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denime
11-15-2008, 09:35 AM
Harmse heading to Jamaica
Reds midfielder named to Canada National Team roster

Toronto FC announced Friday that midfielder Kevin Harmse has been named to the Canadian Men's National Team roster by head coach Dale Mitchell that will compete in their final match of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying for 2010. The Canadian squad will travel to Kingston, Jamaica for the match on Wednesday, November 19. Canada has already been eliminated from group play and will not advance to the next round. ...

Read more (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20081114&content_id=203844&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280)


Canada sets roster for final World Cup qualifer

Canadian men's soccer coach Dale Mitchell announced his roster Friday for the team's final FIFA World Cup qualifier next week in Jamaica.
The match on Wednesday in Kingston is essentially meaningless for the Canadians, who were eliminated from contention in CONCACAF Group 2 after a 2-1 loss to Honduras on Sept. 6 in Montreal.
That defeat dropped Canada to 0-2-3, assuring the team of finishing last in the four-team group. ...

Read more (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2008/11/14/canada-jamaica-roster.html)


Mitchell gives new faces a look
THE CANADIAN PRESS

With nothing but pride on the line, coach Dale Mitchell decided to inject some youth into Canada's lineup for Wednesday's World Cup qualifying game against Jamaica.

The game, to be played in Kingston, Jamaica, will be the final match of the year for the national men's team. There are questions if Mitchell will be the coach when the team gathers again in 2009. ...

Read more (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2008/11/14/mitchell_wcq_squad/)


Toronto native making mark in MLS playoffs

Colin Smith, National Post
Will Johnson thought his days of playing in Major League Soccer were over. Last summer, the Toronto-born attacking midfielder, who began his professional career with the Chicago Fire in 2005, had a contract with Dutch side Heerenveen and captained his country in a match at the Under-20 World Cup.

His club team had just loaned him out to a newly promoted outfit called de Graafschap and Johnson told reporters, "Now that I've broken in over in Europe, there's no coming back."

Read more (http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=961802)


DeGuzman off to Premiership?
PETER MALLETT

Canadian international and Deportivo La Coruna midfielder Julian De Guzman of Toronto could be packing his bags for a move to England's Premier League.
Tottenham Hotspur, Bolton and Middlesbrough are rumoured to have expressed interest in the 29-year-old midfielder. DeGuzman's contract with the financially troubled Spanish club expires this month and his transfer value could fetch nearly $2.9-million (U.S.), a price the cash-strapped club would likely agree to, English-based SkySports and The Mirror reported.

Read more (http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081114.wsptdeguzman1114/GSStory/GlobeSportsSoccer/home)



SUNSHINE (http://www.torontosun.com/sunshinegirl/) :yum: :drool5: :thumbsup: :hump:

Damien
11-15-2008, 10:15 AM
MLS expansion leaves United Soccer Leagues wary

Most fans and observers of soccer in the United States know that the game’s history in this country is littered with lamentable letdowns. Abortive leagues, pitiful national teams and poor public perception are common themes of our past, and many such failures began with cynicism and self-interest trumping the good of the game at large.

From the narrow mindset of the immigrant enclaves where the game first reached these shores to the inflated egos and towering hubris of the NASL’s New York Cosmos, there are plenty of cautionary tales regarding the importance of a collective approach to soccer’s American progress, just as time and again, unity and collective spirit have been proven qualities of overachieving teams on the field of play.

So if “a rising tide lifts all boats,” then why can’t Major League Soccer and the United Soccer Leagues get along?

It’s not as if the game’s top two professional associations in North America are blood rivals or sworn enemies. But thanks to the latest round of MLS expansion, more light has been cast on the awkward manner of their parallel growth and the future seems to hold as much potential for competition as cooperation.

Five of the seven candidates to become the top-flight league’s next member (Atlanta, Miami, Montreal, Portland and Vancouver) are USL-1 markets. Of those, three are actually USL-1 owner/investors at the moment: the Saputo family in Montreal, Portland’s Paulson family and Greg Kerfoot in Vancouver. (Kerfoot’s bid has drawn particular attention in the mainstream sports media because one of his investment partners is NBA star Steve Nash, whose brother Martin just happens to play in central midfield for the Whitecaps.)

cont... (http://www.potomacsoccerwire.com/news/460/4562)

Sonny Cheeba
11-15-2008, 10:21 AM
wow clearly the girls who are going to be in the SSG Calendar have better photoshoots.

Marco2K
11-15-2008, 10:38 AM
Deguzman should be torontos target

Sonny Cheeba
11-15-2008, 10:40 AM
Deguzman should be torontos target

no he shouldn't. it would be a waste of time right now when premier league clubs are showing interest. maybe in a few years.

wzhxvy
11-15-2008, 10:56 AM
Denime is big into blonds...but I am not 100% onboard with this SSG..she looks like she has bigger thighs than me and her face is painted like a clown...but I will go along with you guys :-) (my wife could be looking over my shoulder)

Sonny Cheeba
11-15-2008, 11:29 AM
Denime is big into blonds...but I am not 100% onboard with this SSG..she looks like she has bigger thighs than me and her face is painted like a clown...but I will go along with you guys :-) (my wife could be looking over my shoulder)


meh. i wasn't too big into her either. just saying a nice photoshoot compared to the regular SSGs

Oldtimer
11-15-2008, 01:45 PM
CHESTER, Pa. - Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber is to be in Chester for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new soccer stadium to be built there.
The ceremony is at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, at the stadium site on Seaport Drive beneath the Commodore Barry Bridge. Seats in the bleachers are to be available on a first-come, first-served basis.


So looks like Philly is a go.

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/soccer/general/view/2008_11_14_Chester__Pa___soccer_groundbreaking_set _for_Dec__1/

James17930
11-16-2008, 06:45 AM
So looks like Philly is a go.

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/soccer/general/view/2008_11_14_Chester__Pa___soccer_groundbreaking_set _for_Dec__1/

Good news. I'm sure the haters would somehow find a way to blame the league for it if the Philly bid were to collapse or be delayed.