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Toronto FC makes a pitch for Julian de Guzman
National team star offered 'lucrative' deal but still holds out hope for a return to Europe
Daniel Girard
It's decision time for Julian de Guzman.
The Canadian international midfielder from Scarborough has been offered a contract to join Toronto FC following the Gold Cup.
With Canada eliminated from the tournament after a 1-0 quarter-final loss to Honduras Saturday night, the 28-year-old, who has been playing in Europe, must decide what's next.
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Reiforcements needed for Reds
Paul Attfield
Having watched his players sit back and let the visiting Houston Dynamo back into Saturday's game through Bobby Boswell's 75th-minute goal, Toronto FC head coach Chris Cummins looked to his bench for answers and a way to secure what had, at one stage, seemed a very winnable game.
“I'm thinking ‘Who can I get on to get us a goal?'” Cummins said. “And I've had to bring [defender] Marco [Velez] on at the end just to go and play up front because we're just a little bit tight on numbers.”
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Referees' errors have to stop
By GARETH WHEELER
An embarrassment to the game.
There's no other way to describe referee Joel Aguilar despicably pointing to the penalty spot, gifting Honduras a goal on its way to eliminating Canada Saturday in their Gold Cup quarterfinal.
If the Honduran diving was ugly and a disgrace to fair-play, Aguilar trumped that.
For the second straight Gold Cup tournament, Canada goes home with an incomplete feeling, being screwed out of a fair result.
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