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    Jonathan de Guzman told Vancouver's TEAM 1040 Full Time Sports last night that he has given up his Canadian passport and that the idea of him playing for Canada is a "funny question" because he is no longer eligible to do so.
    As the guys on Full Time Sports put it: feel free to hope he'll eventually give up his Dutch citizenship. It doesn't look like he will anytime soon.
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    When Jonathan was asked whether he would consider playing for Canada in the future, he said that he "doesn't think it's even possible" and added that "four or five years ago I gave up my Canadian passport."
    Jonathan also said that Holland is a new home for him, that he has no regrets about moving there and that he is "grateful to be part of the Dutch squad."
    Check back here for the full interview online.
    A source at the Canadian Soccer Association told Full Time Sports: "a player needs a valid Canadian passport in order to represent Canada at the international level."
    Jonathan said that the decision to pursue an EU passport was based solely on his footballing career and his desire to play for club teams within the European Union.
    So that appears to be that. As I listened to de Guzman's interview I immediately thought of several people I know who hold dual citizenship - ie. both a Canadian passport and an EU one - and couldn't understand why he would not be allowed to have both.
    But after thinking about it some more I realized it doesn't matter. Listen to the interview yourself. This is not a guy who sees Canada in his international future. Time to move on.
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    By: Richard Whittall


