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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.
In the Women’s World Cup international friendly, Canada lost 1-0 to Australia at Victoria’s Centennial Stadium Saturday afternoon. This was Canada’s second game against Australia, spliting the series 1-1.
Canada’s next tournament is the Football Confederation’s Women Gold Cup at the end of October. Canada will compete in Group B along with Jamaica, Haiti and Costa Rica at Centennial Stadium in Victoria, BC.
Le Canada s’est incliné 1 à 0 contre l’Australie dans un match amical disputé samedi après-midi au stade Centennial de l’Université de Victoria. Le Canada l’avait emporté 2 à 0, deux jours avant à Vancouver.
The Canadian National Women’s Team continued its preparation for the upcoming Gold Cup by posting a 2-0 win over Australia in Vancouver Thursday night. Midfielder Isabelle Morneau of Longueuil, Quebec, scored both goals for Canada, her fifth and sixth of her international career in her 52nd game.
After a scoreless first half, it was two veterans who combined to give Canada their opening goal in the 62nd minute, as Amy Walsh on the right crossed to Isabelle Morneau in front and her side-footed volley from 12 yards found the far side of the net. Morneau scored her second of the game in the 84th minute, when a driven cross from 15-year-old Kara Lang on the right pinballed off two Australian players in front to fall to Morneau one-yard out who stabbed it into the net.
L’équipe canadienne féminine de Coupe du monde a poursuivi sa préparation en vue du tournoi de la Gold Cup en remportant une victoire de 2 à 0 sur l’Australie, jeudi soir à Vancouver. Le milieu de terrain québécois Isabelle Morneau a inscrit les deux buts du Canada, ses cinquième et sixième buts en carrière à un 52e match international.
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Women’s World Cup Team Head Coach Even Pellerud has named 17 players to the squad which will face Australia in a two-game series on September 26 and 28 in Vancouver and Victoria, BC, respectively.
