Canada National Soccer

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FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings

1 Brazil 1642 0 -30
2 Spain 1590 0 0
3 Netherlands 1379 0 0
4 Germany 1195 1 -12
5 Italy 1181 -1 -48
6 Russia 1161 0 0
7 England 1135 0 0
8 Argentina 1080 0 -11
9 France 1059 0 -23
10 Croatia 1031 0 0
11 Greece 1001 0 0
12 USA 991 0 8
13 Switzerland 930 0 0
14 Serbia 925 0 0
15 Denmark 909 0 0
16 Australia 896 0 10
17 Portugal 881 0 2
18 Côte d'Ivoire 874 0 0
19 Ukraine 869 0 0
20 Paraguay 856 2 10
21 Uruguay 851 -1 -9
22 Czech Republic 850 -1 0
23 Bulgaria 839 0 0
24 Scotland 837 0 0
25 Israel 822 0 0
26 Chile 817 1 6
27 Romania 814 -1 0
28 Turkey 809 0 0
29 Cameroon 803 0 0
30 Mexico 799 3 22
31 Gabon 789 -1 0
32 Northern Ireland 784 0 0
33 Egypt 779 5 25
34 Nigeria 773 0 0
35 Ghana 772 0 0
36 Ecuador 768 0 8
37 Republic of Ireland 758 0 0
38 Costa Rica 742 -8 -47
39 Japan 729 1 7
40 Poland 706 1 0
41 Sweden 702 1 0
42 Slovakia 687 1 0
43 Hungary 681 1 0
44 Bosnia-Herzegovina 680 1 0
45 Colombia 668 1 -7
46 Honduras 664 -7 -89
47 Algeria 661 0 0
48 Korea Republic 626 0 -8
49 Tunisia 614 0 0
50 Norway 606 0 0
51 Burkina Faso 598 0 0
52 Finland 593 0 0
53 FYR Macedonia 589 0 0
54 Venezuela 583 0 -1
55 Morocco 570 0 0
56 Latvia 563 0 0
57 Guinea 562 0 0
58 Mali 551 1 0
59 Lithuania 545 1 0
60 Slovenia 539 2 0
61 Iran 534 -3 -25
62 Belgium 533 1 0
63 Bolivia 522 1 1
64 Saudi Arabia 520 -3 -22
65 Bahrain 502 1 7
66 Canada 498 26 138
67 Wales 494 0 0
68 Austria 493 0 0
69 Jamaica 489 -4 -30
70 Trinidad and Tobago 478 2 17

www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=0&rank=184&page=2

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Canada makes jump in FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings


Kevin McKenna

Canada’s men’s national team made the biggest jump in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings, gaining 138 points and 26 spots after the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Canada now ranks fifth amongst CONCACAF nations and 66th amongst all nations.

The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings looks at each country’s international results from the last four years. The ranking takes into account the result, the importance of the match, the strength of the opponent, the regional strength, the time period, and the number of matches per year.

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Canada returns from U-20 championship


Canada has returned from the 2009 CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Championship after an early elimination knocked it out of the competition. The Canadian team finished third in its four-team group, one place back of a qualification spot for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009.

"I would like to take this opportunity to say that it was a honour for me to lead the Canadian team," said head coach Tony Fonseca. "The players were very respectful, committed and worked hard. I felt that they really gave everything they had."

Canada posted one win and two losses in the round-robin action at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad & Tobago. After losing its opening match 0:1 to host Trinidad & Tobago, Canada came back and won 2:0 over Mexico. Needing a win in its final match against Costa Rica, Canada pushed forward but fell 1:2 to the eventual CONCACAF champions.

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Canada returns home from CONCACAF U-17


Canada’s men’s U-17 team has safely returned from the 2009 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship in Tijuana, Mexico. The team played three matches at the Estadio Caliente before it was eliminated in the preliminary round. The team played well against Honduras, USA and Cuba, but ultimately came up short after running into some bad luck and failing to convert on countless scoring opportunities.

'We knew the first game was going to be very important against Honduras because getting a win in that first game would set you up for the rest of the tournament,' said coach Sean Fleming. 'It was a tie, which was a fair result considering both performances. As it turned out, that first game was huge. We could have had a win in that first game and it would have been significant going into our last game.'

Canada, whose title sponsor is BMO, was one of eight teams that competed in the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship from 21-26 April in Tijuana, Mexico. Along with USA and Honduras, Costa Rica and Mexico qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009.

'Overall, I was very happy with the composure and confidence that our players showed under the trying times,' said Coach Fleming.

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U.S. Women Defeat Canada 1-0 To Sweep Three-Game Summer Series




www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2009/07/US-Women-Defeat-Canada-1-0-To-Sweep-Three-Game-Summer-Series.aspx

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Interim Stephen Hart Now Leads Canada

Canadian Soccer Association announced that technical director Stephen Hart will assume, on an interim basis, the head coaching responsibilities for the Men’s Senior National Team, for the duration of the 2009 season.

