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…
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…
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 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: 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…
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