2022 CanPL Preview: FC Edmonton
I didn’t want to write this one.
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2022 CanPL Preview: Valour FC
Is Valour a Rob Gale team, or a dos Santos team? Either way, the rebuild might be close to paying-off.
2022 CanPL Preview: Forge FC
Forge are really, really good. So let’s talk about Canadian development systems instead.
2022 CanPL Preview: Atlético Ottawa
Atlético Ottawa has managed to assemble a steady roster of Canadians in need of (another) chance, but also need to identify a core group to take them forward.
2022 CanPL Preview: Halifax Wanderers
Is this the year Wanderers finally break thirty goals? It’s up to Akeem Garcia to make that happen after a season to forget in 2021.
The Merchant Sailor 2021 CanPL Season Preview
The Canadian Premier League is back, in spite of a winter riddled with pandemic challenges and self-inflicted wounds. What really matters is that fans will be able to watch Canadian professional soccer live again.
Big Data: York Whatever 2021 Preview
York’s roster is a mish-mash of emergency fill-ins and unproven kids, yet another change of direction in a club that’s been nothing buy, little more than the leftover glitter of the last of the evening’s tech demos.
No More Novak: Forge 2021 Preview
Forge are Forge, but without Novak, who will score that big, scrambly goal in the big game? It’s all on Mo Babouli now, it’s fundamentals all the way.
Valour FC, Brought To You By ITV: Valour 2021 Preview
Valour in 2020 were better because they played very defensively. Now, Rob Gale is trying to build from the wings. It’s all very old, British, and full of drama.
Fall Back and Regroup: Cavalry 2021 Preview
At the beginning of a new charge forward, Tommy Wheeldon Jr. has tweaked the strategy, honed the tactics and the timing. And it still may not be enough.