    Hello. Some of you may know me from blogs like A More Splendid Life, which started off as a jamboree of all things random in football, including snippets on the Premier League and rambling commentaries on the state of Major League Soccer, and has recently morphed into a blog about developments in football media. My “claim to fame” (so to speak) though in Canadian circles has been my very small part in highlighting the history of soccer in this country.
    It was this interest in history that led me to focus exclusively on soccer media, in part because the vast majority of what we know about the development of soccer in Canada comes by way of archived newspaper articles, sometimes dating back to the 1870s. The story of Canadian soccer isn’t told by the matches, or the players, or even the fans (for whom seasonal amnesia is often the only way to renew interest in their club on a yearly-basis anyway), but by the media, whether print, radio, television or digital. And soccer cannot thrive unless the media tells that story often and well.
    Many soccer fans don’t see it that way. Football is our beloved game, and football media is the sometimes-annoying-but-necessary brat that follows it around providing live coverage, match reports, league tables and tactical analysis. In other words, football “happens” and the media reports on it. Under this view, sports and sports media as two separate institutions, whose relationship is primarily casual.
    The reality is, of course more complicated, and the line between soccer and soccer media increasingly blurred. Nowadays, agents deliberately “leak” trade rumours to manipulate transfer negotiations, important matches are moved to different times and days to maximize viewing numbers, players are disciplined for Tweeting about refs after journalists RT them to death, and money from television rights’ deals fuel the enormous wage inflation in the big European leagues. Football media is no longer football’s message (if it ever was); they are one and the same institution, pace Marshall McLuhan.
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    While this sort of thing is great fodder for the “Against Modern Football” cynics, it’s crucial to note there is a positive side to this complex relationship as well. Long-time readers of the writers on this site should be well-versed in the on-going struggle to reform the Canadian Soccer Association. Reformers often point to Australia’s 2003 Crawford Report as a model for change, but it’s important to note that the report didn’t arise out of grassroots organization and pressure on government alone. It was the enormous controversy generated by the Australian Broadcasting Company’s Four Corners program on the incompetence of the Australian FA that provided the major impetus for parliament to act.
    It’s hard to imagine an investigative magazine like the CBC’s the Fifth Estate really taking it to the CSA in an hour long broadcast. In this country and in the US, soccer has long struggled in the battle for TV time and newspaper column space amid all the other, highly-popular traditionally North American sports. That battle, as demoralizing as it can often be, still has to be fought every day by the backers of professional soccer in North America. As the history of collapsed pro leagues in Canada and the U.S. demonstrates, media attention can mean the difference between success and failure of pro soccer over the long-term.
    As Major League Soccer prepares to welcome both Vancouver and Montreal into the fold, we could see the beginning of a slow change in the sports media culture in this country. I say “could” because the hockey and baseball old guard still calls the shots, despite football’s clear popularity in Canada, both as a pastime and a professional sport. It’s my hope to provide in this space on Canadian Soccer News an overview of that attention, to criticize it when it fails to tell the whole story (or any of it), and to praise it when it succeeds. In doing so I hope to demonstrate the power and importance of media interest in ensuring the long-term health of the game in Canada.
    I’d also like to show that in the digital age we don’t always have to wait for the mainstream sports media to get its act together, as Canadian Soccer News ably demonstrates on a daily basis. Football media is no longer a faceless corporate entity from which the average sports fan is alienated. Soccer fans, whether bloggers or Tweeters or forum commenters are very much part of the picture and deserve their fare share of praise/criticism as well. In all, if this little column provides a bit of a nudge forward in improving the way the game is covered in Canada, then mission accomplished. See you soon.
    Richard Whittall writes on football from his hovel in Toronto, Canada. In addition to A More Splendid Life, he also writes the Canadian Soccer history blog, The Spirit of Forsyth. He is the associate editor of Tom Dunmore's award-winning Pitch Invasion. And his writing has appeared in Toronto Life, the Globe and Mail, and he was a contributor for Brooks Peck's Yahoo! blog Dirty Tackle for the 2010 World Cup. His columns on media and football will appear weekly on Canadian Soccer News. Follow him on Twitter @RWhittall
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    Steven Goff of <I>The Washington Post</i> <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2011/01/mls_commissioner_don_garber_di.html">reports</a> that MLS commissioner Don Garber is looking at creating a "Rivalry Week" for the Pacific Northwest teams of Vancouver, Seattle and Portland. Here's what Goff reported from a conversation with Garber after the draft:[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
