Jurgen Klinsmann has added another date on the busy calendar that the U.S. National Team has for the summer. In between friendlies with Scotland and Canada, the U.S. will be host Brazil

On June 3, the U.S. Men's National Team will be making its first trek North of the Border in over a decade as they travel to Toronto's BMO Field to take on Canada in an international Friendly.

"Goodbye pal... And yeah, He's cool."PLAYERS CUT, PUNS TO GO UNUSED
A sad day for four young men as Toronto FC made their first four cuts of pre-season today. Sadder still is the effect it will have on blogs as some quality nicknames will forever go stale in Toronto.

The Canada Umbro 2012/13 home and away kits have been launched as Trinidad and Tobago born manager Stephen Hart attempts to guide his side to its first FIFA World Cup...

The U.S. Men's National Team will face off against their northern rival, Canada, on June 3rd, just one week before the 2014 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying begins. The announcement came late Thursday afternoon, first by the CSA and then by U.S. Soccer. The game will be played at BMO Field in Toronto and will be [.

The United States will play Canada on June 3rd at Toronto's BMO Field (7pm ET - NBC Sports Network), the US Soccer Federation announced on Thursday. The game will be part of the Canadian Soccer Association's 100th anniversary. "First of all, we are honored to be chosen to be part of Canada's Centenary Celebration," US National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann said.

The saga is finally over, but it unfortunately is not the result that Philadelphia Union fans were hoping it to be.

Sebastien Le Toux's trade to the Vancouver Whitecaps is now official, a source close to the situation told the Brotherly Game. The source did not know of the details of what the trade would involve, other than Le Toux heading to Canada.

Novak Djokovic beat Rafal Nadal in a herculean Australian Open finals that lasted 6 hours. The same day Arsenal had to summon every fibre to overcome a two goal deficit to overcome Aston Villa and prevent a FA Cup exit.

And then there is the US Women's team that blanked Canada, 4-0, en route to winning the CONCACAF qualifiers to the London Olympics.

After sweeping through the qualifying for the Olympics 2012 in London like Charlie Sheen on Tiger Blood, the USWNT decided to put their emphatic stamp on the tourney and ensure a top seed. Wambach nets two to move her to 2nd all time in FIFA's top women goal scorers (131) and the US rolls to a 4-0 win that wasn't as close as the scoreline indicates.

On a day when the WPS suspends operations for 2012, let's check in with the USWNT following their CONCACAF Championship cruise past Canada last night. I'm wondering if some of these ladies won't be headed across the pond soon.- Greg Seltzer

Alex Morgan scores two goals, two assists in 4-0 American win. The U.S. Women's National Team defeated Canada 4-0 on Sunday evening in front of 25,427 mostly Canadian fans at BC Palace in Vancouver. With the dominating performance and win, the U.S. takes the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, their third consecutive.

Got a little Morgan in ya? Alex Morgan celebrates her late goal that clinched a U.S. spot in London's Olympics Friday in Canada (AP Photo). Diamond Bar's fast-rising soccer star Alex Morgan further solidified her undoubted national team credentials by notching the third and final decisive goal: VANCOUVER, British Columbia

Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame) is headed to the Olympics this summer.

Sesselmann returned from a knee injury to start and played 63 minutes at left back as Canada beat Mexico 3-1 in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament on Friday night in Vancouver to earn a berth in the London Games.

The US and Canada are moving on to the 2012 London Olympics. Behind another strong shutout performance by the US. Heath, Lloyd and Morgan all score for the US against Costa Rica. The US carry a 34 goals for, 0 goals against into the final Sunday night in Vancouver.Video: Universal Sports
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Although you can't argue with the fact that David Beckham decided to turn down an awful lot of money and the lure of several major clubs in order to continue pursuing a career in the MLS, proving a number of soccer betting tips wrong in the process, that fact fades into insignificance when you realise that not only does Becks want to stick around because he enjoys playing in North America, but also because he has a vested interest in staying for the long term in order to take advantage of the clause in his contract that means he could become the owner of an MLS franchise once his deal expires.

By Chris Wright

This woman's name is Julieth Arias. She is the No. 1 choice goalkeeper for the Costa Rican womens national side. When Costa Rica need a female goalkeeper, she is the woman they turn to first. She is, by means of extrapolation, the best female goalkeeper in Costa Rica.

It's going to take quite a bit for Olympic qualifying of any type to make any type of news, unless David Beckham is personally championing his merits for the cause. Women's CONCACAF qualifiers? That will take something extraordinary. Like Costa Rica's keeper Julieth Arias and the dreaded bouncy backpass.

Carli Lloyd scores a hat trick, Heather O' Reilly chips in with another as USA easily beat Mexico, 4-0, to secure a semi-final spot against Costa Rica in the Olympics qualifiers. This result reversed their shocking loss to Mexico in the World Cup qualifiers which forced them into a playoff match.

The next US women's international game is set to start in the next few minutes, and it's not a friendly. The team is playing for it's right to play in win the London Olympics. The concacaf playoffs for that opportunity have been anything but competitive, but this game looks to be promising.

Canada rolled past Haiti 6-0 in its opening match Thursday night at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament in Vancouver, B.C., but starting left back Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame) was forced to leave the game at halftime due to a knee injury.

