Ottawa, Ontario – A media conference to discuss the Women’s Gold Cup will be held at the Laurel Point Inn in Victoria on Tuesday, October 29 at 2:00 p.m. in Salon A and B.
The four head coaches from each of the four countries in Group B (Haiti, Jamaica, Costa Rica and Canada) will be available along with the captains of each team.
Canadian Women’s World Cup Team Head Coach Even Pellerud will attend along with team captain Charmaine Hooper.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Women’s World Cup Team Head Coach Even Pellerud has named 17 players to the squad which will take part in the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup (World Cup Qualifying) from October 30 – November 9. An 18th player will be added prior to Canada’s opening game against Haiti on October 30 at Centennial Stadium in Victoria, BC at 8:00 PT (live across the country on Rogers Sportsnet).
L’entraîneur Even Pellerud de l’équipe canadienne féminine de Coupe du monde a annoncé son alignement de 17 joueuses qui prendront part à l’édition 2002 du tournoi de la Gold Cup de la CONCACAF (tournoi de qualification pour la Coupe du monde de 2003), qui se déroulera du 30 octobre au 9 novembre. Une 18e joueuse sera ajoutée tout juste avant le premier match du Canada, le 30 octobre au stade Centennial de l’Université de Victoria, contre Haïti. La rencontre sera télédiffusée en direct par le réseau Rogers Sportsnet à 23 h (Heure de l’Est).
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association today announced the appointment of Sean Fleming to the newly-created position of CSA National Staff Coach – Community Development, effective December 1, 2002.
Fleming has been the Director of the National Training Center – Prairies since 2001 and will retain his responsibilities overseeing the scouting and coaching of nationally identified players in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
The Canadian Soccer Association today announced that its Senior Men’s National Team will play the National Team of Libya in Tripoli on February 12 followed up by a match versus Estonia in Tallinn on March 29. Both matches will represent the first time Canada has played either nation.
The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) will partner to bring the 2002 Global Peace Games for Children and Youth to Canada. The Games will take place around the world in September and October, to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace, designated for September 21. The Games are locally organized, planned and financed by non-governmental organizations as a global civil society initiative to celebrate the centrality of children and youth in the United Nations International Decade for Peace and Nonviolence 2001-2010.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Women’s World Cup Team will face Costa Rica, Jamaica and Haiti in Group B of the Women’s Gold Cup (CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying) from October 30 to November 3, 2002 at Centennial Stadium in Victoria, BC.
L’équipe canadienne féminine de la Coupe du Monde affrontera le Costa Rica, la Jamaïque et le Haïti dans le Groupe B de la Coupe d’Or féminine ( tournoi de qualification de la CONCACAF pour la Coupe du Monde) entre le 30 octobre et le 3 novembre 2002 au Stade Centennal situé dans la ville de Victoria en Colombie-Britannique.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Men’s World Cup Team Head Coach Holger Osieck today announced the 16 player roster which will face Scotland in an international friendly on October 15. The game will be played at Hibernian’s Easter Road Stadium in Edinburgh at 8:00 p.m. The game will be shown live on Rogers Sportsnet at 3:00 p.m. ET.