The Footie Fool

Former Canadian defender turned CBC footie commentator Jason de Vos is tackling some of the fundamental problems of Canadian soccer on his CBC blog.
His latest series of posts began with a post on April 8th called Offside: Where do we start in trying to fix Canadian soccer?. Big question and it’s nice to have someone [...]

Found this info poking around Jim Brennan’s spanky new website this morning.  Now, maybe I missed the official announcements, but I thought the problem Jim had with the team was Dale Mitchell and that once he was gone we would see Jimmy return to the fold. But there can be no doubt with the language [...]

Taking a look at the CONCACAF Gold Cup schedule released today and I am struck by 3 things.
Frequent Flyer Miles anyone?
3 matches in 3 different cities in every friggin corner of the US.
Let’s, for argument sake, say that the team starts in Toronto. They fly to LA to play Jamaica on July 3, then off [...]

This is a beauty find by J at OOT…or could this be one of the most clever April Fool’s jokes even created by a Canadian soccer fan? Sadly, it doesn’t appear to be a joke.
The photo op of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and ENGLAND midfielder Owen Hargreaves was taken in London, where Harper is [...]

Iain Hume took to the pitch for the first time since his horrific head injury in November.  The Canadian striker made a brief cameo appearance for his former English club Tranmere Rovers at a testimonial game. On the Barnsley website, Hume says:
“I was a little disappointed that it was at Tranmere and not in front [...]