    <blockquote>The commissioner also said that the conference alignment and playoff format is close to being finalized. And to further intensify the Pacific Northwest rivalry between Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, Garber said MLS is strongly considering a week-long round robin between the clubs -- three regular season matches in a span of a week or so (Van vs. Sea, Sea vs. Port, Port vs. Van).</blockquote>
    As Marc Weber <a href="http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/backofthenet/archive/2011/01/15/pacific-northwest-rivalry-week.aspx">points out</a>, it isn't stated whether this is for this year or future ones. It obviously would seem like a plan to try and boost the MLS TV ratings, and from that standpoint, it makes a lot of sense; the first broadcast would give them plenty of opportunities to plug the latter two, and fans of each of the Pacific Northwest clubs have enough interest in their rivals that they'd likely watch a rivalry game not involving their team.
    However, the plan hasn't met with uniformly positive reviews. <a href="http://twitter.com/dfeuerstein">Daniel Feuerstein</a> has <a href="http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com/does-the-northwest-mls-rivalry-really-need-a-week-of-their-own/11405">a good piece</a> on the subject over at <i>MLS Talk</i>. Here's his key argument:
    <blockquote>The only true way to showcase them to the rest of the country on how big and bad these matches are is to just show them on ESPN, FSC & Telefutura with no fanfare and to see what’s going to happen. To be honest MLS Commissioner Don Garber is trying to force something on us that doesn’t need to be forced at all.</blockquote>
    I get where Daniel's coming from on this one, and there's also the hype standpoint to consider. As I wrote about <a href="http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/content.php?811-Whitecaps-%96-TFC-opener-is-an-odd-choice">the selection of Toronto FC as the Whitecaps' first opponent</a>, games against rivals like TFC, Seattle or Portland are going to draw much more attention in Vancouver (from both media and fans) than games against the likes of Kansas City or Colorado. Cramming three of those into a week will certainly make the Whitecaps a hot topic for that week, but spreading them out might produce more benefits; I'd imagine it's probably better for the club to be frequently talked about for three separate weeks rather than be talked about slightly more over just one week. That might play the same on a league-wide basis (three separate weeks of Northwest rivalry hype versus one), or it might not. From this standpoint, though, spreading out the rivalry dates would seem to make more sense.
    [<b>Update:</b> Jeremiah Oshan of <i>Sounder at Heart</i> <a href="http://www.sounderatheart.com/2011/1/14/1935423/seattle-sounders-likely-to-host-three-day-preseason-cascadia-cup">reports</a> that the three Pacific Northwest teams are expected to play each other in a preseason, round-robin tournament at the <a href="http://www.starfiresports.com/">Starfire Sports Complex</a> in Tukwila, Washington. Unclear if that's connected to the "Rivalry Week" news or not.]
    [<b>Update 2:</b> Weber <a href="http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/backofthenet/archive/2011/01/15/pacific-northwest-rivalry-week.aspx">reports</a> that Bob Lenarduzzi is saying the preseason/regular-season divide may have led to an erroneous report. Lenarduzzi said there have been no discussions about doing this during the regular season, and he doesn't appear to be a fan of the idea.]
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    Given the amount of hubbub surrounding the MLS SuperDraft yesterday, I figured I'd take a night to reflect on what -- to any right-thinking member of the human race -- was the biggest news coming out of not just the Toronto FC camp, but the entire league, and possibly the entire soccer world...
    Chad Barrett being traded to the Los Angeles Galaxy for "future considerations".
    My initial reaction ("FUCK YOU TFC~!!!") was a tad visceral and lacking in nuance, I'll admit. So after some reflection time, I've refined my analysis of the deal somewhat, and come to the following conclusion:
    TFC are a bunch of stupid doody heads.
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    Seriously, Chad Barrett just might have been the greatest player to ever wear the Toronto FC kit -- and that's saying something, since that group contains over 300 players in just over four years' time. He ran all over the place, he got really passionate about what he was doing, and he occasionally kicked the ball near the net. Those are the three key qualities of "the best kid out on the field", if the encouragement my U7 coach gave me is to be believed.
    So what the fuck did he do wrong? Why did he deserve to go?
    Look, I understand it's a time for "renewal" at Toronto FC, a.k.a. "shedding all the garbage from the previous season" a.k.a. "the normal off-season routine". But there's a little something we call continuity in sports. Rhythm. Momentum. Those are all sports words too. Sure, no one's gonna give a flying shit if Raivis Hscanovics ends up working at Dollarama, but there are certain key cogs that the Reds should have maintained in order to keep some semblance of a solid squad.
    The self-obsessed, trialing-in-Scotland "captain". The blackballed-in-Europe, underperforming central midfielder. The criminally-underpaid, possibly-disgruntled local duo of centre backs. The days-are-numbered-in-this-league goaltender. And the runs-around-a-lot-and-gets-excited striker.
    That's the sort of core you build a championship team around.
    People -- I call them "idiots" -- claimed Chad wouldn't fit into the "Total Football" system being implemented by the new management team. Well, yeah, obviously. Chad doesn't speak Dutch, because why the fuck should he? He speaks soccer. It's the universal language, and he speaks it with his feet. I don't see Aron Winter or Paul Mariner speaking with their feet. They use their mouths like the rest of us plebs who aren't on Chad's level. Total Football my ass. QED.
