By Paul Kennedy Fox Soccer Report helped put Winnipeg on the soccer media map with the production of the nightly news show doneeach night from a tiny studio of the corner of the 30th floor of the CanWest Plaza, one of the tallest buildings in Canada. But the show is going off the air by […]
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De Rosario and teen Piette called up
[CANADA] Players from six different MLS clubs — including 2011 MVP Dwayne De Rosario — are among the 22 players calledinto Coach Stephen Hart‘s upcoming training camp in preparation for Canada’s friendly against the USA on June 3 in Toronto and World Cup qualifiers against Cubaand Honduras. The squad includes players based at clubs in […]
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MLS Rewind …
[WEEK 9] Chris Wondolowski scored two more goals to take over the MLS scoring lead with 10 goals in nine games and Steven Lenhart also scored twice as the San Earthquakes improved to 7-1-1 with a 5-3 win over D.C. United. The Seattle Sounders are 5-1-1 thanks to a 2-0 win over theshorthanded Los Angeles […]
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Mexico and Honduras bound for London
[OLYMPIC QUALIFYING] Mexico got goals from Marco Fabian, Alan Pulido andAmerican-born midfielder Miguel Angel Ponce to defeat Canada, 3-1, and return to the Olympic men’s tournament it missed out on four years ago. In the semifinalmatch at the Olympic qualifying tournament, Honduras beat El Salvador, 3-2, in overtime. The hero for the Catrachos was Gerson […]
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Olympic qualifying this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Olympic qualifying in the Concacaf region will go on without the United States. Mexico and Honduras joined El Salvador and Canada in Saturday’ssemifinals at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. The winners of the Mexico-Canada and El Salvador-Honduras games will go to the London Olympics. For all qualifying results and schedule… SCHEDULE: March […]
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U-23 basket emptier than imagined
[USA CONFIDENTIAL] There was a lot to be worrying about the USA’s 2-0 loss to Canada Saturday in Olympic qualifying — its first defeat to its neighbors to thenorth at this level in two decades — but perhaps the most puzzling aspect of the loss and its aftermath was how unprepared to USA seemed to […]
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What They're Saying
“What the f*** the USA losing to Canada we never lose to them!!!! Go on boys dig in.” — Veteran U.S. forward Eddie Johnson, new to Twitter,with thoughts many U.S. fans share after the USA’s 2-0 loss to Canada in Olympic qualifying. (Twitter)
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Olympic dream turns into nightmare in Nashville
[OLYMPIC QUALIFYING] Canada earned a deserved 2-0 win over a very poor USA team on second-half goals by Doneil Henry andLucas Cavallini in Saturday’s Concacaf Olympic qualifier in Nashville, Tenn. The loss set up a nightmare scenario for USA, which will likely need to beat ElSalvador just to reach the semis and then have to […]
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Olympic qualifying this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Goalkeeper Michal Misiewicz made two big saves and Canada held on to tie El Salvador, 0-0, in the openingGroup A game in the Concacaf Olympic men’s qualifying tournament at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Group B opens Friday night with two games at the Home Depot Center: Honduras-Panama and Mexico-Trinidad& Tobago. For the complete […]
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Mexico, Canada and Honduras win warmups
[OLYMPICS COUNTDOWN] Mexico tuned up for the Concacaf Under-23 Championship with a 2-1 win over Senegal thanks to two first-half penalty kicks by American-bornMiguel Ponce in a friendly played Saturday at San Francisco’s AT&T Park. Canada, which will face the USA in Group A, beat Trinidad & Tobago, 1-0, onFriday, thanks to a goal by […]