Pitch Invasion

An MLS fan heads to Cuzco in Peru, and finds a new level of footballing passion. Michael Coroneos reports on Cienciano vs. Flemengo.

Twenty-one years ago in Mexico, Canada played in their first and only World Cup: three games no goals. Fast forward twenty-one years and even though there has been little success on the pitch, off the pitch things looked like they were turning around.
This summer the country played host to the U-20 World Cup, club [...]

Editor’s note: Michael Coroneos files dispatches for pitchinvasion.net from behind the lines of the Red Patch Boys, one of Toronto FC’s supporter’s groups. Here he brings us more news on the scalping frenzy as the LA Galaxy Travelling Beckham Circus shows up north of the border.
The Beckham craze has finally hit Toronto. [...]

Editor’s note: Michael Coroneos, a Toronto FC supporter, will be writing periodically on Canadian soccer for pitchinvasion.net. As your editor discovered himself in May on a trip to Toronto, soccer has taken off this season in Canada. And as Michael explains, the ball is now really rolling.
I woke up this morning in Toronto and [...]