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…
Canadian Premier League unveils logo and manifesto By Matthew Gourlie Supporters across the country got up early or stayed up late watching a clock tick down with anticipation of a child on Christmas morning. When the clock struck zero, the Canadian Premier League unveiled its logo, a manifesto and a promotional video. The Canadian soccer…
By Matthew Gourlie The Canadian Premier League web site has launched a countdown clock for a Friday morning announcement. The CPL trademarked a series of possible team names on April 5. After discussing logos in the first part of this three-part series on branding, that seemed like a natural place to go next. When it…
By Matthew Gourlie In the past couple of months, Leeds United unveiled one of the most universally mocked badges in history, Major League Soccer’s change kits have largely gone monochrome and Roy Nasrallah and his Canadian Premier League team crossed the country to tour prospective markets and some possible franchise names hit the internet. So,…
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 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…
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