In the past month, Italy (4-time FIFA World Cup champions) Chile (2016 Copa America champions) and the United States (2017 Gold Cup champions) all failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Each of these three National teams have had a history of regional and international success, and thus the failure of all three [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss the recent losses suffered by reigning La Liga and UEFA Champions League Champions, Real Madrid, in both their domestic league (to Girona) and Champions League (to Tottenham Hotspur). What is the lesson that can be learned from these rather surprising losses? [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss the recent UEFA Champions League group match between Italy's AS Roma and England's Chelsea. This was an entertaining match which - in my opinion - Roma should have won due to their ability to keep possession deep into their opponent's half [...]
It’s hard to believe, but I originally wrote a very similar article to the one you are about to read, exactly 2 years ago (in early November, 2015). Much to my disappointment, since that time nothing has changed in the Ontario and Canadian inter-university soccer competitive schedules. The original article, which was published here on [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss the congested schedule of the regular season and play-offs in Ontario and Canadian university soccer, and the inherent problems associated with making adult players consistently play more than 1 competitive, 90+ minute match per week. I hope you like it and [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss the complete scarcity of soccer coverage on all mainstream Canadian television networks, especially TSN and Sportsnet, and why in my opinion, this lack of media attention to soccer in Canada is a problem that hampers the development of Canadian soccer players. [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss the recent firing of Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti, following the team's 3-0 defeat at the hand of Paris Saint-Germain in a UEFA Champions League group match last week. In my opinion, the decision to sack Ancelotti - a 3-time UEFA [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss my recent trip to Maui, Hawaii, and the work I did there with the Valley Isle Soccer Academy, the largest soccer academy on the island. Despite numbering less than 150 players and, of course, hailing from an island with a total [...]
Located in the heart of Maui – one of the Hawaiian Islands, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, with a population of just under 150,000 people – the Valley Isle Soccer Academy is, as stated on their website, “Maui’s only professionally organized training academy for competitive youth soccer”. Founded in 2012 by former F.K. [...]