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Canadian Tajon Buchanan has won the Youth Player Award at the Gold Cup.CONCACAF called the 22-year-old from Brampton, Ont., “the catalyst for Canada’s impressive run to the semifinals.”The wingback/midfielder was an offensive force for Canada, whose tournament ended in a 2-1 loss in Houston to eventual runner-up Mexico on a...

Canadian international Theo Corbeanu has joined League One’s Sheffield Wednesday on a season-long loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers of the Premier League.The 19-year-old winger from Hamilton, Ont., was part of Canada’s team at the Gold Cup, scoring against Martinique. He has two goals in six international appearances at the senior level.In...

Toronto FC extended its unbeaten run under interim coach Javier Perez to five games with a 1-1 tie with Nashville SC in MLS play Sunday.Toronto (3-8-5) is now 2-0-3 under the Spaniard, who took over July 4 after Chris Armas was fired in the wake of a six-game losing streak....

Mo Babouli scored his league-leading fourth goal of the campaign and Forge FC beat York United FC 1-0 on Friday in the first Canadian Premier League game outside of Winnipeg this season.Babouli put one home in the fourth minute of the match to tie Valour FC’s Austin Ricci for goals...

Hector Herrera scored in the 99th minute Thursday to give Mexico a 2-1 win over Canada and a berth in the Gold Cup final against the U.S.It was heartbreak in Houston for a Canadian side that, after trailing 1-0 at the break, turned it on in the second and gave...

Stephen Eustaquio will see more than a few familiar faces Thursday when Canada lines up against CONCACAF heavyweight Mexico at the Gold Cup semi-final in Houston.The 24-year-old Eustaquio joined Mexico’s Cruz Azul in a big move from Portugal’s Chaves in January, 2019. But his debut later that month proved painfully...

Toronto FC left Chicago with three points and a huge sigh of relief.Alex Bono made a club-record 13 saves and Toronto got goals from Yeferson Soteldo and Nick DeLeon, hanging on for a 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire on Saturday that extended its unbeaten record under interim coach Javier...

Stephen Eustaquio set up one goal and scored the other Sunday to move Canada into the semi-finals of the Gold Cup with an impressive 2-0 win over Costa Rica.Eustaquio put Junior Hoilett in alone for the first goal at the 18-minute mark, then scored himself in the 68th minute as...

Anthony Joseph Novak and Ali Musse scored first-half goals, and Cavalry FC held on to beat Forge FC 2-1 on Thursday in Canadian Premier League action.Novak opened the scoring in the 12th minute and Musse doubled the lead in the 33rd for Cavalry FC (4-2-2), who leapfrogged Forge FC for...

Lionel Messi’s Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 in Saturday’s Copa America final to secure the national team’s first title in 28 years and the superstar’s first major international trophy.When the match ended, a tearful Messi was thrown into the air by some of his joyous teammates.Argentina’s winning goal at the Maracana...

Ismael Tajouri-Shradi scored off a long pass from goalkeeper Luis Barraza and New York City FC beat Montreal 1-0 on Wednesday night to end a two-game losing streak.Tajouri-Shradi raced in from the right side to control Barraza’s kick down the centre of the field, beating defender Zorhan Bassong to the...

It’s slow progress and there’s a long way to go but Toronto FC is digging its way out of the deep hole it dug itself this season.Thanks to a goal by teenage substitute Ralph Priso, TFC rallied to tie the New York Red Bulls 1-1 in MLS play Wednesday.Toronto (2-8-4)...

The Vancouver Whitecaps say they will return to Canada for a week of training at the end of July.The club says in a statement that it will return to Vancouver, B.C., from the U.S. on July 25 and resume training two days later.It says it also has been able to...

Thomas Hasal made the game’s lone save as the Vancouver Whitecaps played to a 0-0 draw with the Houston Dynamo on Tuesday night in Major League Soccer action in Sandy, Utah.Despite Toronto FC and CF Montreal returning to Canada to play games last weekend, the Whitecaps were again forced to...

Arsenal have cancelled their pre-season tour to the United States after a small number of positive COVID-19 cases at the club, Sky Sports reported on Tuesday.Arsenal were set to travel to the U.S. this week to participate in the Florida Cup alongside fellow Premier League team Everton, Serie A champions...

Toronto FC suffered a blow Tuesday with news that forward Ayo Akinola is out for the season after injuring the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in Canada’s 1-0 loss to the U.S. on Sunday at the Gold Cup.Canada Soccer, meanwhile, confirmed that fellow striker Cyle Larin, injured in the...

Canada conceded a goal 20 seconds in and lost 1-0 to the United States in their final preliminary-round game Sunday at the Gold Cup.The Canadian men found their way back into the game after Shaq Moore’s opening goal but were unable to breach the U.S. defence despite having the edge...

After winning back-to-back bronze medals at the Olympics, the Canadian women’s soccer team’s goal in Tokyo in simple. Climb the podium.Changing the colour of the medal has been Bev Priestman’s mantra since being named head coach last October. And her 22-player squad is on board.“This is really a team that...

Jozy Altidore celebrated his return to action with a goal off the bench as Toronto FC, playing at home in front of fans for the first time since March 2020, tied Orlando City 1-1 in MLS play Saturday.But Altidore’s 72nd-minute feel-good moment at BMO Field was negated minutes later by...

Toronto FC ends its pandemic-prompted 31-game, 10-month road trip on Saturday when it hosts Orlando City SC at BMO Field.Buoyed by a coaching change, a rare win last time out, Jozy Altidore’s return to the fold and sleeping in their own beds, players and staff at the 2-8-2 MLS club...