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Ottawa, Ontario – The CSA issued the following statement following the decision by York University to withdraw from the stadium project. “Despite the decision by York University to withdraw from the stadium project, the Canadian Soccer Association wishes to emphasize that this in no way jeopardizes the ability for Canada to host the FIFA World Youth Championship 2007. We will immediately review other possible hosting venues to join those already in place in Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Victoria and Vancouver.” FIFA Vice President and CONCACAF President Jack Warner reiterated and emphasized FIFA’s continued and committed support to Canada hosting the FIFA World Youth Championship 2007 with or without a stadium at York University. He also singled out the positive announcement of the construction of a soccer specific stadium in Montreal (Saputo Stadium) which will hold 13,500 spectators, expandable to 17,000.”
Vancouver, BC – The Canadian Soccer Association, British Columbia Soccer Association and Vancouver Whitecaps FC today announced that Canada’s Men’s World Cup Team will play an international friendly against Honduras on Saturday, July 2 at Swangard Stadium. The game will kick-off at 7:00 p.m. The three organizations are jointly hosting the game which will be part of the International Pacific Soccer Series. The Vancouver Whitecaps will play Sunderland (recently promoted to the Premiership) on July 16 at Swangard at 7:00 p.m. as part of the series. Sunderland will also play the BC All-Stars on Thursday, July 14 at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria at 7:30 p.m. “I am delighted to have this game as part of our preparation for the Gold Cup,” said Canadian head coach Frank Yallop. “With us playing our first two games in Seattle it made perfect sense for us to play in Vancouver and we wanted to play a CONCACAF team. It’s great to see the three organizations coming together to put on a game of this calibre and to help promote international soccer in the area.”
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association is pleased to announce that tickets for the upcoming friendlies against 2003 Women’s World Cup Champions, Germany in Edmonton (presented by CIBC) and Vancouver (presented by TELUS) in September are now on sale through Ticketmaster. Tickets for Canada vs Germany (presented by TELUS) in Vancouver at 7:00 p.m. on September 1st, 2005 at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC are priced between $10.00 and $25.00. Various family and group packs are also available. Tickets for Canada vs Germany (presented by CIBC) in Edmonton at 2:00 p.m. on September 4th, 2005 at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, AB are priced between $10.00 and $19.00. A two ticket package is also available for a reduced price of $17.00.
Ottawa, Ontario – L’Association canadienne de soccer est heureuse d’annoncer que les billets étaient maintenant en vente sur le réseau Ticketmaster pour les matchs amicaux opposant les championnes du monde en titre de l’Allemagne face à l’équipe canadienne féminine de Coupe du monde, à Edmonton (une présentation de CIBC) et à Vancouver (une présentation de Telus) en septembre. Les billets pour la rencontre Canada-Allemagne (présentée par Telus) du 1er septembre 2005 à 19 h 00 (heure du Pacifique) au stade Swangard de Burnaby, en Colombie-Britannique sont vendus entre 10$ et 25$. Des forfaits familiaux et de groupe seront aussi disponibles. Les billets pour la rencontre Canada-Allemagne (présentée par CIBC) du 4 septembre 2005 à 14 h 00 (heure des Rocheuses) au stade Centennial d’Edmonton, en Alberta sont vendus entre 10$ et 19$. Un forfait de deux billets pour ces deux matchs est aussi disponible au coût de 17$.
Ottawa, Ontario –At a media conference held today in Toronto, ON, FIFA Vice President and CONCACAF President, Jack Warner joined Canadian Soccer Association President and National Organizing Committee (NOC) Chair, Andy Sharpe to announce that Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, and Victoria will join Edmonton and Toronto as hosts of the FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007. “We are extremely pleased with the quality of the submissions received and I would also like to thank all groups who expressed interest in working with the CSA in hosting the championship,” said Sharpe. “The criteria needed to become a successful host city were set very high and as a result only four cities were able to match and surpass the standards we had set out. All four cities during the past two days presented outstanding bids. We were pleased to endorse these submissions and are delighted with the balance of representation across the country. As of today, we will begin our detailed preparations for what promises to be among the premier sporting competitions ever held in Canada.”
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association today announced Craig Forrest, one of the most storied Canadian soccer players, has accepted the position of Honorary Chair for the FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007. “We are most delighted that Craig has agreed to the position as Honorary Chair for the FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007 and look forward to his involvement in regards to staging this world class tournament,” said CSA President Andy Sharpe. Forrest, of Coquitlam, British Columbia led the Canadian Men’s Youth team in 1987 at the FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile and helped Canada to two 2-2 draws against Italy and Nigeria, and a 1-0 loss to Brazil.
Current national team coach Frank Yallop is one of eleven new members who will be inducted into The Soccer Hall of Fame in Vaughan, Ontario on Saturday. The inductions were first announced on November 15. Yallop, who is being inducted as a player, joins former national team coaches Don Petrie and Tony Waiters in the Hall. Also being inducted are former national team players Colin Miller, Wes McLeod, Terry Moore, Garry Ayre, Norman McLeod and Michelle Ring-Passant, Making up the eight players being inducted is former England international Sam Chedgzoy, who played and coached in Montreal from 1930 to 1940 and continued to live in Montreal after he retired. The three builders being inducted are Steve Stavro, who was president of the Toronto City Soccer Club in the old Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League, former FIFA referee Sonia Denoncourt, and Georges Schwartz, a former member of the FIFA Amateur Committee, who has been prominent in Quebec soccer for many years.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Women’s World Cup Team head coach Even Pellerud will visit Ottawa April 7-10 to take part in a National Soccer Coaches Association of Canada (NSCAC) Coaches Symposium at the Chimo Inn and to put on clinics at the Gloucester Mews Superdome on Bearbrook.
Pellerud will also be available to discuss the release of his new book “Even Pellerud on Coaching and Leadership in Women’s Soccer” written with Sam Kucey, editor of the NSCAC Newsoccer Journal.
Pellerud will be joined at the Symposium by Dick Howard (a member of the FIFA Technical Committee), Sylvie Beliveau (FIFA Technical Committee and CSA Staff Coach) as well as longtime Penn State University men’s head coach and former NSCAA President Barry Gorman.
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) today announced that Calgary and Winnipeg have withdrawn their intent to bid to host venues at the FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007.
Edmonton and Toronto have already been pre-determined as the two major venues, leaving four venues to be announced on Wednesday, May 4, 2005.
In January, the CSA received 11 letters of intent, from 11 cities across Canada, to bid to co-host the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship.
