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De Ro is your MVP

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6,689 Comments

Dwayne De Rosario is the 2009 U-Sector Player of the Year.

De Rosario was the overwhelming choice, garnering 52 per cent of the vote. U-Sector voters did not ignore the burgeoning talent of 20-year-old Canadian sophomore defender Nana Attakora, who claimed the second place with nearly 15 per cent. Amado Guevara, with just under 13 per [...]

USIL is upon us!

Monday, November 23, 2009 5,453 Comments

The Draft Night has come and gone, and now the real fun begins!

USIL 2009/2010 kicks off on Saturday, November 28 with the following matchups:

* 2:50pm – Bad Boys dans le Bordello FK vs. Panda Monium FC
* 3:50pm – FC Barearselona vs. Arse & All
* 4:50pm – Madferit FC vs. New World Order
* 5:50pm – DPRK vs. Guy Town FC
* BYE – Winter Blazers

The full schedule is due to be released later this week.

The MLS Cup Experiment

Friday, November 20, 2009 10,112 Comments

The stage is set, the seats are (somewhat) sold out. Finally, MLS gets its biggest star on its biggest stage.

After three trying years, the LA Galaxy are playing in MLS Cup. The opponent is the less than stellar draw known (comically, even after five seasons) as Real Salt Lake.

While I’m sure the high-powered suits behind the league were hoping for a dream match-up of the world’s most famous athlete versus the biggest Mexican star of his generation, in reality Beckham’s opponent does not matter.

Who is your Player of the Year?

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Comments Off

It’s voting time.

Head to the poll on the message board and select your U-Sector 2009 Player of the Year. Voting is open until Tuesday, November 25, at 12:00pm.

In Preki we trust?

Saturday, November 14, 2009 5,249 Comments

Ives Galarcep is reporting that former US international and Chivas USA coach Preki will become TFC’s next head coach.

Preki (a.k.a. Predrag Radosavljević) was widely rumoured to be on Mo Johnston’s three-man short list (along with Houston assistant John Spencer and long-time New England head coach Steve Nicol), and was probably the most realistic choice of the three.

TFC Considers Requiring Academy players to commit to Canada

Thursday, November 12, 2009 45,151 Comments

At TFC we’re discussing requiring Academy players to commit to Canada if called. We wont develop a player who turns his back on Canada.

That’s what Toronto FC Business Director Paul Beirne posted to his Twitter account earlier today. It’s an astonishingly profound statement to be coming from the club, even if it is merely a one-liner in the “discussion” stages.

And Then There Were Four

Monday, November 9, 2009 26,896 Comments

The first round of the 2009 MLS Cup playoffs concluded Sunday with the LA Galaxy scraping past their cross-hallway rivals Chivas USA by the narrowest possible margin, setting the stage for next weekend’s Conference Finals.

The Galaxy won their series by a single goal, courtesy of a successful Landon Donovan penalty kick in the 73rd minute of the Galaxy home leg. The 1-0 scoreline in the second leg was a complete reversal compared to the relative goalfest (a sloppy 2-2 draw) that was the Goats’ home leg a week previous.

Canada releases roster for November games (now with more heart, less crazy)

Friday, November 6, 2009 117,928 Comments

The Canadian Soccer Association released today the roster for its men’s team’s upcoming friendlies versus Macedonia (Nov. 14) and Poland (Nov. 18), with very few surprises.

TFC’s own Julian de Guzman and DC United’s Dejan Jakovic are the only two North American-based players to be called to the squad, with the rest of the 17-man roster comprised of European-based internationals.

Changes coming in the Voyageurs Cup?

Thursday, November 5, 2009 15 Comments

Amid all of the hullabaloo about the Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact possibly playing in a brand new American second division next year, their former (and possibly future) league has let loose that it may be adding two more Canadian franchises to its ever-fluctuating fold, possibly as early as 2010.

The USL has indicated that interested investors from Edmonton and Ottawa may land teams in its First Division within the next two years, effectively replacing (or joining) the disgruntled Whitecaps and Impact as the Canadian flagbearers of USL-1.

Welcome to the temporary U-Sector website!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10 Comments

It’ll be a few weeks or months before a permanent site will be completed, so in the meantime I’ve opened up this WordPress temp site to create a bit more content to comliment our board and give the entire usector.ca a more complete feel.