The Vancouver Whitecaps’ CEO says a proposed new team-owned stadium is part of a long-term plan to keep the city’s professional soccer team based in Vancouver. On Friday, the Whitecaps had announced they were exploring the idea of building their own venue at the PNE fairgrounds, near where the club’s old stadium once stood. As the club’s ownership group — Greg Kerfoot, Steve Luczo, Jeff Mallett and Steve Nash — prepares to sell the city’s Major League Soccer team, analysts say the club’s move to build their own stadium may be part of a strategy to generate more revenue. Axel Schuster, the…

The Northern Super League, which launches next week, has drawn player talent from 21 countries. According to the NSL, 132 players are signed to the six teams in the new Canadian women’s soccer league. Eighty-seven are Canadians with the other 45 from Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States. Forty of the players have represented their county, with a total of 1,120 caps. “We are coming out of the gate with a remarkable calibre of athletes,” Diana Matheson, the league’s co-founder and…

A disappointing loss for Canada’s women’s soccer squad could be helpful going forward, says the team’s head coach. “You don’t want to lose, but I think adversity’s important,” Casey Stoney said after Canada dropped a 1-0 loss to Argentina in a friendly matchup in Langford, B.C. “A little bit of struggle’s really helpful because it lets us know where we’re at, what we need to continue to do.” An aggressive Argentine side smothered Canada’s offence en route to a 1-0 victory in a friendly game in Langford, B.C., on Tuesday. “I don’t think it was for a lack of effort.…

4 days ago News Duration 8:13 Axel Schuster, the Whitecaps’ CEO and sporting director, says a proposed new stadium comes at a time when the team’s owners are preparing to sell the city’s Major League Soccer franchise. He acknowledged political turbulence is affecting the team off the field, but he hopes the club’s good start to the season continues. Source link

Female athletes will be in the majority at an Olympics for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games thanks to a big win for women’s soccer. The Olympic women’s soccer tournament will be bigger than the men’s edition for the first time in 2028, the International Olympic Committee decided Wednesday, with 16 teams for women and now just 12 for men — flipping the gender imbalance at the Paris Olympics which had 16 men’s teams and 12 in the women’s tournament. That decision by the IOC executive board helped push the core quota of athletes for LA…

A stunning start to the season continues for the Vancouver Whitecaps.  Tristan Blackmon scored late in stoppage time Wednesday to seal Vancouver’s dramatic win over LIGA MX side Pumas UNAM in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.  The ‘Caps battled Pumas to a 2-2 draw — 3-3 on aggregate across the two-legged quarterfinal series — but advanced on away goals. “The team worked hard tonight, and we put ourselves in position to score late,” Blackmon said. “It was always not pretty, but we showed grit, and at the end of the day, we got the result that we wanted.” The Whitecaps will host Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami in the first leg of the semifinals on either April 23 or 24. The second game will take place in Florida…

The Vancouver Whitecaps are set to host Inter Miami CF in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal on April 24.  The B.C. Major League Soccer team earned a place in the match after a 2-2 draw in Mexico City against Liga MX club Pumas UNAM.  Whitecaps fans expressed joy after the team advanced in the tournament that features the top clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, with some optimistic that the first leg will see Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi take the pitch at B.C. Place for the first time. The Argentine star bowed out of Miami’s MLS regular season…

Canada will begin CONCACAF Gold Cup play against Honduras in Vancouver before shifting to Houston for its remaining two Group B games. The 30th-ranked Canadian men will take on No. 75 Honduras on June 17 at B.C. Place Stadium. They then head to Texas to face No. 90 Curacao and No. 81 El Salvador at Shell Energy Stadium on June 21 and June 24, respectively. Canada will be without coach Jesse Marsch on the sidelines for the Vancouver game. Marsch was sent off in the CONCACAF Nations League third-place game in March and has to serve a one-game ban. The…