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The winner takes it all, the loser standing small. Only one moves on to the U-20 World Cup in Turkey: Canada or the USA? Find out in Waking the Red's open thread.

It wasn't the prettiest of games, but Canada's youngsters took a step forward in their growth in a scoreless draw in Houston rain with the USA last night, and for once, it's the other side who will have to answer more questions.

The young turks of Canada take on a Hex-bound USA in Houston. One side filled with World Cup-ready stars, the other looking far into the future -- we know who's coming out on top, so follow our Live Thread starting at 8:30pm ET.

He said, she said. There's been quite a few words thrown around, but a few lines really stuck out. In Part 4 of Team WTR's Year in Review, we look at some of the memorable quotes of 2012 in Canadian soccer.

One the first day of 2013, Team WTR fetes the people who made the headlines in a good way in 2012. These are the ones who made us (and Canadian soccer) proud, in a year filled with nothing but black clouds.

CONMEBOL announces six CONCACAF invitees for its centenary tournament. Should Canada go for it? Waking the Red's western correspondent explains why the answer should be "Yes"!

We'll let Rod Stewart do all of our talking for us for now.

Canada takes on Panama in the first of a World Cup qualifying home-and-home series, and Waking the Red's got THE game thread to follow here!