The Footie Fool

Canadian players are on the move this week. First it was Lars Hirschfeld signing with FC Energie Cottbus in Germany. Now it’s David Edgar, Josh Simpson, Chris Pozniak and Kevin Harmse. After much speculation as to where he would end up, David Edgar has finally left Newcastle and signed a 4 year deal with EPL [...]

I have such a love/hate relationship with Sportsnet when it comes to their coverage of Canadian soccer. I mean, they do some good things. I like Craig Forrest and they did bring the EPL to regular cable. For that I am happy and grateful. But today my relationship is much more on the hate side. [...]

Quick note that J at Out of Touch is organizing a Gold Cup goal pool. Pick 2 players from each team and the person who picks with the most goals wins. Cost is $3.

Another Canadian makes the move to Germany. Canuck keeper Lars Hirschfeld is (finally) on the move (English translation). After enduring a 2 seasons spell at CFR Cluj in Romania where he played third fiddle and saw virtually no first team action, Hirschfeld is moving back to German side FC Energie Cottbus. This is his second [...]

The roster is out, officially, and by the time you have read this the mainstream press will probably have plenty of quotes from Dwayne DeRosario as to why he won’t don the red and white kit for the Gold Cup. Heck, they may even have a quote or two from Adrian Serioux as why he [...]

The preliminary 30 man Gold Cup roster for Canada has been posted by CONCACAF. This roster will be trimmed before the actual tournament, so not all players listed will be making the (loooooong) trip to the Gold Cup. Some names not on the list that I might have expected are Thomasz Radzinski and David Edgar. [...]

Nice to emerge from my blogging exile with a headline that hasn’t appeared anywhere for pretty well close to a year. Earlier today Canada beat Cyprus 1-0 in an international friendly thanks to a goal by the Simeon Jackson who, along with defender Eddy Sidra and midfielders Tyler Hemming and Dominic Imhof, earned their first [...]

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 [...]