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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.”
For more information on this match, please visit the following fixture link.
Canada’s men’s national team is currently in Tallinn, Estonia preparing for its international friendly on Wednesday 26 March. The match will be played at A.Le Coq Arena (Lilleküla Stadium) starting at 18.00 (local kickoff).
The Canada-Estonia match will be televised on Setanta Sports Canada and webcast on CBCSports.ca. The match will be broadcast live (12.00 ET / 9.00 PT).
Canada’s women’s national team has held its ninth-place position in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings. The Canucks have held their position since 2007. Canada is also the second-ranked country in the CONCACAF region. Their confederation rivals, the United States, recently switched places with Deutschland for first overall.
The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings looks at each country’s international results from the last four years. The ranking takes into account the result, the importance of the match, the strength of the opponent, the regional strength, the time period, and the number of matches per year.
Canada’s women’s national team announced their provisional roster today for the upcoming CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament in the México. With less than two weeks to go before CONCACAF’s tournament begins in Ciudad Juarez, coach Even Pellerud has identified 30 players that are eligible to participate in the six-team tournament.
Pellerud has up until 31 March to announce his final 20-player roster. He is not bound to the 30-player list, so he will be able to select any available players. Pellerud will also be able to make changes for medical reasons. Canada is expected to announce its roster sometime after the team’s return from Europe.
L’équipe nationale canadienne féminine a aujourd’hui révélé l’effectif provisoire appelé à participer au tournoi qualificatif de la CONCACAF, qui aura lieu au Mexique et permettra à deux pays de la région d’obtenir leur billet pour les Jeux Olympiques d’été. À quelques deux semaines du match d’ouverture du tournoi à l’Estadio OlÃmpico Benito Juarez de Ciudad Juarez, l’entraîneur-chef Even Pellerud a sélectionné 30 joueurs qui pourraient participer à ce tournoi réunissant six équipes.
Pellerud a jusqu’au 31 mars pour annoncer son effectif final de 20 joueurs. Il n’est pas obligé de se limiter à la liste de trente joueurs et pourra donc sélectionner tout joueur disponible. Pellerud pourra également effectuer des remplacements au sein de l’effectif pour les raisons médicaux.
The Canadian Soccer Association announced today that Stephen Hart has been named the Association’s new technical director. Hart will lead Canada’s long-term development plan as well as oversee all technical program. Hart has been technical director for Soccer Nova Scotia and a long-time coach with Canada’s national teams.
“This is a challenge to which I am looking forward,” says Stephen Hart. “I hope we can introduce some measure of stability and consistency into Canada’s technical programs. To impact the game in this country, it will take the commitment of everyone involved. It is amazing what can be achieved when we all work together.”
