Edmonton, Alberta – The Canadian Soccer Association today announced it will prepare a formal bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2007. CSA President Andy Sharpe made the announcement at a media conference in Edmonton where Canada will play the United States in the final of the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship, Sunday. During the conference, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter commented on the tremendous success of the tournament and Canada’s ability to host a future FIFA event.
Edmonton, Alberta – The Canadian Soccer Association announced today that Canada’s Women’s World Cup Team will play a two-game series against Australia in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia on September 26 and 28, 2002 respectively.
The first game will be played on Thursday, September 26 at Swangard Stadium at 8:00 p.m. with the second game being played at Victoria’s Centennial Stadium on Saturday, September 28 at 1:00 p.m.
Edmonton, Alberta – L’Association canadienne de soccer a annoncé aujourd’hui que l’équipe canadienne féminine de Coupe du monde disputera une série de deux matchs contre l’Australie à Vancouver et à Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique, les 26 et 28 septembre.
Le premier match sera disputé le jeudi 26 septembre à 19 h, au stade Swangard et le deuxième, le samedi 28 septembre à 15 h, au stade Centennial de l’Université de Victoria.
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association today announced its Men’s World Cup Team will play Scotland in a full international friendly on October 15, 2002 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The game will be played at Easter Road Stadium (home of Scottish Premier League side Hibernian) at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Toronto, ON -The Voyageurs, Canada’s national soccer fan club, has announced that 2002 is the inaugural year of the Voyageurs Cup, Canada’s only national, fan-awarded soccer trophy. The Voyageurs Cup is a lasting emblem of soccer fans’ commitment to the improvement, enjoyment, and advancement of the game in Canada.
Toronto, Ontario – L’équipe canadienne féminine de Coupe du monde a disputé un match nul de 2 à 2 contre la Norvège, championne olympique, devant 4,625 spectateurs mercredi, au stade Centennial de Toronto.
Andrea Neil a ouvert la marque pour les Canadiennes à la 9e minute quand elle a pris possession du ballon dans la surface de réparation et a battu la gardienne Astrid Johannessen sur un tir vif et bas. Quinze minutes plus tard, elle a subi une contusion au pied gauche et a été remplacée par Kara Lang, de Oakville, en Ontario.
Toronto, Ontario – The Football Confederation (CONCACAF) announced the dates and locations for their qualifying tournaments for the FIFA World Youth (Under-20) Championship and the FIFA Under-17 World Championship (Junior), Tuesday.
In both competitions, a pair of final tournaments with four teams each will be held in two different locations. At both levels, the final tournaments consist of the three North Zone countries, three countries from the Central Zone and two qualifiers from the Caribbean Zone.
Toronto, Ontario – Canada’s Women’s World Cup Team posted a 2-2 draw with Norway, the defending Olympic Gold Medallists in front of 4,625 happy fans at Centennial Stadium in Toronto, Wednesday.
Andrea Neil opened the scoring for the Canadians in the ninth minute when gathered the ball just inside the 18 and beat Norwegian goalkeeper Astrid Johannessen with a hard low shot. Fifteen minutes later she suffered a contusion to her left foot and was substituted by Oakville’s Kara Lang.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Women’s World Cup Team Head Coach Even Pellerud has named 18 players to the squad which will face Norway at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, Ontario on wednesday, July 17. The game has been confirmed at Centennial Stadium now that the strike by City of Toronto workers is over.