Canada Learns World Cup Qualifying Opponents Saturday
July 30th, 2011 by vijay setlur
July 30, 2011 Toronto By Vijay Setlur After a brief respite following a disappointing Gold Cup performance, Canada will finally know their opponents for the first stage of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. On Saturday FIFA will conduct the Preliminary Draw in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, that will place Canada and other countries [...]
Canada Faces France in Must-Win Game at Women’s World Cup
June 30th, 2011 by vijay setlur
June 30, 2011 Toronto By Vijay Setlur Today Canada faces no. 7-ranked France in Bochum, Germany, in a must-win game at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The scenario is simple for sixth-ranked Canada. Win or draw and they can still advance, but lose and they’re officially eliminated. Doctors said Wednesday captain Christine Sinclair has a 40% probability [...]
Canadian Women Heading into the Fire Against Germany
June 26th, 2011 by vijay setlur
June 26, 2011 Toronto By Vijay Setlur After months of preparation in solitude and some off-field turmoil, Canada is ready to show their mettle against Germany in the opener of the Women’s World Cup Sunday at Berlin’s Olympiastadion. It will be a formidable challenge facing arguably the world’s best team before a pro-German crowd of [...]
Canada Has to Regroup after Gold Cup Disappointment
June 26th, 2011 by vijay setlur
June 26, 2011 Toronto By Vijay Setlur Another Gold Cup has come to an end with Mexico – surprise surprise – capturing its sixth championship. It wasn’t easy, though, since they had to rally from a two-goal deficit, but they pulled it off buoyed by a largely pro-Mexico sellout crowd of 93,000 at the Rose [...]
Canada in Tough Against Panama – Gold Cup Quarterfinal Berth on the Line
June 13th, 2011 by vijay setlur
June 12, 2011 Red Bull Arena Harrison, New Jersey, USA By Vijay Setlur It has been a harrowing nine days covering Group B of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup for CONCACAF.com. While I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the experience of representing Canada and being in such great places as Long Beach, CA, Miami and now, ahem, Newark, [...]
Retribution Time: Canada-U.S. Tilt has Makings to be a Classic
June 7th, 2011 by vijay setlur
June 7, 2011 Los Angeles, CA, USA By Vijay Setlur This is it! The day has come! Four years in the making and Canada will finally get a chance for some retribution tonight against the U.S. when both teams take to the pitch at Ford Field in Detroit for their Gold Cup opener. Flashback Let [...]
Ecuador Match Reveals Pluses and Minuses, but Where are the Canadian Fans?
June 6th, 2011 by vijay setlur
June 6, 2011 Los Angeles, CA, USA By Vijay Setlur It’s great to be in SoCal again – that’s Southern California for those who don’t know the lingo locals use to refer to this area. I’m here in Los Angeles on assignment for CONCACAF.com covering Group B (Honduras, Jamaica, Grenada, Guatemala) and, eventually, Canada at [...]
Hart to Test Ideas in Wednesday’s Ecuador friendly
May 31st, 2011 by vijay setlur
May 30, 2011 Toronto By Vijay Setlur Two training sessions in the books and it was time for Canada to meet the media Monday afternoon at the Intercontinental Yorkville ahead of Wednesday’s friendly against Ecuador. A local media throng, with a strong Spanish-language contingent, awaited coach Stephen Hart, midfielder Atiba Hutchinson and defender Kevin McKenna at the [...]
Training Underway as Hart Awaits More Players
May 30th, 2011 by vijay setlur
May 29, 2011 Alliston, Ontario Vijay Setlur Under cloudy skies amid mild temperatures, Canada opened its training camp Sunday morning at Nottawasaga Inn Resort an hour north of Toronto. Just over a half (12) of the 23 players were on hand, so coach Stephen Hart held a light practice in advance of the arrival of more players for Monday’s training session. [...]
Gold Cup Training Camp Starts May 29
May 25th, 2011 by vijay setlur
May 25, 2011 Toronto By Vijay Setlur With Monday’s Gold Cup roster announcement, Canada now turns its attention to preparing for the tournament and the Ecuador friendly June 1 at BMO Field. The team will convene three days ahead of the game, yet not all of the players will be present on the first day as those based [...]
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