[WEEK 19] The lone MLS midweek game is a Canadian affair as Toronto FC hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday. TFC won its series with the ‘Caps inthe Amway Canadian Championship to clinch a berth in the 2012-13 Concacaf Champions League, but this is the first meeting of the season between the teams in MLS […]
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Americans head off to Olympics with another win
[USA-CANADA] The USA dominated Canada with a 19-4 edge in shots but needed a late goal from substitute Amy Rodriguez toearn a 2-1 victory in the final women’s match before the 2012 Olympics. The only thing the USA had to show for its domination until Rodriguez’s goal in the 85th minute was an own goal […]
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College pair called up by Canada women
[OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN] UCLA’s Chelsea Stewart and Rutgers redshirt Jonelle Filignoare among the 18 players named to Canada’s roster for women’s soccer at the 2012 London Olympics. Coach John Herdman‘s squad has loads ofexperience with six players with 100 or more caps: captain Christine Sinclair, Diana Matheson, Rhian Wilkinson, Brittany Timko, Candace Chapman and KarinaLeBlanc, all […]
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Concacaf power rankings: Panama is surprise
The first of three double-dates got the Concacaf World Cup semifinal round underway, and early results indicate that at least two of the three groups — from which six teams will advance to theHexagonal — could go down to the final day of qualifying in October. Mexico, not surprisingly, and Panama, somewhat surprisingly, were the […]
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Result in St. John favors USA
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING … Concacaf] The USA didn’t get the win it was looking for in Guatemala, but it got a break in the other Group A match in ConcacafWorld Cup 2014 qualifying as tiny Antigua & Barbuda took two points from Jamaica with a 0-0 tie in St. John. The results left the […]
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World Cup 2014 qualifying this week …
[CONCACAF] Day 2 of the semifinal round of World Cup 2014 qualifying takes place Tuesday in Concacaf. Perhaps the biggest match will take place in Toronto,where Canada can take a big step toward moving into next year’s Hexagonal with a win over Honduras, a 2-0 loser to Panama in its opening game. The Catrachos won […]
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Lots to play for on Concacaf Day 1
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING COUNTDOWN] For the United States and Mexico, perennial favorites to qualify for the World Cup, the only question on Day 1 of thesemifinal round of Concacaf qualifying is how many goals will they win by when they host minnows Antigua & Barbuda and Guyana from the Caribbean zone, respectively. But Friday’s […]
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Canada could be on the rise
I sensed great angst and disappointment from some American fans and pundits regarding the 0-0 tie recorded by the USA and Canada Sunday night. Sure, a goal and perhaps a win would havebeen desirable, but rarely is the last game prior to a major competition or, in this case, the start of World Cup 2014 […]
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Attacking lineup fails to produce
[CANADA-USA] The USA and Canada played to a 0-0 tie in their final friendly before the start of World Cup 2014 qualifying on Friday. It was the least inspiringperformance by the USA in its three friendlies. Its best chance came in the fourth minute of stoppage time when Canada goalie Lars Hirschfeld tipped Clarence Goodson‘s […]
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When Canada dominated the USA …
The USA carries a 14-game unbeaten streak into Sunday’s game against Canada in Toronto (TV: NBC Sports Network, Univision Deportes, 7 pm ET). It hasn’t lost to Canada in a full internationalin more than 27 years, but there was a time, in the days of the NASL, when Canada dominated its North American rival. There […]