2019 Spring Season wrap-up Matthew Gourlie The weather was often miserable, goals were at a premium and there were some growing pains. In short, the first Canadian Premier League spring season was great. While it was far from perfect, there was a lot to recommend as the CPL got off the ground The quality of play…
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…
Canada will co-host 2026 World Cup with U.S. and Mexico as United bid prevails Matthew Gourlie For 32 years Canadian soccer fans have been dreaming about returning to the World Cup. At 6:50 a.m. eastern time on Wednesday in Moscow, they learned the World Cup would be coming to them. The United bid of the…
Rally rabbit resurrected in Edmonton Matthew Gourlie Jay Ball felt a big celebration was in order. FC Edmonton threw a street party Friday night to launch their entrance into the Canadian Premier League. They did it to celebrate their rebirth. They did it for the people of Edmonton and for their supporters who helped create…
Calgary’s CPL team to call equestrian complex home starting in 2019 Matthew Gourlie Tommy Wheeldon Jr. came to Calgary to play professional soccer. Sixteen years later Wheeldon helped bring professional soccer back to his adopted home. Wheeldon will be the general manager and head coach of Cavalry Football Club when they take the pitch in…
By Matthew Gourlie With the York9 FC launch set for Thursday, let’s conclude our three part discussion of branding for the Canadian Premier League by focusing on kits. The difficulty when evaluating kits is that so much of their appeal is subjective. The quality of a logo in particular, or even a name, feels much more…
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 Last year, David Clanachan climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with is son Quinn. It is safe to say that the first commissioner of the Canadian Premier League isn’t afraid of a challenge. Clanachan, 56, feels creating the first successful nationwide soccer league isn’t a challenge, but a great opportunity he is eager to see…
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 By Matthew Gourlie It was a familiar tale with a fresh spin for Canada Friday night. Canada exited the Gold Cup with a 2-1 loss to Jamaica in a quarter-final in Glendale, Ariz. Defensive miscues and missed chances cost Canada dearly, but unlike in many disappointing losses of years past, the young…
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