Benito Floro dont seems to increase expectation of his Team

Canadian coach Benito Floro says that he is not ready to increase expectations of his team ahead of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. After having taken charge of the Canadian national team in 2013,Floro has had only relative success.

The Spaniard has failed to lead his team to a victory in the last four friendly matches. Their last success in any competition came against Jamaica in a friendly match back in September 2014 when the team won 3-1 with goals from the likes of Edgar and De Jong. The Gold Cup does not start until July 2015. It is seen as the most important competition for North American teams.

Prior to this competition, Canada have matches against the likes of Guatemala in friendlies while British Virgin Islands or Dominica will be their opponents in the World Cup qualifying matches. One of the major difficulties for the Canadian national team is that some of the players are playing in the MLS while the remaining are playing in European football. This means that both groups are not equal in terms of fitness and energy levels.Floro reveals the tough task he has had to manage these two groups of players. The national team will be taking on Guatemala towards the end of March. Continue reading “Benito Floro dont seems to increase expectation of his Team”

Canada vs Iceland leads to a Draw

Canada could only secure a 1-1 draw against Iceland in the latest friendly between the two teams, but head coach Benito Floro was a pleased man. This is because Canada were defeated 2-1 when the two teams met each other just a few days ago.

Floro felt that the defeat was undeserved because Canada played really well. De Rosario scored in that defeat and he was once again the star of the show on Tuesday. His penalty gave Canada the lead after just 30 minutes. Even though Iceland found a way back through a penalty fromFridjonsson, Floro says that the result was fair.

Canada have had just one victory since 2012 and this came in a friendly match against Jamaica back in September. Unfortunately, the team has not been able to build on this result. Continue reading “Canada vs Iceland leads to a Draw”

Canada will create History this Season

For the first time in the history of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Canada will be hosting and receiving certain matches. The BMO Field is a soccer-specific stadium which is located in Toronto and is one of the locations where a few matches of the Gold Cup are going to take place.

The BMO Field represents an important and historic soccer location for Canada as it plays home to Canada’s National Soccer Team as well as Toronto FC which is Canada’s first Major League Soccer Team. It also was the main venue for the FIFA U-20 World Cup where over 250,000 fans went during 12 matches to watch matches.

Victor Montagliani is the Canadian Soccer President and he expressed his delight about the upcoming CONCACAF Gold Cup competition being held in Canada for the first time as he stated just how important this is and what it represents.

Victor Montagliani said: “Today marks another great step in Canada’s development to become a leading soccer nation and we would like to thank CONCACAF for the opportunity to have such a marquee event played on Canadian soil’’

‘’Canadian soccer fans have always taken great pride in showing their support for Canada during this key tournament, traveling across the region to represent our country, and it is with great honor that we worked with CONCACAF to bring the beautiful game closer to them for the 2015 edition. We now hope that they will be rewarded with seeing Canada play its final group match in Toronto this summer!”

Mexico is the most successful nation on this competition after having won it a total of 6 times meanwhile United States is following them closely behind with only one title less. Canada and Honduras have lifted the trophy on one occasion each.