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Ottawa NASL coming Monday
by: Ben Rycroft June 15, 2011 8:59 PM comments: (0)  
Canada's worst kept soccer secret will be finally public very soon. Metro News has learned that Monday the NASL will the announce the addition of another Canadian team to its ranks. NASL commissioner David Downs will be in the Canadian capital to meet with owner of the Ottawa Fury John Pugh and his  ...more
Help start a movement and support our squad
by: Ben Rycroft May 24, 2011 6:15 PM comments: (1)  
A few weeks ago, soccer media and supporters alike came out to the Football Factory to tell fans of the beautiful game why local football matters to them and why it should matter to you and those around you.
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CSL teams named in match fixing trial
by: Ben Rycroft May 08, 2011 9:32 PM comments: (1)  
Two Canadian Soccer League teams have been named during an ever widening match fixing trial centering around Croatian ringleader Ante Sapina. Sapina, 35, along with Ivan Pavic, 29 (Croatian), Marijo Cvrtak, 35, (Croatian), Deniz Celik, 32, (Turkish), Ramazan Köse, 47 (Turkish) and Dragan Mihel ...more
Attakora surprised after being reported released by TFC
by: Ben Rycroft May 03, 2011 4:56 PM comments: (0)  

It was reported today Toronto FC had released Nana Attakora, and while the news came as a shock to TFC supporters the most surprised was Attakora himself.

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It's Called Football: Whitecaps GM Tom Soehn
by: Ben Rycroft January 16, 2011 3:20 PM comments: (0)  
Whitecaps GM Tom Soehn joins us to talk about their decision to pick Omar Salgado first overall, among other topics.
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FIFA threatens to suspend Canadian Soccer Association
by: Ben Rycroft January 16, 2011 3:20 PM comments: (0)  

It’s Called Football has obtained a copy of a FIFA letter to the Canadian Soccer Association, threatening sanctions, possible suspension and expulsion regarding the Alberta Soccer Association and its proposal to remove certain bylaws from its constitution.

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DiGironimo steps down as CSL commissioner
by: Ben Rycroft December 06, 2010 3:20 PM comments: (0)  
Metro News has learned that Dominic DiGironimo has stepped down as the Canadian Soccer League commissioner effective immediately. ...more
Canadian university players bound for MLS SuperDraft?
by: Ben Rycroft November 28, 2010 2:00 PM comments: (2)  
In case you missed it, York Lions Head Coach Carmine Isacco dropped a bit of a bomb on It's Called Football last week. ...more


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Metro's Ben Rycroft writes about the Toronto Football Club and MLS in general.


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Montagliani is either lying or completely inept. This is not the first anyone's heard, and definitely will not be the last. This runs much deeper than one current and one former CSL team.

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How many minutes can you spend talking 'bout divisional structure of North American soccer without mentioning promotion and relegation? Informative and painful, trying to talk about conforming the...

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