victorious debut as Canada earned a 2-1…
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