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ben rycroft

August 16, 2011

Metro News has learned that...

Where to put the blame for another dismal World Cup finish

July 07, 2011

The Canadian Women’s National Team, previously ranked sixth in the world by FIFA, has officially finished dead last at the Women’s World Cup.

So about those Ottawa rumours

June 15, 2011

Canada's worst kept soccer secret will be made public very soon. Metro News has learned that Monday the NASL will announce the addition of another Canadian team to its ranks.

CSL teams named in widening match-fixing net

May 08, 2011

Two Canadian Soccer League teams have been named during an ever widening match fixing trial centering around Croatian ringleader Ante Sapina.

DeRosario skipping Gold Cup is 'news to me': Hart

May 03, 2011

Responding to reports this morning that the New York Red Bulls management were expecting Canadian international Dwayne DeRosario to skip this summer's Gold Cup, Canadian national team head coach Stephen Hart told a teleconference that it "was news to me."

Canadian soccer deserves genuine home games

April 19, 2011

Public tickets will go on sale for the Canada v Ecuador game in Toronto Wednesday morning.

TFC vs. Galaxy: Five things to watch

April 13, 2011

While I'm going to guess a good 40 per cent of the crowd will be watching only one player this evening, there are five things to watch for in the game tonight and shockingly, one of them is actually Chad Barrett.

A wide divide remains

April 11, 2011

Last week, outlets across the country reported that the Canadian Soccer Association had sent a proposal to the Women's Head Coach Carolina Morace in hopes she would remain with the team until at least the London Olympics in 2012.

Garber quietly makes waves

April 06, 2011

The Don Garber hype machine rolled into Montreal yesterday and did what he does best – got the local press talking.

Canadian soccer prepares for its big day

March 25, 2011

Canadian soccer is looking to give itself one hell of a birthday present next year – whether that's what is best for the Canadian game is yet to be determined.

The TSN Effect

March 22, 2011

TSN announced yesterday that Saturday's Toronto FC v Vancouver Whitecaps game had drawn the largest television audience in Canadian history.

Support the players who want to suit up for Canada

March 04, 2011

Never have words been spoken that more accurately reflect the state of Canadian soccer today.

TSN should look to Score on soccer coverage

February 07, 2011

A straight-laced national broadcaster won’t be the death of football culture in Canada, but it won’t mean the growth of it either.

Umbro should kick off real change for Canadian soccer

January 25, 2011

Change is coming to Canadian soccer – and here’s hoping it will extend beyond announcing a new shirt sponsor.

Some interesting noises

January 09, 2011

It would seem the Oranj revolution continues.

DeRosario’s move raises questions

September 27, 2010

Leaving the stadium Saturday, I overheard someone say, “If Toronto FC were a soap opera, it would be a prime-time hit.”

Growth good, but plan first

July 30, 2010

Canada’s soccer landscape is going to look drastically different in just a few years time — whether it’s a smouldering mess of a crater or a solid foundation for the future will depend on how the changes to come are managed. 

Montreal Impact to officially announce MLS expansion Friday

May 06, 2010

This is the time when a columnist is supposed to coyly remind the reader he had it first.

Canadian soccer should learn from Begovic

April 19, 2010

Canada needs to do more to ensure other nations aren’t scooping its national team players.

MLS rule change unlikely to improve quality of play

April 05, 2010

Depending on who you talk to, it was either a relaxing of the rules that enforce parity or another laughing-stock example of why the league remains the subject of parody.

NASL planning aggressive expansion into Canada

March 15, 2010

As the eyes of the North American soccer world have been fixated on the MLS labour dispute for the last few months, the NASL, a newly formed second division, has been quietly laying the ground work for the years ahead.

Games shouldn’t go unseen

February 01, 2010

There was a time when I would tell anyone who would listen that soccer would soon eclipse every major sport in this country — including hockey.

Some wishful thinking for 2010

January 11, 2010

Even when you lose, sometimes you win.


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