Canada Soccer News

The 2007 MLS Cup will be played at RFK Stadium, bringing the title game to Washington for the third time, an official within the league told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the formal announcement will be made Thursday in a news conference at RFK. RFK also hosted the game in 1997 and 2000. The 1997 game drew one of the largest crowds ...

The road to the World Cup for CONCACAF countries like Canada got a little tougher Wednesday. FIFA announced that the fourth-place country from CONCACAF, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean, will meet the fifth-place South American country in a playoff to determine a berth for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Last time around, the CONCACAF playoff was against an Asian team, with Trinidad and Tobago ...

Former Canadian goalkeeper Craig Forrest heads up the new induction class for the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. Also headed to the Hall is the late striker Domenic Mobilio, who died in 2004. Other players to be honoured are Glen Johnson and the late Bill Findler _ and Connie Cant, who played for the women's national team in the 1980s. Builders to be honoured included former Canadian Soccer Association president Jim Fleming and national team doctor Rudy Gittens. Other builders ...

Canadian international goalkeeper Greg Sutton is leaving the Montreal Impact for Major League Soccer. Chances are the 29-year-old goalkeeper's next move will be to Toronto FC as the league looks to stock the expansion franchise with Canadian talent. Sutton had been under contract with Montreal until 2008. ``It's always hard to see a player like Greg go but on the other hand, it's part of the reality of soccer,'' Montreal ...

Mixed in with the heartbreak and anger, there also was pride after Canada lost 2-1 to the United States on a controversial penalty kick in the 30th minute of overtime Sunday in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup women's soccer tournament. Kristine Lilly calmly struck a ball that beat Canadian keeper Erin McLeod, giving the U.S. its third consecutive Gold Cup championship. Mexican referee Virginia Tovar signalled the penalty ...

Toronto FC introduced three new players Wednesday, including three Canadian defenders. The expansion MLS team unveiled defenders Adam Braz, Chris Pozniak and Marco Reda along with Irish midfielder Ronnie O'Brien at a news conference 114 floors up at the CN Tower. Toronto FC kicks off next spring. Coach Mo Johnston made Canadian midfielder Jim Brennan his first signing before adding 10 more players in last Friday's expansion draft and adding ...

Christine Sinclair scored two goals and set up another by Rhian Wilkinson as Canada overcome some early nerves to beat Jamaica 4-0 at the Gold Cup tournament Wednesday night and clinch a berth in the FIFA women's World Cup of soccer. ``We're going to China,'' Sinclair said after the game. ``That was our goal coming into this tournament and we've done it.'' The win also moves Canada into Sunday's Gold ...

Canada plummeted 11 spots to No. 82 in November's FIFA soccer rankings released Wednesday. The Canadian men, who are coming off a 1-0 loss in Hungary, are sandwiched between Peru and the United Arab Emirates. Hungary, meanwhile, climbed nine places to No. 67. Canada stands eighth among CONCACAF countries, just ahead of No. 87 St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Brazil remained No. 1 overall while Nigeria moved up to ninth ...

Toronto FC may have picked up 10 players in Friday's MLS expansion draft but the team's roster is still far from set. Canadian Adrian Serioux became Toronto's first casualty. Toronto FC head coach Mo Johnston kicked off what he promised to be a couple of days of wheeling and dealing by selecting the Houston Dynamo midfielder-defender in the expansion draft, then immediately traded him. Johnston sent the Toronto native, along ...

Toronto FC coach Mo Johnston knows he won't be stocking his new MLS squad with superstar players from Friday's expansion draft. Johnston will make 10 picks from a pool of players left unprotected by the 12 current MLS teams to help stock the league's newest franchise. But the pool isn't all that strong, said Johnston, and there are few players that caught his eye. ``It's fairly poor, to be honest ...

Striker Tomasz Radzinski will captain Canada against Hungary on Wednesday in a soccer friendly. Radzinski takes over the captain's armband from defender Kevin McKenna, who was unable to join the team because of flu. Interim coach Stephen Hart has other worries: Dwayne DeRosario and Adrian Serioux are unavailable after picking up injuries Sunday while helping the Houston Dynamo to the MLS Cup. Ipswich midfielder Jaime Peters has been called in ...

Newly appointed captain Christine Sinclair scored all three goals Monday as Canada defeated South Korea 3-1 for its second win in as many games at the inaugural Peace Queen Cup. The hat trick raised Sinclair's total to five goals in two games. Just 23, Sinclair has scored 63 times for Canada in 84 appearances. The forward from Burnaby, B.C., made her debut for the senior side in 2000. ``Since she ...

