Joshua Christopher Simpson... he was four years old when he started playing soccer for South Burnaby Metro Club... as a youth player in 2003, was noted by the FIFA World Youth Championship Technical Study Group (”attacking midfielder with powerful shot”)... from the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, was noted by the Technical Study Group for being a “good left-sided attacking wing defender; clever dribbler”... suffered a broken leg in a match on 23 May 2012...

represented Canada in two cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and three editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup... career 43 international "A" appearances across nine years from 2004 to 2012 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team… represented Canada at two FIFA youth tournaments (U-20 at Argentina 2001 and U-20 Quarter-Finals at UAE 2003)...

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he was one of Canada’s last cuts before the FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina 2001... represented Canada at the IV Jeux de la Francophonie Ottawa/Hull 2001... won Group B with Canada at the 2002 CONCACAF Under-20 Qualification tournament (Canada qualified for UAE 2003)... reached the quarter-final phase with Canada at the FIFA U-20 World Cup UAE 2003... he was 20 years old when he made his debut for Canada (18 January 2004)... represented Canada at the 2004 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament in Mexico... represented Canada in 2004 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Germany 2006... represented Canada at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup... he scored his first international “A” goal for Canada on 7 September 2010 in Montréal… represented Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada in 2011 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Brazil 2014... played in a career-high 16 consecutive Canada matches from 2010 to 2012...