Thursday's Whitecaps game has been postponed due to poor air quality in Chicago caused by Canadian wildfire smoke, which means Robert Lewandowski's MLS debut will be put on hold. The match at Soldier Field has been rescheduled to October 6.
Winnipeg will join the Northern Super League as its seventh franchise in 2027, the league announced Tuesday. The club is co-founded by former Canadian women's national team player Desiree Scott and Rob Gale, a former Canada Soccer youth national team coach who most recently served as head coach of the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League.
Chloe Minas made no mistake from the spot, comfortably slotting her penalty kick into the bottom left corner late in the second half to lift the Montreal Roses to a victory over the Halifax Tides on Sunday.
Josie Longhurst put Vancouver ahead with a goal in the 87th minute and Maithe Lopez added an insurance marker in stoppage time as the Rise defeated the Calgary Wild on Saturday.
Delaney Baie Pridham scored a go-ahead goal in the 87th minute and the Ottawa Rapid held on to beat AFC Toronto on Saturday.
Canada Soccer CEO and general secretary Kevin Blue spoke about his level of concern with the future of the Whitecaps in Vancouver.
The Calgary Wild’s winless streak in the Northern Super League grew to eight games after surrendering a late goal in a 1-0 Saturday setback to the visiting Halifax Tides.
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