Veteran Christine Sinclair will be captain of the Canadian women's team that will play in the inaugural Peace Queen Cup beginning next week in South Korea. Sinclair, nominated as FIFA women's player of the year, leads a veteran lineup announced Friday by national team coach Even Pellerud. ``It's a huge honour,'' said the Burnaby, B.C., native about being named captain. ``I'm still young. There are definitely people more experienced than I am that help out with the leadership on ...

Canadian Dwayne DeRosario is a finalist for MVP in Major League Soccer for the second year in a row. The attacking midfielder for the Houston Dynamo is up against Jeff Cunningham of Real Salt Lake and Christian Gomez of D.C. United. DeRosario started in 29 of his 30 appearances this season and is tied for the team lead in goals with 11. He also collected five assists. The 28-year-old native ...

Jim Brennan, the only player signed to date by Toronto FC, will be joined by plenty of Canadians on the roster of the MLS expansion team. The 12 U.S. teams in the league are allowed to sign a maximum of four non-American players, and commissioner Don Garber revealed Wednesday that rules will be applied to Toronto FC so that Canadians get a good portion of the roster spots when the ...

The Toronto Lynx have been a labour of love for Bruno and Nicole Hartrell. A costly one. Bruno Hartrell estimates he and his wife have lost some $4 million in the 10 years they have operated the soccer franchise. That's a lot of red ink on a team whose franchise fee was a modest $50,000 a decade ago. ``And it's just wasted,'' Hartrell lamented in an interview. With Toronto FC, ...

Facing competition from an expansion Major League Soccer team, the Toronto Lynx are leaving the first division of the United Soccer League to join the Premier Development League in 2007. The PDL is one step below the USL's second division. Other Canadian PSL teams are the Ottawa Fury, Thunder Bay Chill and Abbotsford Rangers. ``Moving the Lynx to the PDL makes a lot of sense,'' Bruno Hartrell, the team's chief ...

Luton Shelton and Demar Phillips scored two minutes apart late in the first half and Jamaica rallied to beat Canada 2-1 on Sunday, avenging last month's friendly loss in Montreal. Tomasz Radzinski gave the Canadians the lead in the ninth minute, but Shelton's game-tying goal in the 35th minute followed by Phillips' in the 37th minute put the Reggae Boyz ahead. Besides revenge for its 1-0 loss on Sept. 4, the victory comes a week after Jamaica was ...

Canada's men's under-20 team came back from a 1-0 first half deficit to beat Czech Republic 2-1 in the second friendly in three days between the two sides. Andrea Lombardo of Toronto and Pickering, Ont., native Jaime Peters scored in the 31st and 51st minutes, respectively, to even the two-game series at one win apiece. Canada lost the first game 2-0 on Wednesday. ``We had to do a lot of things very well today to get a ...

The Czech Republic downed Canada 2-0 Wednesday in a men's under-20 soccer friendly. The Europeans scored in the 56th and 86th minutes. ``I think the scoreline may have been a little harsh today as there were chances for both teams,'' said Canadian coach Dale Mitchell. ``What you can't deny is the quality of the opposition in making and taking theirs.'' The two teams meet again Friday. Canada is preparing for ...

Canadian men's soccer coach Stephen Hart will field a veteran lineup when his team goes for its second straight victory over Jamaica. Canada, looking to stretch its unbeaten streak to five games, takes on the Reggae Boyz in Kingston, Jamaica on Oct. 8. Rob Friend, who plays for Heerenveen in the Dutch League and was the lone goal-scorer in Canada's 1-0 win over Jamaica last month in Montreal, returns. He'll ...

Regular-season league MVP Joey Gjertsen proved to be even more valuable in the USL First Division championship game, figuring in both goals as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated the Rochester Raging Rhinos 3-0 on Saturday night for their first title. Gjertsen's shot in the closing seconds of the first half caromed off the foot of Rhinos defender Nate Craft, changed direction and bounded past surprised goalie Scott Vallow to give Vancouver ...

Toronto FC has set the ticket prices for its inaugural Major League Soccer season. The team, which will play at the brand new BMO Field, announced that season ticket prices will range between $200 and $1,700 for its 16-game regular season home schedule. Tickets go on sale to the public on Nov. 1 through ticketmaster. Single game tickets will range in price from $15 to $60. Those interested can also ...