    Other people -- I call them "assholes" -- say the move was vital to help TFC clear up some salary room. Well, unless they were clearing that room in order to make room for a bigger cheque with the words "Payable to Chad Barrett" on it, I'm not interested in this nonsense. Salary caps are for losers. This is Toronto. We spend our way to championship teams. And before you say "that argument hasn't held water since 1993", let me ask you, who just got inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame? That's right, Roberto Alomar. A Toronto Blue Jay. Clearly he's still great, ergo clearly the Jays are still great, ergo Toronto still knows how to buy championships.
    Too bad Winter and Mariner don't know how to
    .No, sadly, it'll be the Galaxy who'll be catching the taste of Chad Barrett from here on out. It tastes like sweat. And ground-up molars. And chewed-up turf. And I think I detect a sweet honey glaze. Is that cardamom? Wow, you put a lot of work into this. No, it really is delicious. Wait, where was I?
    Oh right, furious anger. The only way this is a good move is if TFC have had the wonderful foresight to sucker the celeb-hungry Galaxy into a move for who they thought was a member of the Rooney family (what with the physical similarities and all). Then, once the dupe is revealed, and L.A. realizes that the Home Depot Center can't possibly contain the awesomeness that is CHAD, they package him back to Toronto FC (along with a bunch of cash, and one of those super-giant packs of Ferrero Rocher chocolates you usually only see at Christmas) as the "future considerations"!
    It could happen, right? Right?!
    No, sadly, even I'm resigned to the reality that Chad is gone. Now who will I predict will score a brace before every Toronto FC kickoff? (No, seriously, who the fuck is going to score for this team?)
    No one, that's who. Because the only "future considerations" you're getting out of this deal, Toronto FC, are my considerations about whether I want to spend the future supporting a team that dealt away the glory that was, and is, Chad Barrett.
    Fare thee well, Chad. I can only hope you'll have the same lasting impact in L.A. as you did in Toronto: Conning some overly-optimistic local writer into wearing a ridiculous floral dress in public.
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    Two of Canada's main rivals in 2014 World Cup qualifying are searching for new managers.
    Juan Manuel Lillo - ex-coach of Almeria, friend of Pep Guardiola and youngest-ever La Liga manager - visited El Salvador this week for talks with the national federation and is now in Panama watching the national team in the Copa Centroamericana. Meanwhile, the Honduran press has linked several names to the top job in that country recently, including Brazilian Alexandre Guimaraes, who led Costa Rica to the World Cup in 2002 and 2006.
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    It's unclear whether El Salvador could even afford someone like Lillo, but I believe that a manager with his experience would make them a tougher hurdle for Canada.
    The Honduran situation is a more fluid. The last half of 2010 was not a good one for their national side. After qualifying for the World Cup for the the first time since 1982 - and then appointing a new manager after Reinaldo Rueda left for Ecuador - they have stuttered to a record of three wins, three losses and one draw. (Over the course of the same period Canada has played three friendlies.) The low-light was a 4-0 beating from the non-Fifa sanctioned Catalonia national team at the end of December.
    Current manager, Mexican Juan de Dios Castillo, has been criticized heavily by the press - and even by some players - for his squad selection. Last week, ex-manager Rueda told Honduran media that the Honduran federation had solicited advice from him about who they should hire next. The speculation (in the press at least) is that the new coach will be named after the Copa Centroamericana.
    The last time the Honduran sports tabloids started throwing around names for a new skipper some of them were far-fetched, including current U.S. manager Bob Bradley and ex-Brazil coach Dunga. The list making the rounds this time seems more realistic: Colombians Luis Fernando Suarez and Juan Carlos Osorio (who said today that he has been contacted about the job by the Honduran federation); Mexican Jesus Ramirez; and Brazilians Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti and Alexandre Guimaraes.
    Juan Carlos Osorio had a rough ride in MLS. He lead the New York Red Bulls to the 2008 MLS Cup final, but also oversaw their catastrophic 2009 season. Ramirez has coached Mexico's biggest club, Club America and Ferretti has extensive experience with Mexican club sides. To me, Guimaraes has the most important accomplishment on his CV: successful experience within Concacaf qualifying, leading Costa Rica to the World Cup twice.
    So what do you think? Would any of these managers at the helm of El Salvador or Honduras make things more difficult for Canada in World Cup qualifying? Or is Canada already far enough up the creek that it doesn't really matter who the opposing managers are?
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    Today, we're joined by the Vancouver Whitecaps general manager Tom Soehn to talk about their decision to go with Omar Salgado first overall, debate the worth of an academy vs Superdraft and the transfer window rumours.
    We're also joined by Jonathan Tannenwald - a writer out of Philadelphia - to talk about BIMBO, his time at the MLS Draft and the expectations of the Union this year.
    We'll get into the Chad Barrett trade, DeRo's trial ending and Toronto FC's selections.
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    What you might have missed

