It is the nature of two-legged Cup ties that the first game is often forgotten. Quick. Before the kickoff of the 2012 NASL season, FC Edmonton’s coaching staff pulled right back Antonio Rago aside to give him some bad news — that he’d lost his place in the starting XI. The B.C. Soccer Association is being sued.
Canada will be represented at the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan. Richmond, B.C.’s Carlos Marquez has been named the PDL’s player of the week. Le Toux, Whitecaps, beat down FC Edmonton’s brave resistance
Victor Montagliani sounded a lot like a man who had just won a political-party nomination.
If there was ever a no-pressure game for the Montreal Impact, this Saturday’s date against Sporting Kansas City was it. Victor Montagliani got the support he needed at the Annual General Meeting in Ottawa and is the new president.
In the Commonwealth Stadium press box before the game, FC Edmonton Director of Soccer Joe Petrone made the prediction: If FCE could keep the Whitecaps off the scoresheet through the first 20 minutes, if the Eddies could make it through those initial nervous moments, “we’ll be fine.” They didn’t make it through the first 20 minutes.
Next week, FC Edmonton, the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps will be adversaries in the race for the Voyageurs’ Cup. But, this week, the three MLS and one NASL side are united. On Thursday, the four clubs issued a joint press release, pledging their support for candidate Rob Newman ahead of the May 5 Canadian Soccer Association presidential election.
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