The Canadian Soccer Association, which was founded in 1912 and has over 826,000 registered players and over 70,000 registered coaches, is seeking a Technical Director who will provide the leadership and dynamism necessary to take the Association’s Technical Program to a new level of success.
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Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) would like to remind the Canadian Soccer community that the April 4, 2005 – 12 noon ET deadline to submit their adaptation of an updated CSA logo is quickly approaching.
On Friday, March 11, 2005 the CSA invited the Canadian soccer community to participate in the process of generating a new look for 2006 and beyond.
For more information on the submission process and rules, please click here.
The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) is seeking, beginning in June, 2005, the services of a full-time Event Director for the FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007.
The FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007 is a three-week long, 6-site, 24-nation, 52-match tournament featuring the best young 20-year-old players in the world. It is the second largest event staged by FIFA after the FIFA World Cup.
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) today regretfully announced the cancellation of the Women’s international friendly against France on Thursday, April 28th, 2005 in Laval, Quebec.
Due to the cancellation of another match within the CONCACAF region on April 24, 2005, the French Football Federation (FFF) has been forced to cancel their trip to North America.
The Canadian Women’s National team will be playing three international friendlies in Europe; one against Holland on April 19th and two against Women’s World Champions, Germany on April 21st and 24th. The CSA is in discussions to add a fourth game to this tour on April 27th, 2005.
Ottawa, Ontario – L’Association canadienne de soccer (ACS) a le regret aujourd’hui d’annoncer l’annulation du match international amical féminin entre l’équipe canadienne féminine de Coupe du monde et celle de la France, jeudi le 28 avril 2005 à Laval, au Québec.
En raison de l’annulation d’un autre match contre une équipe de la CONCACAF le 24 avril, la Fédération française de football (FFF) a été forcée d’annuler son voyage en Amérique du Nord.
L’équipe canadienne féminine de Coupe du monde disputera prochainement trois matchs internationaux amicaux soit contre les Pays-Bas, le 19 avril, puis contre l’Allemagne, championne du monde en titre, les 21 et 24 avril. L’ACS est en discussion pour ajouter un quatrième match à cette tournée, le 27 avril 2005.
Ottawa, Ontario – Former Canadian Women’s World Cup team player, Silvana Burtini was recently named by FIFA’s Committee for Women’s Football to a list of famous female players who will act as women’s football ambassadors for FIFA.
Burtini, who scored 38 goals in 78 appearances for Canada, retired following the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2003.
FIFA Ambassadors for Women’s Football
AKERS Michelle, USA
AKIDE Mercy NGR
BURTINI Silvana, CAN
FOUDY Julie, USA
FUTABA Kioka, JPN
HAMM Mia, USA
LIU Ailing, CHN
MORACE, Carolina ITA
MURRAY Julie, AUS
NEID Silvia, GER
SISSI, BRA
STOERE Heidi, NOR
SUNDHAGE Pia, SWE
WEN Sun, CHN
WIEGMANN Bettina, GER
NEW YORK – CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) announced that tickets for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup are available from today, at each of the seven stadiums in the six USA cities that will host the event from 6-24 July.
Ticket prices for single dates start as low as $20 in some venues for first round doubleheaders. Discounts are available for group tickets and for packages of tickets to all the match days in the same city. All tickets are subject to availability.
For more information, please visit CONCACAF.com
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Men’s World Cup Team head coach Frank Yallop today named his 16-player roster for the upcoming international friendly against Portugal on March 26. The game will be played in Barcelos, a town approximately 50 km north of Porto at 8:30 p.m. local time.
“This is a game that many of us have been eagerly looking forward to for some time,” said Yallop. “You always want to try to play the best countries in the World and to play last year’s finalists from the European Championships in their own country is a great challenge for us.”
Yallop has selected 13 of the 16 players who played in Canada’s 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in Belfast on February 9. Joining the team for the first time since World Cup Qualifying are midfielder Julian de Guzman, defender/midfielder Paul Stalteri and forward Tomasz Radzinski.
Ottawa, Ontario – As the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) nears its 100th anniversary, it is embarking on some of the most exciting projects in its history. Some of the current activities and projects include:
As part of our future planning, we have taken the initiative to try and capture some of the energy and enthusiasm that surrounds Canadian soccer through a search to find a new, updated CSA logo. While all would agree that it is important to connect to the past and maintain equity in the current design, it is time to look forward as well.