    By Guest, in It's Called Football,

    Since we started in November, Canadian Soccer News has been turning out articles at a pretty quick rate.
    So much so, that readers who only visit the front page are missing important or interesting stories some days.
    To help with that, we're adding some new front page feature sections soon, but in the meantime, every Friday I'm going to link some of the best stories that you might have missed.
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    Is there a story you liked that we didn't link and you think others should read? Link it in the comments.
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    The Montreal Impact will play 3 MLS teams in a pre-season tournament
    It's Called Football
    Aussies look to bid for Women's World Cup
    24th Minute

    Entering the critical phase of CSA Reform
    Onward Soccer
    OSA president speaks to CSN about reform
    Onward Soccer
    Other countries to host Qatar World Cup
    Some Canadian Guys

    Hicham Aaboubou signe avec L'Impact pour 2011
    Le 12e Joueur
    Talent makes you interesting, but attitude makes you good
    The Vancouver Insider

    The miseducation of Freddy Adu
    Euro File
    Promotion dog fight bad news for Canada
    Some Canadian Guys

    TFC prospect suffers season ending injury in snowmobile accident
    It's Called Football

    Transfer Talk: Big Brother is watching
    Euro File
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    DeRo DeRo DeRo

    By Guest, in 24th Minute,

    Today marks the end of Dwayne De Rosario's trial with Celtic. It's safe to say that there has never been as much interest or attention paid to a two-week training stint by a 30-something Canadian footballer. Due to the way it played out with DeRo (or whoever was advising him) not securing the proper paperwork the situation was widely reported both here and in the UK.
    However, the world of football moves quick and what started with an explosion ends today with a whimper. Somehow it seems unlikely that Sky Sports will report that DeRo is coming home.
    Now that it's over the question for TFC fans is how will DeRo fit back into the team. It would seem that there might be some bad feelings there. He wants a new contract. The Reds aren't throwing money around (although Paul Mariner says they are working with the league to find a creative solution). It doesn't seem likely that they will use a DP slot on him.
    Now you can add a new wrinkle. This morning the club confirmed to me that Toronto turned down an offer to "extend Dwayne's time at Celtic." They didn't go into detail as to what that offer was, but it had been rumoured that he was going to be offered a 10-week loan stint until the start of TFC's season.
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    The reason I was given for Toronto's rejection is that Aron Winter wants all his players in camp from the start. He said that it's too important a time in TFC's history to have key players off in Scotland.
    Although the De Rosario camp is not talking, you would expect that they can't be happy. A loan stint would have given him an opportunity to perhaps earn a permanent move. That would have likely provided him with a chance at a pretty decent payday as his career winds down.
    Who knows? Maybe Celtic will put an offer in for De Rosario in August. If TFC is still in re-building mode and DeRo is still frustrated it might make sense to let him walk then -- especially if they have another player lined up to come in. What we do know, however, is that he's expected to report to camp.
    I'm sure there will be plenty of questions for the Scarborough boy when he walks back into BMO Field for the first time. Hopefully some answers too.
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    They are all winners (for now)

