June 30, 2010

Pickering Resident Earns her First International Cap with T&T

(DurhamRegion.com) - It has been a long journey for Arin King, but she is starting to experience the benefits of hard work and dedication.

The Pickering resident, who plays soccer with the University of Toronto Lady Blues, earned her first senior women's international cap in helping Trinidad and Tobago move on to the next round of the Women's Gold Cup.

King, whose mother was born in Trinidad but moved to Canada at a young age, is eligible to play for the national team of her mother's home country. She began playing nationally with the U17 program in Trinidad. >>>

May 7, 2010

Manchester United to make Toronto appearance in July

(Reuters) - There will be little time to rest for Manchester United’s players in the off-season with the English Premier League club revealing plans to tour North America immediately after the World Cup.

Manchester United announced on Thursday they would play one match in Canada and another three in the United States, kicking off just five days after the World Cup final, although any players involved in the latter stages of the tournament in South Africa are unlikely to be included.

They will begin their tour against Scottish Premier League runners-up Celtic in Toronto (July 16), before playing Philadelphia Union (July 21) and Kansas City Wizards (July 25) then the Major League Soccer All-Stars in Houston (July 28).

Manchester United had already announced they would play Guadalajara (July 30) as part of a deal to sign prolific Mexican striker Javier Hernandez.

English Premier League teams have been regular visitors to North America but Manchester United’s last visit was in 2004 and they have mostly toured Asia, where the club is enormously popular, in the past decade. >>>

April 30, 2010

Canadian Junior International in Tends Goal in Europe

(Translated from Original Article)) - Victoria Correa Parsons keeps the goal clean for the First League Women’s Team at FC Neunkirch. Unusual is not just the name. The young goaltender is also a member of the Junior National Team of Canada.

Only a few Amateur Clubs can lay hands on this claim : “We have a Talent on our roster with International Experience “. FC Neunkirch ( FCN ) can make that claim this season. Victoria Correa Parsons not only plays for the ambitious Team from the Klettgau region, she is also a member of the Canadian Junior Team. Correa Parsons tended goal in friendly games last fall against Mexico and is currently trying to make the cut for the Canadian U 19 Team. >>>

April 14, 2010

Fixing some wonky wheels at FIFA

(Dennis Fitter, Examiner.com) - IFA, our guardian of the integrity of this cherished game has a couple of wonky wheels in need of straightening.

Ask me why I love football and I will tell you it is, in part because football is such a civilized sport. Baseball is civilized too, and like football the “grand old game” is steeped in tradition. But long ago, baseball and I had a falling out.

As much I might try, it is impossible to think of the Blue Jays as Toronto’s team and much less Canada’s team as the marketers like to refer to this assemblage of mercenaries. They leave me with something akin to that stood-up, empty feeling. In only a matter of hours following the season-ending last out, every pre-packed and ready-to-go player on the team high tails it back to wherever he might call home. The local team? Disbanded. The fan attachment? Disjointed. And not a Blue Jay could give a damn. >>>