Well, as if this WCQ campaign could stink anymore, it has now completely gone from crap to shite.  Reports from the Deportivo website (via squizz) say Julian De Guzman is injured and out for 2 weeks. No DeRo, no Serioux, no De Guzman. Click to continue reading...

You can call Deportivo La Coruna Team CONCACAF.

Led by Canadian captain Julian De Guzman (above, left) and featuring Mexican winger Andres Guardado and striker Omar Bravo, Deportivo boasts a wealth of talent from the CONCACAF region. That group helped Deportivo pull off one of the upsets of the weekend, a 2-1 victory against Real Madrid.

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The only MLS player in the Jamaican starting XI was Real Salt Lake's Williams. REPRESENTING! Real Salt Lake's Andrew Williams, who was born in Canada scored for Jamaica, in the 52nd-minute , 5 minutes after Julian de Guzman gave Canada the lead. The goal saved a crucial away point for the Reggae Rude Boyz. Click to continue reading...

In the spirit of covering our North American brethren, I had been working on a few articles on Canadian soccer including one on ace Julian De Guzman who is making quite a name for himself at Deportivo La Coruna. That was until I saw the incredible display of poor sportsmanship shown by Canadian fans before the MLS All Star Game last night. Click to continue reading...

The Canadian men's team wants to make their first world cup appearance since 1986 and they think playing at Montreal's Saputo Stadium is the way to do it.

Tonight sees them take to the Saputo grass pitch for the first time as they try to finish off St Vincent & the Grenadines in the return leg of a two-game series and many players think this field will give them what they need to win. Click to continue reading...

Canadian men's soccer coach Dale Mitchell has named the 19-players he will use for their 2010 World Cup qualifying matches against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. The Canadians are looking to reach the finals for the first time since 1986.

Here is their roster:

GK (2): Greg Sutton (Toronto FC), Pat Onstad (Houston Dynamo)

D (6): Jim Brennan (Toronto FC), Mike Klukowski(Club Brugge KV), André Hainault (Sparta Praha), Ugo Ihemelu (Colorado Rapids), Adrian Cann (Vancouver Whitecaps), Richard Hastings(Inverness CT)

M (7): Adrian Serioux (FC Dallas), Julian de Guzman (Deportivo La Coruna),Paul Stalteri (Fulham FC),Marcel de Jong (Roda JC), Issey Nakajima-Farran (FC Nordsjælland), Atiba Hutchinson (FC København), Patrice Bernier (FC Kaiserslautern)

F (4): Tomasz Radzinski (Skoda Xanthi), Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo), Ali Gerba (FC Ingolstadt), Rob Friend (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

The Canadians play in Kingston this Sunday and then head home to Montreal for the second leg next Friday (20 June). Click to continue reading...

A great interview by Nigel Reed and Bob Iarusci with Julian de Guzman yesterday on Toronto radio station Fan 590 that leaves no doubt in my mind that JDG is not only a leader on the pitch, but also in the locker room. He is frank and honest, yet diplomatic with his answers when [...] Click to continue reading...

Still coming down from Saturday's Brazil high in Seattle and I can't even imagine what the Canadian players are going through today. From playing Brazil in front of 50,000 fans in Seattle, to playing in front of no one in a closed Friendly against Panama in Florida at 5:00pm EST today. I am not sure [. Click to continue reading...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5717_Pk3F1k Yesterday in Seattle, the Canadians took on mighty Brazil, always a challenge, even at (or near) home. Granted, it was without Kaka and a few of the biggest stars, but Luis Fabiano was there, and as you can see above, so was Robinho. He hopped on what is described aptly in the video [. Click to continue reading...

It was a close one, but Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo MLS) has squeezed out Julian de Guzman (Deportivo de La Coruña La Liga) and been named by the CSA as the men's 2007 Adidas Canadian Players of the Year for the third straight year. I would have been happy with either of them winning. But [... Click to continue reading...

- Not only did the Bartlett High School boys soccer team lose 2-0 to Crystal Lake South in a tournament in which they host, but when the squad returned to the locker room they found several personal items of their's missing. The culprits? None other than 8 players from the Morton High School side, who had used the same locker room immediately after winning their match against Jacobs 4-0 and Bartlett had vacated it to go warm up for their match. Click to continue reading...

So, the U20 World Cup got you excited and you decided to follow soccer this year, but don't know where to begin? What is this crazy world of umpteen cups, competitions and leagues? Where do you possibly begin? Well, read on and I'll try to shed some light on the basics of European footie [...] Click to continue reading...