Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and SOS Children’s Villages Canada announced today at a joint press conference in Toronto that they have raised over $100,000 (all funds listed in Canadian dollars) to fund the construction and maintenance of a “Canada Soccer House” in the new SOS Village in Rustenburg, South Africa.
The CSA and FIFA have also named SOS Children’s Villages Canada as the Official Charity for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007. Next summer, Canada will host the World’s finest youth players in six cities across the country – Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Burnaby, and Victoria – with the tentative dates for the tournament set for June 30-July 22, 2007.
Ottawa, Ontario – L’Association canadienne de soccer (ACS) est heureuse d’annoncer que les billets pour le match opposant l’équipe féminine senior du Canada à l’équipe italienne sont désormais en vente.
Le Canada accueillira l’Italie au stade Centennial de Toronto, le 25 juin prochain. Le coup d’envoi du match est prévu pour 18 heures, Heure de l’Est.
Tous les billets pour le match du 25 juin seront en vente libre aux prix suivants : 15 $ (derrière les buts) ; 20 $ (zone Est) ; 25 $ gradin principal. Les billets sont en vente aux points suivants en Ontario du Sud et la région du Grand Toronto (veuillez appeler les numéros de téléphones suivants pour de plus amples renseignements) :
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) is pleased to announce that tickets for the game featuring Canada’s Women’s National Team and Italy’s Women’s National Team are now on sale.
Canada will host the Italians at Centennial Stadium in Toronto on June 25th. Kickoff for the match is scheduled for 6:00 pm ET.
All tickets for the June 25th match will be General Admission and will be $15.00 for end zone seating, $20.00 for east seating, and $25.00 for grandstand seating and can be purchased through the following locations in the Southern Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area (please call for further details) –
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) is pleased to announce that Colin Linford has been elected to a four-year term as the new President of the Canadian Soccer Association during this past weekend’s CSA annual general meeting held in Niagara Falls, ON. The meeting also saw the election of a new Vice President, two new Directors-at-Large positions, and two long-serving CSA employees receiving their just award.
Since 2002, Linford has been the President of the Ontario Soccer Association and has been intrinsically involved at the Board/Executive level in Ontario since 1990. Linford’s involvement with the game in the Kitchener-Waterloo, ON area spans three decades.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian head coach Frank Yallop has announced a squad of 16 players for a mini-camp in Sunrise, Florida. The camp is scheduled to take place from May 1-8, 2006 and will feature many of those players that played at the FIFA World Youth Championship Holland 2005 and as a result, are eligible for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Yallop has also included a handful of players that have been out of the squad for the last while, or are making their first appearance with the senior team.
Dave Simpson, who has made several appearances with youth teams in the past, will be making his first appearance with Yallop’s squad. The 23-year-old Toronto-native is enjoying a good season with Hungarian club Papa Lombard FC and will certainly hope to make a lasting first impression on the Canadian head coach.
Ottawa, Ontario – Earlier this month, Canada’s Women’s National Team Head Coach, Even Pellerud, took his team on a four-city, five-match tour of the USA where they are played the University of Louisville and Purdue University in Louisville, KY, the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO, the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS, and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE.
The Canadian team was invited to travel to the Midwest by the above mentioned Universities and when approached, Pellerud jumped at the opportunity to get his squad together.
“Thanks to an invitation from a group NCAA teams, we took advantage of a week long opportunity to play five scrimmages while traveling from state to state,” said Pellerud, following his squad’s nine-day camp.
Ottawa, Ontario – Au début du mois, Even Pellerud, l’entraîneur-chef de la sélection féminine senior canadienne, a emmené son équipe aux États-Unis pour entreprendre une tournée de cinq matchs. Le Canada a affronté l’Université de Louisville et l’Université Purdue, à Louisville, Kentucky, l’Université du Missouri, à Columbia, Missouri, l’Université du Kansas, à Lawrence, Kansas, et l’Université du Nebraska, à Lincoln, Nebraska.
Quand la sélection nationale a reçu l’invitation des universités à se rendre dans le Midwest, Pellerud a sauté sur l’occasion de rassembler son groupe de joueuses.
« Grâce à l’invitation d’un groupe d’équipes universitaires, nous avons pu bénéficier d’une semaine ensemble pour disputer cinq matchs amicaux tout en voyageant dans quelques états différents, a dit Pellerud à l’issue du camp d’entraînement de neuf jours.
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association, in partnership with the Toronto Azzurri Soccer Club and the Universal Youth Foundation, are pleased to announce that they have finalized an agreement with the Federazione Italiana Gioco Calcio (Italian Football Federation) that will see the Italian Women’s National Team travel to Toronto for an International Friendly with Canada’s National Women’s Team on June 25, 2006.
The match is scheduled to take place at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, ON with the kickoff tentatively scheduled for 1pm.
Tickets for the June 25th match will be General Admission and will likely range from $15.00 to $25.00. Information regarding how to purchase tickets for this match will be released in the coming weeks.
Ottawa, Ontario – L’Association canadienne de soccer, en partenariat avec le SC Toronto Azzurri et la Universal Youth Foundation, sont fiers d’annoncer le passage d’un accord avec la Federazione Italiana Gioco Calcio (Fédération de football italien) pour organiser un match international amical entre l’équipe féminine senior de l’Italie et l’équipe féminine senior du Canada, à Toronto, le 25 juin 2006.
Il est prévu que le match ait lieu au stade Centennial d’Etobicoke, en Ontario, avec le coup d’envoi prévu pour le moment à 13 heures.
Les billets pour le match du 25 juin seront en vente libre prochainement et le prix des billets variera de 15 $ Ã 25 $. De plus amples renseignements sur l’achat des billets seront disponibles dans les prochaines semaines.