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Women's U-20
Vancouver Whitecaps FC are due. Despite an all-time winning record in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship, they have yet to win it all in the first three seasons of the competition.
Karina LeBlanc remembers herself as the quiet one when she first joined Canada’s national team in the late 1990s. It is funny how that sounds today, because chatty, inspirational, spiritual, funny: that’s the “KK” we know today.
Karina LeBlanc considère qu’elle était quelqu’un d’assez tranquille lorsqu’elle a rejoint l’équipe nationale du Canada à la fin des années 1990. C’est dur à imaginer puisque nous la connaissons comme une personne jasante, inspirante, spirituelle et drôle en revanche aujourd’hui.
Il est donc difficile à croire que Karina a déjà pu être d’un tempérament plus calme.
The last time the Impact started the Nutrilite Canadian Championship at home, they won the whole thing. That was 2008, the inaugural championship that preceded a memorable Montréal run to the quarter-final stage of CONCACAF Champions League.
FC Edmonton will become the first “newcomer” in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship when it hosts reigning champion Toronto FC on Wednesday 27 April. The Edmonton, AB club will face the two-time national champions in a home-and-away semi-final series on 27 April and 4 May.
Canada’s Carol Anne Chénard is one of 51 female officials selected to officiate at the FIFA FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011. The FIFA Referees Committee, under the chairmanship of Ángel María Villar Llona, has appointed 16 Referees, 32 Assistant Referees, and three referees who will serve exclusively as Fourth Officials during the competition between 26 June and 17 July.
Carol Anne Chénard, du Canada, est l’une des 51 arbitres et assistantes choisies pour officier lors de la Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA, Allemagne 2011. La Commission des Arbitres de la FIFA, présidée par Ángel María Villar Llona, a désigné 16 arbitres, 32 assistantes et trois responsables appelées à officier exclusivement en tant que quatrième arbitre lors de la compétition qui aura lieu du 26 juin au 17 juillet.
Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame has announced that retired soccer star Andrea Neil is one of five new athletes to be inducted later this year as part of the Class of 2011. Neil, hockey’s Raymond Bourque, CFL’s Lui Passaglia, triathlete Peter Reid, Paralympian Lauren Woolstencroft as well as builder Richard Pound complete the six-person induction class that will be celebrated on 8 November 2011.
The Canadian Soccer Association announced ticket details for its upcoming Men’s International Friendly match featuring Canada v Ecuador at a media conference in Toronto today. Public sales will begin on 20 April at 10.00 ET / 07.00 PT with a pre-sale window on 18 and 19 April. The 1 June match, to be presented by Nutrilite, will be Canada’s first home match of the season.
