NSR: Toronto wins something!
Not soccer related, but good news for those that support amateur sport in this country...Toronto just won the 2015 Pan/Am Games. Finally, the city wins a multi-games bid!Great news for the city and region!

Your Red and White army
The CSA released its roster ahead of next week's friendlies against Poland and Macedonia:GK- Lars Hirschfeld - Energie CottbusGK- Josh Wagenaar - FalkirkD/M- Mike Klukowski - Club Brugge KVD- Kevin McKenna - FC KölnD/M- Paul Stalteri - Borussia MönchengladbachD- Richard Hastings - HamiltonD- Dejan Jakovic - DC UnitedM- Julian de Guzman - Toronto FCM- Atiba Hutchinson - F.C. KøbenhavnM- Patrice Bernier - FC NordsjællandM- Ian Hume - BarnsleyM- Marcel de Jong - Roda JCM- Jaime Peters - Ipswich Town FCM/F- Josh Simpson - ManisasporF- Simeon Jackson - Gillingham FCF- Tomasz Radzinski -

Move the Crew!
Don't look at me, I didn't say it. Although Match Fit USA does admit that there is an element of "tongue and cheek" in its argument, the premise - that MLS teams need to perform on and off the field to be considered a true success -- is solid. And, many of Match Fit's readers seem to agree.Although other markets struggle as well, especially in the playoffs, I'm not sure that’s a valid argument for justifying the half empty stadium last night. Yes, it's a Thursday night, yes it's cold and yes it's college football season (although shouldn't moving the Crew game away from Saturday ha

MASSIVE! upset
Somewhere tomorrow someone on BigSoccer will proclaim that last night's MASSIVE! elimination of the Supporter's Shield winning Columbus Crew by the MASSIVE! fourth seed Salt Lake is an example of why playoffs are bad. They will suggest that such systems don't produce "real" champions and they will go on to say that MASSIVE! Columbus should be considered the MLS champs because of their MASSIVE! regular season record.And they will be wrong.Every team in MLS is playing by the same MASSIVE! rules. Every player understands that the league champions are the team that wins the MASSIVE! MLS Cup. The MASSIVE! Supporter's Shield does not register with 95 per cet of MASSIVE! ML

Amado to play in Honduras?
According to the Honduran site Diez, Amado Guevera is looking to keep fit with Honduran side Motagua (link in Spanish) in the off-season. Amado was clear that a loan agreement would need to made between TFC and Motagua before he could join the club. There is also the small matter of his knee surgery, which is scheduled for after Nov 14.Although media reports have classified the surgery as "major" it's becoming clear that it probably isn't-- not is he's talking about playing in the winter in Honduras. The article was clear that he'd be back in M