Canada’s women’s national team will face Norway in an international friendly match this Thursday 3 June in Hamar, Norway. The international match pits Canada against the one-time FIFA Women’s World Cup and one-time Olympic champion Norway, currently ranked sixth on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking.
L’équipe nationale féminine du Canada affrontera la Norvège à l’occasion d’un match amical international ce jeudi 3 juin à Hamar, en Norvège. La Norvège a déjà remporté la Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA et elle est également ancienne championne olympique. La Norvège est actuellement classée au sixième rang sur le classement mondial féminin de la FIFA/Coca-Cola.
Toronto FC will welcome home the Voyageurs Cup on Wednesday 2 June at BMO Field. In front of its home crowd, Toronto FC will officially win its second straight national title after it closes off the 2010 Nutrilite Canadian Championship against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Match Day 6.
Canadian international player Molly Allen has been presented the Dr. Irene Szuler Award. Ms. Allen accepted the award at the Soccer Nova Scotia Annual General Meeting in Halifax, NS on Sunday 30 May.
Canada’s men’s national team concluded its South American trip with a last-minute goal by Gavin McCallum in a 1:1 draw with Venezuela. McCallum scored on a header from an Issey Nakajima-Farran free kick just outside the penalty area.
Just five days removed from Argentina, Canada’s men’s national soccer team will play Venezuela in completely different conditions this Saturday 29 May in Merida, Venezuela. Canada’s second international friendly match on this South American trip will kickoff at 19.00 local time and will be broadcast live on Rogers Sportsnet Pacific at 19.30 ET / 16.30 PT.
Canada’s women’s national team is the 11th ranked country on the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Rankings. Canada dropped one place on the newest ranking released this 28 May. Canada, whose title partner is Winners and whose presenting partner is Teck, remains the second-ranked team within CONCACAF behind the world’s number-one ranked nation, USA.
L’équipe nationale féminine du Canada se situe de nouveau parmi les douze meilleurs pays du classement mondial féminin FIFA/Coca-Cola. L’équipe nationale féminine du Canada, dont le commanditaire en titre est Winners et dont le commanditaire-présentateur est Teck, est descendue d’un rang à la onzième place sur le dernier classement mondial féminin dévoilé le 28 mai dernier. Le Canada est toujours deuxième parmi les nations de la CONCACAF dépassée seulement par les États-Unis au sommet du classement.
Toronto FC has clinched the 2010 Nutrilite Canadian Championship. Following Vancouver Whitecaps FC’s third consecutive draw on Wednesday night, Vancouver has eliminated itself and has guaranteed Toronto its second-straight national championship.