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Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Women’s National Team Head Coach, Even Pellerud, has released the names of the 16 women that will attend the team’s first training camp of the New Year. The camp will run from January 10-17 in Vancouver, BC.
“The upcoming camp in Vancouver kicks off a very big season for the Women’s team; a season that will conclude in November with the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament,” said Head Coach Even Pellerud from the U20 training camp in Sunrise, FL.
“There’s an interesting change in the balance of this roster. Earlier, we had to rely on a lot of our younger players based in NCAA schools, but now we see a large portion of that group graduating and the result is a far more ‘adult’ group of athletes.
Ottawa, Ontario – Even Pellerud, l’entraîneur-chef de l’équipe féminine de Coupe du Monde, a dévoilé les noms des 16 joueuses qui participeront au premier camp d’entraînement de la sélection nationale de l’année 2006. Le camp aura lieu du 10 au 17 janvier à Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique.
« Ce camp à Vancouver annonce le point de départ d’une saison très importante pour l’équipe féminine, a affirmé Pellerud, qui assistait au camp d’entraînement des mois de 20 ans à Sunrise, en Floride. La saison ne finira qu’après le tournoi qualificatif de la Coupe du Monde de la CONCACAF, en novembre.
Il y a un changement intéressant dans l’équilibre de cet alignement, a-t-il poursuivi. Avant, il fallait compter sur des jeunes joueuses qui évoluaient au sein des équipes universitaires américaines, mais on voit maintenant qu’elles ont, pour la plupart, fini leurs études et le groupe d’athlètes est devenu plus « mûr ».
Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Head Coach, Frank Yallop, has announced his squad of 19 players for Canada’s upcoming friendly against the USA on January 22 in San Diego, California.
The Canadians will hold their training camp from January 8–20 in Carson, CA before traveling to San Diego on January 20 for the first match of 2006 for both countries.
The match will be played at Torero Stadium on the campus of the University of San Diego. Kickoff has been set for 5:00pm PT.
VAUGHAN, December 5, 2005 — The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum located at The Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan will induct 9 new members into it’s Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 29, 2006. The purpose of The Soccer Hall of Fame is to recognize and honour the Players and Builders who have made significant contributions to the Game of Soccer in Canada and Ontario both on and off the field.
Randy Samuel, who has played more international games for Canada than any other player, will be one of nine new inductees into The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum in Vaughan, Ontario in 2006.
Sherbrooke’s Sonia Denoncourt started out on her refereeing career in 1978, at the age of 14, combining that with a playing career that took her to university level. She then had to make a choice that she will surely have never regretted. For 26 years, from 1978 to 2004, Sonia Denoncourt has been a pioneer in the field of refereeing and has written her name into Quebec, Canadian and international soccer history.
Sonia Denoncourt has won the Quebec Soccer Federation’s “Referee of the Year” award on five separate occasions: 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000. She was a winner of the Official of the Year at the Gala Sports-Québec in 1995, 1996 and 1999, as well as being a finalist on one occasion, in 2001. Last June, she was inducted into Canadian soccer’s Hall of Fame. Sonia is a model of professionalism, perseverance, courage and integrity.
Sonia Denoncourt was the first female referee to obtain her FIFA international badge, as well as being the first female referee to officiate an A-League game in 1991, which was an unheard of occurrence at that time. She became FIFA’s first female referee and was the first woman to referee men’s first division matches, in El Salvador in 1996, and then in Brazil in 1997. The match in Brazil took place in a packed stadium in Sao Paulo, with many millions more watching the game live on television.
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) have agreed to a friendly between Canada’s Men’s National Team and the US Men’s National Team.
The match will take place on January 22, 2006 at Torero Stadium on the campus of the University of San Diego. Kickoff has been set for 5:00pm PT.
Tickets ranging in price levels from $25 to $90 go on sale starting Tuesday, December 6, at 10 a.m. PT on-line at ussoccer.com, at the University of San Diego’s Jenny Craig Pavilion Box Office (Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), and by phone at 619-260-7550 (Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Groups of 15 or more can purchase tickets through the University of San Diego by calling 619-260-7550.
Ottawa, Ontario – Ipswich Town midfielder, Jaime Peters, has been added to Frank Yallop’s squad ahead of Wednesday’s friendly against Luxembourg.
Peters will replace Sandro Grande who is struggling with a niggling calf injury. Grande, who is currently with Viking Stavanger in Norway, aggravated the injury during a training session with his club on Saturday. The Montreal-native was assessed by Canada’s medical staff yesterday and ruled unfit to participate in the mid-week friendly.
Peters will arrive in Luxembourg City today.
Canada’s November 16th match against Luxembourg will be broadcast live at 2pm ET on all of the Rogers Sportsnet channels.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Tromso-based goalkeeper Lars Hirschfeld has withdrawn from the Canadian squad that will face Luxembourg on November 16th due to soreness in his knee. The injury was sustained in the Tromso-Strasbourg UEFA Cup match last week but was not revealed to the Canadian Soccer Association until Monday morning.
Canadian Head Coach Frank Yallop has decided to include promising youngster Asmir Begovic to the squad as Hirschfeld’s replacement.
The 18-year-old Begovic is currently on loan with La Louvière of the Belgian First Division and has made two starts this season – a 4-1 loss to Roulers and a 3-2 loss to Genk.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Senior National Team Head Coach, Frank Yallop, has announced his 16-man roster for the upcoming November 16th international friendly against Luxembourg. The match will be played at the Stade Alphonse Theis in Hesperange, Luxembourg and will be broadcast live at 2pm ET on all of the Rogers Sportsnet channels.
Yallop has recalled several players who featured in Canada’s 2-1 loss to Spain on September 3rd in Santander, Spain.
“This match against Luxembourg will give us an excellent opportunity to take a look at a few players who have been doing very well with their clubs recently,” said Canadian Head Coach Frank Yallop.
