The Merchant Sailor Contrarian Awards and Unlikely XI
It’s awards week. Everyone and their favourite pundit has an MVP pick and a Best XI. But they’re all so similar! Where’s the fun?
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CanPL 2019: In Memoriam
There were a million ways this whole endeavour could have failed even in year one. That it not only survived but succeeded is nothing short of a Canadian soccer miracle.
The Second Annual CanPL/USPORTs Mock Draft
Dylan makes some educated guesses for Monday’s CanPL draft, looking at the best unlikely USPORTs heroes from across the country.
Capers head into nationals with work to do: 2019 USPORTs Preview
It’s mostly the same teams in contention–now all minus a key player or two that made them dynasties. Room for an upset? Or just another Carabins – Capers final?
Jumping the Gun: Michael Silberbauer out at Pacific
Someone had to go first, and so it falls to Pacific FC, somehow appropriately, to become the first Canadian Premier League club to fire a coach.
The Merchant Sailor 2019 AUS Preview
University soccer in Canada is growing. In 2019, more eyes will be on AUS, and on USPORTs soccer as a whole. With the success of its alumni in the new Canadian Premier League, let’s look at who leads AUS, and who might be next to make the jump beyond it.
CanPL Needs To Fix Its Schedule
In order to develop Canadian players–and keep Canadian fans–CanPL needs to figure out a sensible way to balance its schedule for both endurance and quality of play.
Anatomy of a Goal (Counterattacking Edition)
On Saturday, Wanderers’ Alex De Carolis had, I think pretty indisputably, his best game as a Wanderer to date–until the 85th minute when a single, small decision undid everything for Halifax.
Spring in Review: CanPL at the mid-point
Three months ago, we didn’t have a league. In hindsight, there were so many things that could have gone wrong, and so many things that, ultimately, didn’t.
Anatomy of a Goal: Cavalry FC v. HFX Wanderers (Malonga 23′)
Halifax Wanderers lost another road game, which isn’t particularly interesting on its own–sometimes you lose road games–but the way they did it shows us a lot about how this league works.