Zambrano to helm Canada for first time against Curaçao By Matthew Gourlie MONTRÉAL — The Octavio Zambrano era will begin in earnest Tuesday night. The new Canadian men’s national team coach will take charge of the senior team for the first time against Curaçao (7:30 p.m., ET, TSN) at Stade Saputo. “It is going to…
Training match was educational for new Canadian boss Matthew Gourlie LAVAL — Octavio Zambrano is learning more about the Canadian national soccer team player pool every day. The new Canadian manager is taking charge of his first full camp this week as his squad prepares to face Curaçao Tuesday at Stade Saputo in Montréal. Zambrano…
Scotland 1 Canada 1 By Matthew Gourlie Fraser Aird’s love of the game was — like so many before him — passed down from father to son. Aird’s love of soccer began with Saturday morning trips to watch his father’s team, Glasgow Rangers, at a local supporters club in Scarborough where his father was a…
By Matthew Gourlie Wednesday will mark Michael Findlay’s fifth, and final, match as Canada’s caretaker manager. Once again, he goes on the road with nothing close to a first-choice team. The introduction of Octavio Zambrano as the new Canadian head coach adds a dimension to the proceedings at Easter Road (3:45 p.m. ET, TSNGo) from…
By Matthew Gourlie Octavio Zambrano started from the bottom and now he’s here — in a job he worked his whole life to land. The new head coach of Canada’s men’s national soccer team has a similar journey to prominence in mind for the program he inherits. “We have a responsibility… to make sure that…
By Matthew Gourlie In the early days Major League Soccer, Octavio Zambrano rose from obscurity to become one of the best coaches in the league. Not only did Zambrano’s teams win matches, but they did so with enough style to win him admirers in the nascent days of the league. Then, after failing to win…
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