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Canada’s Pat Onstad has established a new national record for appearances by a goalkeeper. The 23-year veteran has made his 57th appearance with the national team today, breaking the record he shared with former national goalkeeper Craig Forrest.
There will be one more South American opponent on Canada’s 2010 schedule. The Canadian Soccer Association has announced today that it men’s national team will face Peru at home this 4 September in Toronto, ON. The home match will be played at BMO Field and is part of a two-match home series that features Peru in Toronto on 4 September and Honduras in Montréal on 7 September.
Canada’s men’s national team has completed the first part of its South American trip, falling 0:5 to two-time FIFA World Cup™ champion Argentina. The match was played in front of 66,000 fans at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The crowd gave a rousing ovation to the home side, who later this week will depart for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.
The Impact Montréal is taking a bit of a break from its league play these two weeks at the end of May and beginning of June. The team’s schedule features matches against visiting European clubs Fiorentina on 23 May and AC Milan on 2 June – the first at Stade Saputo and the latter at Stade Olympique.
Canada’s men’s national team will face two-time FIFA World Cup™ champion Argentina on Monday 24 May. The match kicks off at 16.30 local time in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti. Canadian fans can watch the match live on Rogers Sportsnet at 15.30 ET / 12.30 PT.
Toronto FC remains in the driver’s seat of the 2010 Nutrilite Canadian Championship following Wednesday night’s 0:0 draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The draw keeps Toronto FC in first place with seven points, but more importantly means it needs but a draw to clinch the championship on Match Day 6 at BMO Field on 2 June.
Canada’s men’s national team was in training on Saturday, the first session with the full squad after the last of the incoming players arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The players have arrived from their professional clubs in advance of this Monday’s international friendly match against two-time FIFA World Cup™ champion Argentina.
It will be a big weekend for Canada’s national soccer teams, leading up to the televised Canada-Argentina match this Monday 24 May on Rogers Sportsnet. Four national teams are in action this weekend – both national men’s and national women’s teams plus the men’s U-20 and men’s U-17 teams.
Canada’s women’s national team was welcomed to USA at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC. National head coach Carolina Morace, along with Canadians Erin McLeod, Karina LeBlanc and Christine Sinclair, took part in a press conference with the Washington Freedom at the Embassy of Canada.
