If you are going to live on the road as a team, then you had better bring along someone with the talent and personality of a Carmelina Moscato. One of the country’s top defensive midfielders, Moscato is also a valuable teammate that will keep the spirits high when the Canadian women’s national team trains and operates away from home.
Si vous allez vivre comme une équipe sur la route, vous feriez mieux d’emmener quelqu’un avec le talent et la personnalité de Moscato Carmelina. L’un des meilleurs milieux défensifs au pays, Moscato est aussi une coéquipière appréciée qui sait comment maintenir un bon moral chez les joueuses lorsque l’équipe nationale féminine du Canada est en période d’entraînement et dans le cadre de ses activités lui nécessitant des déplacements à l’extérieur.
If there is an attribute that forwards love to have, it is confidence. You know, the kind of confidence that let’s you take that first great touch on the ball, let’s you slip past that defender into the clear, and let’s you put the ball into the back of the net no matter how big the goalkeeper or no matter how small the opening appears to be.
S’il existe une chose dont les attaquants adorent, c’est de posséder la confiance. Un genre de confiance leur permettant d’avoir une bonne première touche au ballon, à déjouer un défenseur pour ensuite foncer au but et à trouver le fond du filet peu importe la taille du gardien de but ni de l’occasion de but qui se présente à eux.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won the opening leg of the 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship semi-final leg, winning 1:0 over Impact Montréal at Stade Saputo in Montréal. Canadian midfielder Terry Dunfield, wearing the captain’s armband, scored the lone goal of the match while veteran Jay Nolly recorded his championship-record seventh career clean sheet.
Maicon Santos made amends for missed chances scoring twice to lead Toronto FC past a shorthanded FC Edmonton 3-0 Wednesday in the first leg of their Nutrilite Canadian Championship semifinal series.
The away teams were victorious on the opening night of the 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship. Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 1:0 over Impact Montréal while title holders Toronto FC won 3:0 over 10-man newcomers FC Edmonton. Both semi-final series will continue with the return legs next Wednesday 4 May in Vancouver and Toronto.
The 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship kicks off this Wednesday 27 April in Edmonton, AB and Montréal, QC. There are four teams this year, but only one can be crowned national champion on 25 May and earn the coveted Canadian spot in the 2011-12 edition of CONCACAF Champions League.
Two-time national champions Toronto FC will begin its title defence this Wednesday 27 April in Edmonton, AB. The opponent is debutant FC Edmonton, which joins the Nutrilite Canadian Championship this season as the fourth Canadian team. The champions will face the newcomers in a home-and-away semi-final series on 27 April (in Edmonton) and 4 May (in Toronto).