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Ledgerwood to FC Edmonton is confirmed by the club. http://www.fcedmonton.com/news/2016/01/12/local-talent-and-canadian-international-nik-ledgerwood-signs-with-fc-edmonton?utm_campaign=FC+Edmonton+Website&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1452618231
Next up on my "Canadian internationals that I want to sign with Canadian clubs": Tosaint Ricketts.

I think you're pretty spot on here - in my opinion, they are similar in terms of talent, physicality and even experience level. Plus, they are close in age and are even similar in the way they play the game. I just think Beitashour has an edge in that he is a little more gifted, although he doesn't have the versatility that Ledgerwood does. 
Ledgerwood has rarely been a favourite choice, despite his dedication, but winning close to 50 caps with a nation like Canada is an accomplishment. He's an experienced international and Energie Cottbus, FSV Frankfurt, MSV Duisburg and 1860 Munich are not tiny, rinky-dink clubs either. Hell, even Hammabry are a big club as far as Swedish clubs go (although they got relegated).
His resume is that of an MLS player who gets heavy minutes, if not an out-and-out starter. I think collectively we just don't value him because of the time he's spent in a 3rd tier. A very good 3rd tier by the way.

Does seem ungrateful somehow, given what he has given to the program, but I agree.  The more I think about Ledgerwood to the Whitecaps, the more I think Ledgerwood and Beitashour are pretty comparable players in many ways (career arcs aside).  Beitashour was good enough to ride the bench on a World Cup team, but did not play and didn't even play much in qualifying if I remember correctly.  I think soldiers like Ledgerwood have an important role to play in getting us to the Hex and maybe even back to the World Cup, but we definitely don't get there with soldiers alone.

Not sure he wouldn't at least be competitive for the starting RB job.  They only have Smith at the moment who is clearly younger and has more promise, but he also demonstrated some serious inexperience/liability, or so I thought anyway.  It would be very similar to the Harvey/Adekugbe competition for LB.  Safer older player vs. younger gifted player.  I could see Ledgerwood taking the starting job at first as a means to give Smith a goal/focus.  Don't forget it was Beitashour's position to lose until he started to battle injuries.  Nik also has versatility going for him -- could fill a few spots if needed.
I get what you mean about it not making sense from Ledgerwood's point of view.  I just don't think it would be a slam dunk that Smith starts.

We track youth, but we don't have the ambition to be comprehensive. If we come across them, we add them. However, in this case they are way too young. Too much can happen until then. I'd say we should look at 16 and up.

Yeah I would have wanted this West Ham transfer before, but Besiktas look poised to win the title this season. It would be a shame for Hutchinson to leave without any silverware. 1st place would also mean direct qualification to the Champions League, but he could pretty much kiss those aspirations goodbye if he signs with the Hammers. They might sneak into a Europa place but that's as high as I see them finishing. 

The reporter also speculates that Hutchinson may also be used as RB cover. That is something I do not want. Hutchinson has been playing so well with Besiktas and Canada at DM. I don't anything to throw that off.
Bilic has never played Hutchinson at RB though, so maybe that won't happen.

To each their own! 
I already heard about the local connection, but I still do not like it. I would have preferred a simple 'Sporting Kansas City B or 2'.
To me, it just seems a bit too much of a rip off from England for my taste. I can stomach things like 'FC', 'United' and even 'City', but adding 'Rangers' to the name is just beyond my personal limit
For the record, Sporting and Dynamo are not my favourite names either, but there's nothing worse than the owners naming two clubs within the same organization after two different European names from two different regions (British Isles and Iberia). 

Yeah it is weird branding, but hopefully the aim is for him to get into the first team (Sporting Kansas City).

New York has exercised their option option for Karl Ouimette for 2016. Congratulations Karl!
http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/post/2015/12/02/new-york-red-bulls-announce-roster-options-2016-season 

Fantastic move for the new Canadian national team player. Three years gives him some comfortable job security too!

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Apparently @HansonBoakai has just signed with TFC! Thanks for everything, we will miss you. Good luck in Toronto! #CanadianMessi

Thanks for looking in. I agree that we should be tracking. Would love a player like that to join out set up.
At the same time, I will hardly be dissapoined if he plays for Chile. Since he was born in Canada to Chilean parents and then grew up in Chile, I would easily understand his decision. Now, if he grew up in Canada and played in our system and then left and opted for Chile, that would be hard to swollow, but ultimately I believe the way to go is to take it with grace, rather than resorting to character attacks and whatnot.
The reality is that we need to continue making our program attractive to players with multiple options. Our country is multicultural and our government has a policy that encourages multiculturalism. It is the same cultural phenomenon that's contributed to the popularity of this sport as I am concerned. It is our blessing and our curse. So, we just have to continue deal with it by making Canada an attractive option. 

Yep and in a case like his, where he was raised in Chile, I personally would cheer him on if he does make it into Chile's set up. Kind of like how I'll always support Cristante even if he doesn't play for us just because he does have a Canadian connection.

You mean something like this:
 

And my short suggestion to making the program attractive is to make being a professional footballer in Canada attractive. Show local youth that you can actually make a living out of playing a sport in this country, rather than having to go to Chile or Scotland or France to try and hack it.
Right now there are three clubs in Canada where you can actually make a living wage, for a grand total of 22 players in Canada making that wage or more. Since I don't know what Ottawa and Edmonton pay their players I've excluded them, but I've read the average salary is around $40K, and my personal experience is that living on $40K is doable but not an attractive long term option. (which explains why we see guys like Paul Hamilton and Shaun Saiko who were NASL best XI players in their early 20s retire in their mid 20s)
We need more professional opportunities for local players, which in my opinion means, a domestic league. Not a silver bullet by any means but it can only help.

Thanks for looking in. I agree that we should be tracking. Would love a player like that to join out set up.
At the same time, I will hardly be dissapoined if he plays for Chile. Since he was born in Canada to Chilean parents and then grew up in Chile, I would easily understand his decision. Now, if he grew up in Canada and played in our system and then left and opted for Chile, that would be hard to swollow, but ultimately I believe the way to go is to take it with grace, rather than resorting to character attacks and whatnot.
The reality is that we need to continue making our program attractive to players with multiple options. Our country is multicultural and our government has a policy that encourages multiculturalism. It is the same cultural phenomenon that's contributed to the popularity of this sport as I am concerned. It is our blessing and our curse. So, we just have to continue deal with it by making Canada an attractive option. 

Apologies if this is elsewhere, I could not find any reference to the player in the MOACA or in any threads, but Cristian Daniel Gutierrez Zuniga (1997, born in Quebec City) has been making regular starts in Chile. Signed through 2019 according to this: https://twitter.com/alejandr0valdes/status/662068809591889920 
Soccerway profile: http://int.soccerway.com/players/cristian-daniel-gutierrez-zuniga/321569/ 
Profile on Colo Colo website (says Nationality is Chilean): http://www.colocolo.cl/jugadores/cristian-gutierrez/equipo/primer-equipo/ 

Jon, I must say I really like your new list and the format. Thanks for all the hard work. If you're ever at Gracies for a game please introduce your self and I'll buy you a beer.