The Footie Fool

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. [...]

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 [...]

Earlier today the CBC announced that coverage of CONCACAF Champions League soccer will be drastically reduced next year due to the current financial crisis that is gripping Mother Corp. Whether this means a reduction in the amount of coverage or a complete cancellation of their coverage is hard to tell from the story. As a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Okay, let’s check out the CONCACAF action this week. Both the US and Mexico are in action against a touring Sweden. Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatamala, Panama, Belize, Nicaragua will be facing off in UNCAF to see who is the Central American champ, and who will move on to the Gold Cup. Hmmm…let’s see. [...]

Sportsnet has bailed. They won’t be showing Canada vs Jamaica tonight, Neither will the CBC, Setanta, GolTV, TSN or the myriad of other sports networks in this country. I could rant about how this is another example of why we are a third world soccer nation. Regardless of the situation we find ourselves in, this [...]