Montreal’s Moise Bombito, a junior defender at the University of New Hampshire, has been selected third overall by the Colorado Rapids at the MLS SuperDraft. Bombito was named 2022 America East Defender of the Year and a second-team all-American selection, after helping lead a defence that ranked third in the NCAA with a 0.5 […]
The Canadian men’s soccer team, which won a legion of fans in returning to the World Cup for the first time in 36 years, has been voted The Canadian Press team of the year. It marks the second straight year a soccer team has earned the award. The Canadian women won in 2021 after their […]
It is safe to say that even though the dreaded COVID is still hanging around and continue to menace the people of the world, 2022 was a psychological improvement over the two previous years. Somehow most managed to get closer to a normal life, banishing COVID from their thoughts…more or less. Still, the year was […]
Pele, football’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many fans, the Brazilian will be remembered as the best to have ever played the game. For others it goes further: He was the symbol of football played with passion, gusto and a smile. Indeed, he helped to forge an image of […]
By Aldwyn McGill The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 came to a dramatic end after Argentina defeated France 4-2 on penalty kicks in the final at Lusail Stadium. To say it was a game of momentum changes would be an understatement. Argentina dominated the run of play for the entire first half and after a […]
By Aldwyn McGill Argentina is set to play defending champions France in the final of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022; although they won their semi-final matches against Croatia and Morocco in different fashions, they both took early leads which they never relinquished. From my vantage point it can be said that the semi-finals games […]
By Lincoln DePradine Canadians of all walks of life, including Black community members, have been expressing public outrage and anger at a CBC sports reporter’s commentary on football star Alphonso Davies, calling his comments unfair and even racist. “I’m biting my tongue. Maybe, it is time to defund CBC,’’ said Trinidad-born entertainer Henry “King Cosmos’’ […]
In his book “Soccer in the sun and shadow,” the late lyrical Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano traces the origins and development of soccer to the Chinese. “In soccer, like everything else,” Galeano says, “the Chinese were the first. Five thousand years ago, Chinese jugglers had the ball dancing on their feet, and it wasn’t before […]
By Aldwyn McGill The FIFA World Cup 2022 is into the final round of group games here in Qatar and at the end of the second round there were just three teams which had posted wins in their first two games for the maximum six points and automatic qualification into the Round of 16 […]
By Lincoln DePradine Pierre Poilievre, head of the federal Conservative Party and Canada’s parliamentary opposition leader, has promised to champion the further development of soccer in the country, saying Canada can become “world leaders’’ in the sport. Poilievre, speaking at a news conference last Saturday in Etobicoke, joined other Canadians in expressing pride at […]
