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No Canadian venues for Gold Cup


CONCACAF has unveiled the venues for this summers Gold Cup. Rumours around teh intranets about the possibility of a Canadian venue have turned out to be false.
The 2009 Gold Cup will be spread out over 13 U.S. cities, which may be great to spread the games around for fans, but will no doubt play havoc [...]

Could Victoria be one step closer to the USL-1?


Word this week that Barcelona has pulled their support for Miami’s MLS bid effectively killing it has moved Vancouver to the top of the MLS 2011 expansion list. Should that happen, could Victoria be on the verge of getting a USL-1 franchise?
Victoria has been gunning for a USL-1 franchise for a few years now, a [...]

On the Montreal Impact and the 1986 Dynamo Dresden


Photo: Tajin Sacrifice Scene by Ilhuicamina. Used under Creative Commons license.
Once again, Canadian footie fans have had their hopes crushed as the Montreal Impact lose to Santos 5-2 (5-4) and crash and burn out of the CONCACAF Champions League. In the end, the dream turned into a nightmare. To think that at one point the [...]

Radz oversees all


Thanks to J’s research over at Out Of Touch, I am now the proud owner of a 2 inch Tomas Radzinski doll, who now oversees all Footie Fool posts from high atop his perch above the filing cabinet in the home office.
I am not sure about the facial hair situation. Did he sport this look [...]