by Emily Dulhanty, May 15, 2013 Rumors from the twitter account of Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl have recently sparked conversations about possible NWSL expansion markets for the 2014 season. Wahl mentioned two specific markets in a tweet on April 14th that may be of interest to Canadian soccer fans: Vancouver and Toronto. At first glance, Vancouver seems like the more likely market, given the history of Whitecaps W-League success. However, upon further inspection, it seems as though Toronto’s reasons to get involved in the NWSL far outnumber the reasons to not. Here’s why: Affiliation with MLS’ TFC and Maple …
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17 May 2013 This is an incredibly exciting time for Canadian soccer. Over the next few years: We’ll welcome the best female players in the world to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015TM; Our Men’s National Team will pursue its goal of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Russia in 2018; and The explosion in grassroots soccer will carry registration past 1 million – the first team sport in Canada to achieve that total! There is a role for each of us in making Canada one of the world’s leading …
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15 May 2013 A developmental squad of potential Canada WNT players will take part in a five-day training camp in Morgantown, West Virginia from 15 to 19 May. The camp featuring players aged 17 to 23 is part of Canada WNT’s EXCELeration program tasked with bridging the gap from the U-20 level to the senior program. The group of 18 players will take part in three days of training before finishing off the camp with an inter-squad match. “This will be the second time this year we hold an EXCELeration camp in conjunction with an identification opportunity for many college-based …
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