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OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Canadian fans hoping to follow the men’s national team at the CONCACAF Gold Cup can now purchase tickets to Canada’s opening round matches in Miami, FL. Canada will face Costa Rica on 6 June, Guadeloupe on 9 June, and Haiti on 11 June. All three games will be played at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Canada’s three men’s national teams are all scheduled to play in international friendly matches this weekend. Canada’s men’s national team plays Bermuda in Hamilton, Bermuda on Sunday 25 March, the Hyundai men’s U-20 team presented by Yahoo! Canada plays Scotland in Coquitlam, BC on Saturday 24 March, and Canada’s men’s U-17 team plays México in México City on Sunday 25 March.
Canada’s men’s national team has been training in Bermuda all week in anticipation of their Sunday friendly. Canada’s senior team has faced Bermuda seven times including their first encounter in World Cup Qualifying back on 6 October 1968 in Toronto (4:0 win). Canada and Bermuda last faced off against each other on 11 January 2000 in Hamilton, Bermuda (Canada 2:0 win on two Martin Nash goals). Canada has three wins and four draws in seven matches against Bermuda.
OTTAWA (ONTARIO) –The Canadian Soccer Association announced today their men’s national team has scheduled an international friendly with CONCACAF rival Costa Rica. The two teams will play in Toronto at the National Soccer Stadium on 12 September 2007.
Canada has faced Costa Rica 15 times at the men’s senior team level, including four matches in past Gold Cup competitions. Costa Rica won the last match 1:0 on a Jafet Soto penalty kick in the 2005 Gold Cup (7 July in Seattle, WA). Canada won their previous Gold Cup match in 2003 (1:0 after a Paul Stalteri strike) while both teams earned draws in 2000 (2:2) and 1993 (1:1). In 11 other match-ups (World Cup qualifying or international friendly matches), Canada has recorded two wins, six losses and three draws. In all, Canada has faced Costa Rica 39 times at all levels (Canada has 14 wins, 15 losses and 10 draws).
OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Three players were added to Canada’s men’s national team in Hamilton, Bermuda. Adam Braz, Olivier Occean and Josh Simpson joined their Canadian teammates yesterday for the week-long camp leading up to the 25 March international friendly.
Four other players were unable to attend the camp: Ante Jazi (knee), Gabe Gervais (groin), Iain Hume (ankle) and Tam Nsaliwa.
OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Canada’s men’s national team heads to Hamilton, Bermuda this weekend for a training camp and international friendly match at the Bermuda National Stadium. The international friendly on 25 March will be Canada’s men’s national team’s first of the 2007 season.
“Following the camp in Florida where we were fortunate to have most of the North Ameican based players for an extended period,” says interim head coach Stephen Hart. “This is another excellent opportunity for mainly the European based players to come together, train and play.”
OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Canada’s men’s national team has drawn Costa Rica, Guadeloupe and Haiti for the group stage of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Canucks will face Costa Rica on 7 June (19:00), Guadeloupe on 9 June (19:00) and Haiti on 11 June (21:00). All three games will be played in Miami, FL.
The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup takes place 6 to 24 June in the United States. Games will take place in Miami, FL (Orange Bowl), Chicago, IL (Soldier Field), East Rutherford, NJ (Giants Stadium), Carson, CA (Home Depot Center), Houston, TX (Reliant Stadium), and Foxborough, MA (Gillette Stadium).
OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Canada’s men’s national team will be off to Bermuda next month for a one-week camp and international friendly against the host national team. The camp ends with the international friendly on 25 March, Canada’s first of the 2007 season.
Canada’s senior team has faced Bermuda seven times including their first World Cup Qualifying encounter on 6 October 1968 in Toronto (4:0 win). Canada and Bermuda last faced off against each other on 11 January 2000 in Hamilton, Bermuda (Canada 2:0 win on two Martin Nash goals). Canada has three wins and four draws in seven matches against Bermuda.
OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Canada’s women’s national team will face the United States in an international friendly on 12 May at the Pizza Hut Park in Fresco, TX. It will be the first 2007 contest between the two North American rivals.
“It’s time to play them again, this time as a warm-up for a major event: the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007,” says coach Even Pellerud. “Come kick-off time, the rivalry will be there as always.”
OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – L’équipe canadienne féminine affrontera les États-Unis au cours d’un match international amical au Pizza Hut Park de Fresco, au Texas, le 12 mai prochain. Il s’agit de la première rencontre entre les deux pays en 2007.
« Il est temps qu’on les affronte à nouveau, cette fois-ci en vue de se préparer pour un tournoi important, la Coupe du Monde de la FIFA, Chine 2007, déclare l’entraîneur-chef Even Pellerud. J’imagine que l’esprit de concurrence sera toujours aussi fort. »
