It has been resolved that the Alberta Soccer Association Board of Directors constituted on 10 January 2010 at the ASA Annual General Meeting is in effect the proper and governing Board of the ASA.
Canada is the eighth ranked country in CONCACAF on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. Canada dropped four points and one place in the region, while Trinidad and Tobago jumped 120 points and three places in the region on the heels of Caribbean qualifiers for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In fact, four different Caribbean nations gained more than 100 points after multiple wins in their official continental matches.
The Canadian Soccer Association has announced that it has established an Ad hoc committee to examine the feasibility of a Canadian Professional League. While this committee completes its feasibility study the Canadian Soccer Association has passed a moratorium on the sanctioning of any further applications for Canadian franchises in USA based leagues until 30 September 2011.
Le Canada a remporté deux des trois tournois féminins de la CONCACAF cette année. L’équipe nationale canadienne est récemment rentrée à la maison championne des Éliminatoires de la CONCACAF 2010 pour la Coupe du Monde Féminine. Huit mois plus tôt au mois de mars, l’équipe U17 a remporté le Championnat féminin U17 de la CONCACAF. C’est la première fois dans l’histoire de l’Association canadienne de soccer que le Canada ait remporté deux championnats de la CONCACAF pendant la même année.
Canada has won two of three CONCACAF women’s tournaments this year. The Canadian national team recently returned home a champion from the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifier. Eight months earlier, the U-17 team won the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship in March. It marks the first time in Association history that Canada has claimed two CONCACAF championships in the same year.
Canada defeated Mexico for the second time in six days to win the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifier championship on Monday 8 November in Cancún, Mexico. Canadian captain Christine Sinclair’s sixth goal of the tournament in the 54th minute was enough to lead Canada to a 1:0 victory. The win capped an impressive tournament for the Canadian squad who finished undefeated with a 5-0-0 record; tallying 17 goals while conceding zero in the process.
Sophie Schmidt has made her 50th appearance for Canada. Schmidt reached the milestone in the 8 November championship final of the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifier. The international match was played against Mexico at the Estadio Andres Quintana Roo in Cancún, Mexico.
L’équipe canadienne féminine a complété son parcours sans faute au tournoi de qualification de la CONCACAF en vue de la Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA, Allemagne 2011, en remportant une victoire de 1 à 0 sur le Mexique lundi soir en finale, lui permettant de mettre la main sur un deuxième titre continental de son histoire.
Sophie Schmidt a joué pour la 50e fois de sa carrière au sein de l’équipe canadienne lors de la finale du 8 novembre des Éliminatoires de la CONCACAF 2010 pour la prochaine Coupe du Monde Féminine. Le Canada a disputé ce match international contre le Mexique à l’Estadio Andres Quintana Roo de Cancún au Mexique.