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By DUANE ROLLINS

Discerning Canadian soccer fans can be forgiven for being a tad bit ambivalent about the Canadian national team's success during the preliminary round of the Gold Cup.
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We've seen the movie before after all. A plucky Canuck team surprises the critics (and terrifies the bookies) by playing attractive, winning football at the CONCACAF championships.

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By DUANE ROLLINS

Discerning Canadian soccer fans can be forgiven for being a tad bit ambivalent about the Canadian national team's success during the preliminary round of the Gold Cup.
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We've seen the movie before after all. A plucky Canuck team surprises the critics (and terrifies the bookies) by playing attractive, winning football at the CONCACAF championships.

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Last night, Canada wrapped up its group stage matches at the Gold Cup in Miami, Florida. A 2-2 draw against Costa Rica gave the Canucks top spot in Group A, after two previous victories over Jamaica and El Salvador.
Stephen Hart rested a number of our key players last night, including Julian De Guzman, Ali Gerba, Dejan Jakovic, Paul Stalteri, and Atiba Hutchinson. Click to continue reading...

The Gold Cup resumes tonight as the final round of group stage play commences from Miami, Fl. In the first game of the night, Costa Rica will look to climb from its third place position as they take on a Canadian team that currently sits in first place and has yet to allow a goal.

In the second match of the night, the last-place Jamaicans will look to keep their slim Gold Cup dreams alive as they play an El Salvador side that currently stands in second with six points.

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In just a few hours, Canada will hit the turf against Jamaica to kick off the 2009 Gold Cup. While many are not giving the Canucks a spit of a chance of making it very far, I think we are being woefully underestimated.

Despite the notable absences, we have a few young players who, if they come of age, will spark a decent run for us.

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According to the CONCACAF website, we could be missing five players during the Gold Cup (assuming Ali Gerba signs). Stephen Hart has named his 30-man preliminary squad ahead of the tournament, and included are Dwayne De Rosario, Adrian Serioux, Nana Attakora, Kevin Harmse, and Ali Gerba. Here is the full 30-man squad. Click to continue reading...

A couple of Atiba Hutchinson references have popped up in the past couple of days, albeit they are the type of Google Translate type articles that have been known to whip Canadian players into a tizzy. And, this being the European silly season, you can't read too much into speculation and idle name tossing. Click to continue reading...

A couple of Atiba Hutchinson references have popped up in the past couple of days, albeit they are the type of Google Translate type articles that have been known to whip Canadian players into a tizzy. And, this being the European silly season, you can't read too much into speculation and idle name tossing. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't a great international window for the Jamaican national team, what with two World Cup qualifying losses and the firing of head coach Rene Simoes, but at least one Jamaican player rebounded well from the disappointment.

Marlon King delivered two goals in Hull's 2-1 win vs.

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You can call Deportivo La Coruna Team CONCACAF.

Led by Canadian captain Julian De Guzman (above, left) and featuring Mexican winger Andres Guardado and striker Omar Bravo, Deportivo boasts a wealth of talent from the CONCACAF region. That group helped Deportivo pull off one of the upsets of the weekend, a 2-1 victory against Real Madrid.

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Canadian men's soccer coach Dale Mitchell has named the 19-players he will use for their 2010 World Cup qualifying matches against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. The Canadians are looking to reach the finals for the first time since 1986.

Here is their roster:

GK (2): Greg Sutton (Toronto FC), Pat Onstad (Houston Dynamo)

D (6): Jim Brennan (Toronto FC), Mike Klukowski(Club Brugge KV), André Hainault (Sparta Praha), Ugo Ihemelu (Colorado Rapids), Adrian Cann (Vancouver Whitecaps), Richard Hastings(Inverness CT)

M (7): Adrian Serioux (FC Dallas), Julian de Guzman (Deportivo La Coruna),Paul Stalteri (Fulham FC),Marcel de Jong (Roda JC), Issey Nakajima-Farran (FC Nordsjælland), Atiba Hutchinson (FC København), Patrice Bernier (FC Kaiserslautern)

F (4): Tomasz Radzinski (Skoda Xanthi), Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo), Ali Gerba (FC Ingolstadt), Rob Friend (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

The Canadians play in Kingston this Sunday and then head home to Montreal for the second leg next Friday (20 June). Click to continue reading...

A blow for Canada as Copenhagen FC's Atiba Hutchinson won't be making the trip from Copenhagen to Reykjavik for Canada's friendly against Iceland tomorrow due to illness. Also sitting out are Goaltender Lars Hirschfeld with a thumb injury and forward Rob Friend (back). Pat Onstad (Houston), David Edgar (Newcastle) and Rhian Dodds (Kilmarnock F.C.) are replacing [. Click to continue reading...

Dale Mitchell has announced his first roster for a match since taking over the reigns of Canadian national team earlier this summer. Canada will be traveling to Reykjavik next week to take on Iceland in an international friendly match and, not surprising for a game on European soil, much of the squad is being pulled [...] Click to continue reading...