    By Guest, in 24th Minute,

    Any true analysis of today's MLS draft is years away. No matter how much we want to stare at the names we simply will not know whether the player is a future star of a bust until, well, we know.
    Still there is a demand to declare winners and losers immediately after the draft. Doing so is one of those paint by number stories that seems to be a prerequisite of being a sports reporter.
    We're not going to do one. Sorry. However, what we will do is point you to some wonderful work that breaks down where each player was picked in relation to where the "experts" (i.e. hacks like me) predicted they would go.
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    Using data from 11 of the biggest mock drafts, Philly Union fan Chris Hapka compiled this chart.
    If you surf over you'll see that the players are ordered by where they were selected today. In the first line the author has listed the average spot the mock drafts had the player going. The second line measures how much the mock drafts agreed on the player. The closer the number is to 0 the greater the consensus was that the player would go there (It should be noted that if the consensus number is exactly 0 that likely means that only one mock draft listed the player at all).
    Pulling the Canadian team's picks out you'll see the following:
    Vancouver -
    1. Omar Salgado (average rank - 7, consensus 1.78)
    8. Michael Nanchoff (12, 4.7)
    19. Jeb Brovsky (35, 7.5)
    37. Bilal Duckett (33, 13)
    Toronto -
    26. Demitrius Omphroy (34.5, 6.75)
    43. Matt Gold (37.5, 8.5)
    44. Junior Burgos (38.5, 8.5)
    49. Joao Plata (13.5, 6)
    Based on those numbers, Plata appears to be the wildcard. He had a strong combine, but dropped down the draft over concerns with his size (5'0") and international status. If the mock drafters were right, Toronto got a steal.
    A lot has been said about Vancouver's decision to grab Salgado. At 17 he won't even be allowed to play for the Whitecaps until September (it's a FIFA rule about youth players not being allowed to be registered to foreign clubs. Vancouver has asked for a waiver, but don't hold your breath. Toronto fans may recall that Amadou Sanyang was prevented from playing in 2009 for the same reason). The Whitecaps continue to show that they don't do things in the conventional MLS way so it shouldn't be a surprise that they went outside the box today.
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    With their 49th pick in the 2011 Superdraft, Toronto FC selected Ecuadorian star, Joao Plata.
    Despite scoring three goals in the combine and some calling him the most talented player out there, at a slight 1 ft 9 inches, many pundits have written off the crafty attacking player as someone who will never work in a physical league like MLS.
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    Après Nevio Pizzolito, l'Impact a signé un 2e défenseur pour la saison 2011.
    Le marocain fera donc un retour (attendu) avec l'organisation après une saison 2010 plus que satisfaisante. Les départs de Pesoli et de Joqueviel l'ont entre autre permis d'accumuler les minutes de jeu, et il a terminé la saison avec plus de 2000 minutes à son compte.
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    Le défenseur de 31 ans en sera donc à sa 4e saison avec Montréal.
    Rappelons toutefois que Aaboubou ne sera pas éligible lors des quatre premiers matchs de la saison. Il devra plutôt servir une suspension pour des gestes commis après la demi-finale jouée en Caroline l'automne dernier.
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    The Canadian Soccer Association has just announced the roster for the upcoming Four Nations Cup being held in China later this month. 8 of the 24 Players (or 33%) are members of last years W-League Finalist, Vancouver Whitecaps Squad.
    The tourney will take place in Chongqing China and includes Sweden, China, and USA. Canada will face China on January 21 3:35 am PT, USA on January 23 @ 4:05 am PT, and Sweden on January 25 12:35 am PT
    The Roster includes the following players[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
    CANADA
    GK- Stephanie Labbé | SWE / Piteå IF | Stony Plain, AB, CAN
    GK- Karina LeBlanc | USA / Chicago Red Stars | Maple Ridge, BC, CAN
    GK- Erin McLeod | USA / Washington Freedom | Edmonton & Calgary, AB, CAN
    CB- Candace Chapman | USA / Western New York Flash | Ajax, ON, CAN
    CB- Robyn Gayle | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Mississauga, ON, CAN
    CB- Sophie Schmidt | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Abbotsford, BC, CAN
    CB- Emily Zurrer | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Crofton, BC, CAN
    RB- Christine Exeter | USA / University of Louisville | Pickering, ON, CAN
    RB- Brittany Timko | Unattached / sans club | Coquitlam, BC, CAN
    RB- Rhian Wilkinson | NOR / Lillestrøm SK Kvinner | Baie d’Urfe, QC, CAN
    LB- Melanie Booth | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Burlington, ON, CAN
    LB- Marie-Eve Nault | CAN / Ottawa Fury | Trois-Rivières, QC, CAN
    CM- Laura Chénard | CAN / Amiral de Québec | Ste-Luce, QC, CAN
    CM- Kaylyn Kyle | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Saskatoon, SK, CAN
    CM- Diana Matheson | NOR / Lillestrøm SK Kvinner | Oakville, ON, CAN
    CM- Carmelina Moscato | Unattached / sans club | Mississauga, ON, CAN
    F- Josée Bélanger | CAN / Amiral de Québec | Coaticook, QC, CAN
    F- Jonelle Filigno | USA / Rutgers University | Mississauga, ON, CAN
    F- Christina Julien | CAN / Ottawa Fury | Williamstown, ON, CAN
    F- Taylor Patterson | | Edmonton, AB, CAN
    F- Jodi-Ann Robinson | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Richmond, BC, CAN
    F- Desiree Scott | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Winnipeg, MB, CAN
    F- Christine Sinclair | USA / Western New York Flash | Burnaby, BC, CAN
    F- Melissa Tancredi | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Ancaster, ON, CA
    Surprised to see some new faces? How do you think we're gonna do?
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    DeRo done at Celtic

    By Guest, in It's Called Football,

    Despite an article out of Toronto earlier this week indicating that Dwayne DeRosario was likely going to receive an extension on his trial at Celtic, reports out of Scotland today state his time there is done.
    Citing a senior Celtic source STV is now reporting the Scottish club will not pursue a loan move for the Canadian, whose trial is scheduled to end Friday.
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    Canadian Soccer News will have reaction on this news later in the day.
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    TFC picks Demitrius Omphroy

    By Guest, in 24th Minute,

    Toronto selected 21-year-old fullback Demitrius Omphroy with its first pick in the 2011 SuprerDraft (26th overall).
    I'm still waiting to touch base with him, but in the meantime enjoy his Twitter account.
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    Barrett gone

    By Guest, in 24th Minute,

    TFC has traded Chad Barrett to the LA Galaxy for future considerations. Ives later reported it was for $125,000 in allocation, with TFC agreeing to pay a portion of Barrett's salary.
    Sources close to TFC told me it was likely a straight salary dump. The move leaves Toronto with only one striker, Maicon Santos.
    They do, however, have a significant amount of money to spend in the transfer market. The next few weeks could prove to be vital to the TFC re-build.
    On Twitter, TFC business director Paul Beirne suggested that Ives had the details of the trade wrong.
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