Canada announces roster for Estonia friendly

Canada’s men’s national team announced the roster today for their international friendly match with Estonia. The Canadian players will start to arrive on Sunday, a few days before their 26 March match on Wednesday in Tallinn. This will be Canada’s senior team’s second international match of the year.



“It has been good to see the that most of our European based players have been getting a game each weekend with their professional clubs during the winter. This International date is a prime opportunity to get them together as a group. We will need to organize ourselves quickly on Monday and Tuesday before facing a very competitive Estonia team on Wednesday evening.”

Association wraps up weekend in Ottawa

The Canadian Soccer Association wrapped up another productive weekend of meetings, this time in the nation’s capital of Ottawa, ON. The weekend meetings included both an executive meeting on the Friday and a Board of Directors meeting which ran Saturday and Sunday.
Amongst a number of issues that were discussed throughout the weekend were the Association’s two current priorities, the new strategic plan and the hiring of two senior staff members – technical director and general secretary. The strategy includes implementation of a new long-term development plan called Wellness to World Cup.

Canada to play France in friendly match

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Canada’s women’s national team will play their fifth and final match on their European trip today at the Stade Robert-Bobin in Bondoufle, France. The Canadian women will face fellow top-10 nation France in an international friendly match at 18.30 local time.



Earlier this week, the women’s national team won the 2008 Cyprus Cup after wrapping up a perfect 3-0 schedule on the eastern Mediterranean island. Canada won 2:1 over Russia (5 March), 3:0 over Japan (7 March), and 3:2 over the United States’ youth team (12 March). Canadian captain Christine Sinclair won the tournament scoring title with five goals in three games. In between Cyprus Cup games, Canada lost a friendly 0:2 to Scotland.

L’équipe féminine senior se prépare pour son défi français

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L’équipe nationale canadienne féminine senior disputera le cinquième et dernier match de sa tournée européenne aujourd’hui au stade Robert-Bobin, à Bondoufle, en France. La sélection d’Even Pellerud se mesurera aux « Bleues » françaises, qui comme le Canada, comptent parmi les 10 premières équipes du classement mondial de la FIFA, dans le cadre d’un match international amical. Le coup d’envoi du match aura lieu à 18 h 30 (heure locale).



Au courant de la semaine, l’équipe nationale canadienne féminine senior a remporté l’édition 2008 de la Coupe de Chypre, enregistrant trois victoires pour terminer le tournoi avec une fiche cumulative parfaite de 3-0-0. Dans le cadre majestueux de l’île de la Méditerranée, le Canada a battu la Russie par un score de 2 à 1 (le 5 mars) avant de dominer le Japon par un score de 3 à 0 (le 7 mars) et de s’imposer sur l’équipe nationale américaine junior, cinq jours plus tard, grâce à un résultat de 3 à 2. Le capitaine canadien Christine Sinclair a remporté le soulier d’or du tournoi grâce à ses cinq buts inscrits en trois matchs. Entre ses matchs de la Coupe de Chypre, le Canada s’est incliné devant l’Écosse (0 à 2) au cours d’un match international amical.

Canada wins the Cyprus Cup

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Canada’s senior women’s team won the 2008 Cyprus Cup after a 3:2 victory over the United States’ youth team today. Canada won all three of its games in the six-team competition.



Both Canada’s senior team and the United States’ youth team won the respective groups late last week. Canada defeated both Russia (2:1) and Japan (3:0) while the United States’ youth team defeated Scotland and Nederland. While five nations took senior teams, the United States’ entered their U-20 team.

Canada gagne la Coupe Chypre

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L’équipe nationale canadienne féminine senior a remporté, aujourd’hui, l’édition 2008 de la Coupe de Chypre, s’imposant sur un score de 3 à 2 face à l’équipe nationale junior des États-Unis. Le Canada a remporté les trois matchs qu’il a disputés dans le cadre de ce tournoi, qui a réuni six équipes.



L’équipe canadienne senior et l’équipe junior des États-Unis ont terminé première de leur groupe respectif à la fin de la semaine dernière. Le Canada a eu raison de la Russie (sur un score de 2 à 1) et du Japon (2 à 1), alors que l’équipe américaine junior a battu l’Écosse et les Pays-Bas. Cinq des six pays ont fait participer leur équipe senior, seuls les États-Unis ont envoyé leur équipe des moins de 20 ans (U-20).

Le Canada affrontera l’équipe U-20 américaine en finale de la Coupe de Chypre

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L’équipe nationale canadienne féminine senior a appris aujourd’hui qu’elle affrontera l’équipe nationale américaine des moins de 20 ans (U-20) dans le cadre de la finale de la Coupe de Chypre, qui aura lieu le mercredi 12 mars prochain. Le Canada et les États-Unis ont remporté leurs matchs dans leurs groupes respectifs au cours de l’édition 2008 du tournoi. La semaine dernière, le Canada s’est imposé sur la Russie (par un score de 2 à 1) et sur le Japon (par un score de 3 à 0).



Alors que le Canada et l’équipe U-20 des États-Unis se livreront bataille dans le cadre de la finale de la compétition, les Pays-Bas (Nederland) et le Japon s’affronteront pour déterminer la troisième place du tournoi, et l’Écosse et la Russie disputeront le match pour déterminer les 5e et 6e places.

Canada to play USA U-20s in Cyprus Cup final

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Canada’s women’s senior team learned today that it will play the United States’ U-20 team in the Cyprus Cup final on Wednesday 12 March. Both Canada and the United States won their respective groups in the 2008 competition. Canada won 2:1 over Russia and 3:0 over Japan last week.



While Canada and the United States’ U-20 team will fight for first place in the competition, Nederland and Japan will play for third place and Scotland and Russia will play for fifth place.

IFAB agrees to test two additional assistant referees

122nd Annual General Meeting of the International Football Association Board



At its meeting today in Gleneagles (Scotland), the International Football Association Board (IFAB), has decided to put on ice the goal-line technology and to stop tests in this area until further notice. Amongst others, the questions of the human aspect of the Game, the universality of the Laws of the Game, as well as the simplicity and efficiency of the technology were taken into consideration.



But the IFAB has approved a proposal from FIFA to conduct an experiment involving two additional assistant referees who will mainly focus on the fouls and misconduct in the penalty area. The competition in which this test will be conducted will be decided at a later stage.

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