Grumpiness and goals: CanPL Week 13
Everybody’s talking about Canadian wonder goals this week. In keeping with the grizzled sea captain shtick I’ve got going on here, the contrarian in me thinks all three weren’t all that. Let’s evaluate.
CanPL
Pacific v. Wanderers (July 20, 2019)
Wanderers return to the scene of their first-ever loss, and draw Pacific’s first full-strength line-up since then. Hendrik Starostzik is back, Kadin Chung is back, and Terran Campbell is scoring.
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.
Forge v. Wanderers (July 17th, 2019)
The games never end, and that means the liveblogs never end either. Which… oh ye gods, I’m going to be here all night, aren’t I?
Really, CanPL, this is too many games
It’s becoming painfully obvious how the schedule is taking its toll on the players. Some of it is, quite literally, pain: while exact numbers are hard to pin down, every team is missing at least three or four guys off a 23-man roster. Stars like Dominique Malonga and Elimane Cissé limped off this week, too.
The leaves are already changing colour – Week 11 in CanPL
In keeping with the climate in much of Canada, the Canadian Premier League simply bypasses summer straight on its way to fall.
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.
Wanderers v. Valour (June 26, 2019)
Does this game mean anything? Does anything?
Wanderers v. Cavalry (June 19, 2019)
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility: but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then summon up the action of the tiger….
No Wanderers, No Problem: Week 8 in CanPL
We’re back after a slow cup-centric week with a boatload of Canadian Premier League action. But it doesn’t involve Wanderers–boo!