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L’équipe nationale canadienne féminine senior se trouvera face à face avec la Trinité-et-Tobago au cours du match d’ouverture du Tournoi féminin de qualification olympique de la CONCACAF, le mercredi 2 avril prochain. Le coup d’envoi est prévu pour 17 h 00 à l’Estadio Olimpico Benito Juarez de Ciudad Juarez au Mexique.
L’ensemble des matchs canadiens du Tournoi féminin de qualification olympique de la CONCACAF sera disponible en webdiffusions sur le site CBCSports.ca
Les matchs du tournoi seront également retransmis pour la chaîne locale mexicaine PCTV.
L’équipe nationale canadienne féminine senior a dévoilé le nom des joueuses qui participeront au Tournoi qualificatif olympique féminin de la CONCACAF. Le groupe de 20 joueuses a quitté la Californie, aujourd’hui, pour Juarez, au Mexique, lieu de ce tournoi préolympique de 2008.
Selon l’entraîneur-chef de l’équipe nationale canadienne féminine senior, Even Pellerud : « Nous concluons aujourd’hui un camp d’entraînement très réussi à Oxnard, en Californie. Les conditions sur le terrain et en dehors de celui-ciaussi bien qu’en dehors ont été vraiment exceptionnelles. Sur le terrain de jeu, les joueuses se sont montrées très concentrées, mais en même temps calmes et détendues, et elles se sont quand même amusées un peu pendant ces sept jours d’entraînement et de travail mental intensif. »
The Bahamas slipped past the British Virgin Islands on Sunday to reach the second round of CONCACAF qualifying, where they will be joined by Bermuda who comfortably beat the Cayman Islands.
The Nature Boyz of BVI put up a brave fight on Sunday, but fell in the end to the Bahamas by the slimmest of margins. The 2:2 draw on the night saw the series finish 3-3 on aggregate, but the Bahamas won out by virtue of the away goals rule.
Canada’s women’s national team announced its final roster for the upcoming CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament. The 20-player team left California today for Juarez, México, the site for the 2008 tournament.
“We are today finishing a very succesful precamp at Oxnard, California,” says head coach Even Pellerud. “The conditions on and off the field have been absolutely outstanding. The players have been very focused on the pitch, but still calm and relaxed. They have had quite some fun during these seven days of training and mental work.”
Canada’s senior men’s side recently wrapped up their first European trip of the 2008 season. The Canucks played Estonia on Wednesday 26 March in Tallinn. The match was played on a snow-covered pitch at the A.Le Coq Arena. Canada lost 0:2 after an unlucky own goal and a last-minute strike by Estonia.
“International mid-week friendlies are largely about getting your players together for a couple of days and trying some things out in a match,” says head coach Dale Mitchell. “It is part of the process in preparing for FIFA World Cup Qualifying.”
The Canadian Soccer Association has signed a new agreement with the Fédération Française de Football. The FFF deal was signed by the Canadian Soccer Association, Fédération de soccer du Québec and FFF. The four-year deal will focus on the technical aspects of the game, including development programs for coaches and referees.
To mark the occasion, Canadian Soccer Association chairman of the board Dominic Maestracci, general secretary Peter Montopoli and technical director Stephen Hart met with Fédération Française de Football president Jean-Pierre Escalettes. Dino Madonis, president of the Fédération de soccer du Québec, was also on hand to sign the deal. In 2008, Québec’s capital city is celebrating its 400th anniversary.
The Canadian Soccer Association is pleased to announce a new six-match competition between three professional clubs to determine Canada’s 2008-09 entry in the new CONCACAF Champions League. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Toronto FC and the Impact de Montréal will all play in a home-and-away round-robin tournament from May to July 2008. The winner will advance to the opening round of the inaugural 2008-09 season of CONCACAF Champions League. All three teams will play four games – two at home and two on the road. There will be three points awarded for a win and one point awarded for a draw. In case two teams are tied on points after four matches, the winner will be decided first by goal differential, then if necessary by most goals scored, then if necessary by most away goals, then if necessary by the drawing of lots.
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Nine teams booked passage to the second round of CONCACAF qualifying for the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010™ and, sadly, nine others are heading for home. Grenada’s 10:0 win over the US Virgin Islands was the biggest scoreline of the night as Puerto Rico needed extra-time to get past the Dominican Republic. Join FIFA.com for a look back at all of Wednesday’s action in the New World.
Grenada left little to chance in their one-off qualifier with the massively overwhelmed US Virgin Islands, the Spice Boyz winning out by a bloated 10:0 scoreline.
The Canadian Soccer Association announced today that Peter Montopoli has been named the Association’s new General Secretary. Montopoli will manage the daily operations of the Association and act as a spokesperson for the organisation in the corporate sector, with the government, and in the soccer community.
“Soccer has such tremendous potential in this country,” says Canadian Soccer Association General Secretary Peter Montopoli. “We will all work together to ensure this sport receives the world-class treatment it deserves in Canada.”
