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I understand this is a website dedicated to MLS and US Soccer, but please indulge me in this moment of personal privilege about our neighbors to the south and our neighbors to the north.

Guille Franco opened his Premier League account yesterday, playing for a less competitive West Ham side than former Mexican striker Jared Borgetti did in Bolton a few years back.

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A quick note to our Canadian readers (and residents of other countries who are interested). EPL Talk will be interviewing Canadian football legend Paul Peschisolido tomorrow, so if you have any suggested questions about his international or club playing career, please post them at http://www.

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There is a scene in an otherwise exceptional documentary, The History of Football, that discusses the formation of Major League Soccer following the 1994 World Cup. A smug Clive Toye pops up to tell us how MLS "may never be as successful as the NASL, because they didn't have the money we had," but in the very next sentence bemoans MLS's "tremendous advantage" wrought from a generation of kids grew up watching the North American Soccer League. Click to continue reading...

Colin Jose, the preeminent historian of the sport in North America joins us on the podcast. This show is a must listen for anyone interested in the evolution of the game in North America. Soccer history in the US/Canada did not begin in the late 1980s, and the sport is not a new one in this part of the world, as has been argued by some.

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It is our great honor to be afforded the opportunity to speak with the top historian of the game in N. America, the one and only Colin Jose on the MLS Talk Podcast. The interview will take place tomorrow and will cover the following subjects.

- Canadian Football "Soccer" from the late 1800s to World War II

- The American Soccer League's Golden Years 1919-1933

- The NASL

- The US in the 1930, 34 and 50 World Cups.

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As Giuseppe Rossi became, officially, Giuseppe Rossi this summer - you know, finally fulfilled that enormous hype on the international scene - Jonathan de Guzman is officially becoming Jonathan de Guzman, man hated by Canadians - though for a better reason than Americans hate Beppe. For those naive to Dutch and/or Canadian football matters, Jonathan de [. Click to continue reading...

"And anyone forthwith who is ignorant of the meaning of
a 'rouge' is will have their citizenship revoked and shall be
forever expelled from the land" - British North America Act.
We have a version of American football, which we call Canadian football. It involves one less 'down' and the field is bigger or something, but at the end of the day is still a bastardization of rugby and a pox on all things holy and true. Click to continue reading...

Regular readers of The Yorkies' site know that one of our aims is to shed light on the fairly poor coverage of Toronto FC in the local mainstream media. In order to illustrate this, and positive coverage as well, we are set to unveil The Yorkies' "TFC Media League".
The league will be a year-long tally featuring local media outlets vying to win the prestigious Graham Leggat Trophy named for the Scottish pioneer of Canadian football broadcasting. Click to continue reading...

This CONCACAF Gold Cup will be contested by watered down squads from the two traditional CONCACAF heavyweights, the USA and Mexico. Additionally, the failure of Trinidad & Tobago and Guatemala to qualify for this edition of the event opened the field up.

Guadeloupe, a surprise package to everyone but myself two years ago (I actually believed Guadeloupe could make the final two years ago before the event and they almost did) returns with another strong team as does Jamaica who missed qualification in 2007.

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By DUANE ROLLINS

When it comes to the Nutrilite Canadian Championships, you really have to live here to get it. Outsiders look at it and wonder why anyone would care about an event that only involves three teams.

Where it is true that the tournament (which will only be referred to as the Voyageurs' Cup from here on out – more on that in a bit) is small, it is far from insignificant to Canadian soccer fans.

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By DUANE ROLLINS

When it comes to the Nutrilite Canadian Championships, you really have to live here to get it. Outsiders look at it and wonder why anyone would care about an event that only involves three teams.

Where it is true that the tournament (which will only be referred to as the Voyageurs' Cup from here on out – more on that in a bit) is small, it is far from insignificant to Canadian soccer fans.

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