The 28-year-old Sesselmann was injured in a collision with Haiti's Samantha Brand.

Three members of the NASL's FC Edmonton squad have received invitations to Canada's Olympic qualifying camp in March. Edmonton native Shaun Saiko, along with Eddies' striker Kyle Porter and trialist goalkeeper Michal Misiewicz all received emails Wednesday for the camp in Fort Lauderdale. Midfielder Saiko, 23.

By Jason Davis - WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 6, 2011) US Soccer Players -- A funny thing happened to Major League Soccer on the way to international relevancy. With so much going for it - apparent unlimited potential for growth, new stadiums providing verifiable soccer atmospheres, the high standard of living in the US and Canada, a willingness to spend when appropriate, a dash of anonymity some players might find attractive - MLS sat perched atop.

The Philadelphia Union will travel to Toronto in May and September and host Toronto FC in July, according to Canadian Soccer News, during the 2012 MLS regular season. The Canadian news outlet got a hold of TFC's 2012 MLS schedule ahead of the league's official release of each team's schedule and it shows that the Canadian club is one of the Union's standard three game Eastern Conference opponents this upcoming season.

Cascadia v Canada Part 3

Read the other parts as well, but this one kind of grabs me the most, almost certainly because it is one that I share.

This may seem a little preemptive, but the American Outlaws are selling tickets in the Supporters Section for the semifinals and finals of the Olympic qualifiers at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on March 31st and April 2nd. The tickets are $30 for AO members and $35 for non-members. No word yet from Sporting KC on whether season ticket holders will get a chance at a presale for the game as well or not.

By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Dec 20, 2011) US Soccer Players -- In Tuesday's questions, Tony starts in the boardroom, and then travels to Canada, Italy, and England. Which organization offered MLS the most money during recent broadcast rights negotiations? Fox Soccer, according to this article in the New York Times.

The Montreal Impact continued to shape their roster on Monday, signing a player who is no stranger to the club.

The Impact signed Canadian international Patrice Bernier, a 32-year-old midfielder who previously played for the club from 2000-2002. Bernier, who was born in Quebec and resides in Montreal, will vie for a starting spot on the team.

CONCACAF today unveiled the logo for the 2012 Men's Olympic Qualifying tournament. The event will take place from March 22-April 2, and the top two teams will represent the region in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The U.S. was drawn into Group A and will face Cuba, Canada and El Salvador.

Well, we don't have the Teacher's Pension Plan to kickaround anymore. The big bad mediagiants, Bell and Rogers have married and bought MLSE. Now what does this meanfor our little TFC? I am hoping for either benign neglect or selling off the team,but not holding my breath for either. Bizarre billionaires are rare in Canada.

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Some national team news has come out today regarding two Sporting KC players. First, Teal Bunbury has been called up by Caleb Porter to the upcoming U-23 Olympic camp in Florida. The camp will take place December 15th through the 23rd. The camp is in preparation for the upcoming Olympic qualifying.

Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame) already has a gold medal from the Pan American Games.

Now she and her teammates on the Canadian women's national soccer team have their eyes on the Olympics.

Sesselmann is one of 23 players called in for a 10-day training camp that started Tuesday in Fullerton, Calif.

Today MLS announced the national television games for MLS First Kick the weekend of March 10th. Sporting KC isn't going to be on national television for their season opener, but the announcement does narrow the field for who Sporting KC could play on the first weekend. The national broadcasts kick off on Saturday on TSN in Canada as one of last year's expansion sides, Vancouver, take on this year's expansion side, Montreal in Vancouver.

Women's Professional Soccer (upper case) and women's professional soccer (lower case) are both in trouble in the United States and scrambling for survival.

I have the perspective of being intimately involved in the creation and launch of WPS from 2007 through 2009 as founding President of WPS' Chicago Red Stars.

Taylor SchisslerEclipse Select and U.S. Soccer Communications
CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club defender and New Lenox, Ill., resident Taylor Schissler is one of 26 players who were called in to participate in the U.S. U-18 Women's National Team's final training camp of 2011.
The Lincoln-Way Central junior will take part in a Dec.

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The U.S. men's national team's quest to qualify for the 2014 World Cup will begin at home.

CONCACAF released the schedule for the third round of World Cup qualifying, and the United States will open its campaign in Group A with a home game against Antigua & Barbuda on June 8, 2012.

FC Politehnica Timişoara forward Tosaint Ricketts (UW-Green Bay) scored his third international goal as Canada thumped St. Kitts and Nevis 4-0 Tuesday night in Toronto to close out the second round of CONCACAF World Cup 2014 qualifying.

Ricketts, 24, played the full 90 minutes in his first start for the national team and closed out the scoring with his 88th-minute goal for the Canadians, who had clinched a spot in the third round of qualifying with a 0-0 draw with St.

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The final round of matches in the second round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying might as well not be played, as all the teams to advance are now known.

The six teams to secure their passage into the third round of qualifying were finalized on Friday, with Canada being one of the teams to secure its passage.

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This is a continuation of a press roundup heading into the critical pair of World Cup qualifiers, focused on action in Groups D, E, and F. GROUP D After a training session in Florida, the Canadian national team travelled to St. Kitts and Nevis for their qualifier tonight. A point will clinch first place in the group; if they lose, they still would require a point in the return match in Toronto.