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Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) is pleased to announce that Eric Lamoureux will be joining the CSA as Director of Communications effective Monday August 28th 2006.
Lamoureux joins the CSA with previous experience as a political and communications advisor to both the Federal and Municipal governments. A soccer enthusiast, Lamoureux has a proud background with Canadian soccer namely as a Carleton University Ravens alumni where he played in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) league for three consecutive seasons from 2001 to 2003.
Ottawa, Ontario – Interim Canadian National Team head coach Stephen Hart has announced his 18-player roster for the Jamaica friendly on Monday, September 4 (Labour Day) at 4:00 p.m. in Montreal at the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard.
The match marks the team’s first appearance in Montreal in over 11 years; the last being a 3:0 loss to Turkey on June 7, 1995.
This will be Hart’s first match in charge of the Canadian National Team since being named interim head coach on July 12, 2006. Hart has been Canada’s Under-17 head coach since December 2001.
Hart’s roster definitely has a Montreal connection as six players are either from the area or are current or past players of the Montreal Impact of the United Soccer League (USL). Current Impact players are goalkeeper Greg Sutton, and defenders Adam Braz, and Gabriel Gervais. Past Impact players are Patrice Bernier who is currently with Tromso in Norway and Sandro Grande playing with Molde also of Norway; both are from Montreal. Forward Olivier Occean, also a native of Montreal, was named 2006 player of the year in Norway while playing for Lillestrom.
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) is pleased to announce that Mike Moretto, current Manager of the Montreal Impact of the United Soccer League’s First Division will be joining the CSA as National Teams Equipment Manager following the end of the Impact’s season.
Moretto began his career with the Impact in 1993 as a member of the Technical Department and took on the role of Team Manager in 1997. Prior to the Impact, Moretto held the position of Equipment Manager for the Montreal Supra in 1990-1992 of the now defunct Canadian Soccer League.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Women’s National Team Head Coach, Even Pellerud, has announced today his 18-woman roster for the upcoming two-game friendly series versus perennial Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers, China.
The Canadians, ranked 11th in the world will renew acquaintances with the 8th ranked Chinese at King George V Stadium in St. John’s, Newfoundland on August 19th at 16:00 (local time) and August 22nd at 17:30 (local time). These rivals should be very familiar with one another, having met 13 times in the past including Canada’s memorable 1-0 victory in the quarterfinals of the 2003 Women’s World Cup. With these matches the Chinese will become Canada’s second most frequent opponent at the Women’s National Team level behind only the United States, whom Canada has played a staggering 36 times.
Ottawa, Ontario – Even Pellerud, l’entraîneur-chef de l’équipe nationale féminine, a aujourd’hui annoncé les noms des 18 joueuses qui participeront à la série de deux matchs amicaux contre la Chine, l’une des équipes les plus fortes de l’Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Le Canada, qui se trouve actuellement au 11e rang du classement mondial, affrontera les Chinoises (classées 8e) au stade King George V de St. John’s, Terre-Neuve. Les matchs auront lieu le 19 août à 16h (heure locale) et le 22 août à 17h 30 (heure locale). Les deux équipes se connaissent déjà bien, ayant disputé 13 matchs par le passé, y compris la fameuse victoire canadienne en quarts de finale de la Coupe du Monde féminine de 2003 (1-0). A l’issue de ces matchs, le Canada aura disputé plus de matchs contre la Chine que contre toute autre équipe – à l’exception des États-Unis, contre qui le Canada a disputé le nombre époustouflant de 36 matchs.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Women’s National Team head coach, Even Pellerud, today released his 15-woman roster for the upcoming International friendly against their CONCACAF rivals, USA, on July 30 at the SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.
This match will mark the 36th time (3 wins, 3 draws, 29 losses) Canada and the USA have met since their first encounter in 1986, easily the most of any Canadian opponent (China and Brazil are second with 13 matches each).
Canada (11th ranked), is currently riding a six-game unbeaten streak after defeating Sweden 4-2 on July 17. The team is looking to stretch the current four game winning record and continue to gain momentum towards the six-team Women’s Gold Cup™ in November.
Ottawa, Ontario – Even Pellerud, l’entraîneur-chef de l’équipe féminine nationale canadienne vient de dévoiler aujourd’hui les noms des 15 joueuses qui vont prendre part au match amical contre leurs vielles rivales de la CONCACAF, l’équipe féminine des États-Unis, le 30 juillet au SAS Soccer Park de Cary en Caroline du Nord.
Ce match sera la 36ème rencontre (3 victoires, 3 matchs nul, 29 défaites) entre le Canada et les États-Unis depuis leur premier match en 1986, ces derniers sont de loin l’équipe contre laquelle le Canada s’est le pus souvent mesuré (la Chine et le Brésil arrivant tous deux en deuxième position avec 13 rencontres chacun).
Le Canada (11ème au classement) entend bien continuer sur sa lancée de six rencontres sans défaite, après sa dernière victoire 4-2 contre la Suède le 17 juillet dernier. Une cinquième victoire consécutive ne serait pas sans déplaire à l’équipe canadienne qui se prépare activement à disputer la Gold Cup en novembre prochain.
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) is pleased to announce that tickets for the Men’s National team game against Jamaica on Monday, September 4 (Labour Day) at 4:00 p.m. in Montreal at the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard are now on sale.
Tickets are priced at $25.00 for the Grandstand seats (Reserved) and $15.00 for the Bleacher and End zones seats (General Admission) plus applicable taxes and are available through Admission at (514) 790-1245 or 1-800-361-4595 and online at www.admission.com. Tickets are also available by calling the Montreal Impact ticket office at (514) 328-3668.
The Quebec Soccer Federation and its members are able to purchase General Admission tickets at a special rate of $10.00 by contacting Quebec Soccer at (450) 975-3355 ext. 3538.
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) has accepted the resignation of Technical Director, Richard Bate, effective immediately. Bate has accepted the Technical Director’s position with newly promoted English Premiership side Watford Football Club, where he is expected to oversee the club’s technical programs.
“It has been a real pleasure for me to have been here in Canada for the past 10 months as the country’s Technical Director,” said Bate. “I have travelled from coast to coast, met many fine people in the short time I have been here, and have commenced many new technical initiatives which I believe will have a lasting and positive benefit for soccer in Canada.”