Mr. Hart was named the Canadian Soccer Association’s Technical Director in March 2008. He headed the Association’s long-term player development plan, specifically the Wellness to World Cup campaign. He was also in charge of directing and monitoring the national development teams, the coaching education program, the National Training Centres, and the sports medicine program. With the national teams, he has most recently served as an assistant coach with the men’s national team. Two years ago as the team’s interim head coach, he led Canada to a semi-final finish at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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Sept 2, 2009 FIFA Rankings/Concacaf
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11 1 USA 974 1 -17
24 2 Mexico 835 6 36
39 3 Costa Rica 735 -1 -7
42 4 Honduras 712 4 48
63 5 Trinidad and Tobago 517 7 39
66 6 Canada 504 0 6
69 7 Jamaica 477 0 -12
75 8 Panama 431 3 14
85 9 El Salvador 398 -4 -10
87 10 Cuba 393 1 10
103 11 Barbados 325 3 5
106 12 Antigua and Barbuda 311 2 -1
108 13 Grenada 305 5 0
109 14 Haiti 304 6 9
111 15 Guatemala 297 -4 -19
119 16 Suriname 272 -8 -37
122 17 Guyana 240 -1 -29
141 18 Nicaragua 165 -2 0
148 19 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 139 2 6
152 20 St. Kitts and Nevis 123 -3 -12
154 21 Bermuda 119 -11 -31
164 22 Netherlands Antilles 88 1 0
165 23 Puerto Rico 87 1 0
176 24 Belize 57 1 0
177 25 Bahamas 53 2 0
179 26 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 2 0
181 27 Cayman Islands 44 -11 -32
183 28 Dominican Republic 40 1 0
189 29 St. Lucia 32 1 0
191 30 British Virgin Islands 30 1 0
197 31 Dominica 12 0 0
198 32 Aruba 11 0 0
200 33 US Virgin Islands 8 0 0
203 34 Anguilla 0 0 0
203 35 Montserrat 0 0 0

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2009 CANADA GAMES
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
AUGUST 2009

The results from group play for the men's competition

Group A
Manitoba 0 Ontario 2
Manitoba 1 Prince Edward Island 0
Ontario 0 Prince Edward Island 1

Group B
New Brunswick 0 Newfoundland and Labrador 0
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 Saskatchewan 3
New Brunswick 3 Saskatchewan 2

Group C
Quebec 3 Yukon 0
Nova Scotia 3 Yukon 0
Nova Scotia 1 Quebec 2

Group D
British Columbia 5 Northwest Territories 0
Alberta 3 Northwest Territories 0
Alberta 2 British Columbia 0

9th-12th Playoffs
Manitoba 7 Northwest Territories 0
Saskatchewan 1 Yukon 0

Quarterfinals
Alberta 4 Prince Edward Island 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 Nova Scotia 1
New Brunswick 0 Quebec 1
British Columbia 0 Ontario 2

5th-8th Playoffs
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 Prince Edward Island 3
British Columbia 0 New Brunswick 1

Semi Finals
Alberta 1 Nova Scotia 0
Ontario 0 Quebec 2

Québec captures gold, Alberta captures silver

Québec won the gold medal and Alberta won the silver medal, Saturday at the 2009 Canada Games Men’s Soccer Tournament. Québec won gold following a 2:0 victory over Alberta in the final, played at the Eastern Eagles Soccer Complex in Montague, PE.

“It’s a great to feeling to have won today,” said Québec coach Phillippe Eullaffroy. “It’s a happy end to all the hard work the team put in. We started very slowly in the competition, but as we continued we were able to pick up momentum.”

Québec’s victory gives them their second gold medal at the Canada Games Men’s Soccer Tournament, they also won in 1997. Behind Québec and Alberta, Ontario won the bronze medal while Nova Scotia finished fourth overall.

www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=3791

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Canada claim fourth place in Lebanon

Canada's U-20 national team claimed a fourth-place finish in the men's soccer competition of the 2009 Francophone Games following a 3-1 defeat to Morocco in Monday's bronze medal match in Beirut, Lebanon.

www.whitecapsfc.com/archive/feature10050902.aspx

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The Montreal Impact (5th) will face the Vancouver Whitecaps (7th) in the USL First Division championship final, in a two-leg aggregate goal series, October 10 and 17.

The first match of the series
MTL 3:2 VAN[/B]

The decisive match of the series will be held the following Saturday at Saputo Stadium at 2:30 pm (Radio-Canada Television, CKAC Sports, THE TEAM 990, FSC).

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CANADIAN MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM

FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings

Last Updated 16 Oct 2009
Next Release 20 Nov 2009Ranking Zonal
Ranking Team Pts Oct 09 +/- Ranking Sep 09 +/- Pts Sep 09

11 1 USA 1025 0 51
18 2 Mexico 904 6 69
35 3 Honduras 754 7 42
43 4 Costa Rica 707 -4 -28
53 5 Canada 631 13 127
69 6 Jamaica 469 0 -8
70 7 Panama 464 5 33
72 8 Trinidad and Tobago 459 -9 -58
76 9 Cuba 432 11 39
82 10 El Salvador 397 3 -1
86 11 Haiti 377 23 73
92 12 Barbados 355 11 30
105 13 Grenada 303 3 -2
106 14 Antigua and Barbuda 300 0 -11
115 15 Suriname 242 4 -30
117 16 Guyana 234 5 -6
130 17 Guatemala 200 -19 -97
135 18 Nicaragua 165 6 0
143 19 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 139 5 0
150 20 Bermuda 128 4 9
156 21 St. Kitts and Nevis 106 -4 -17
162 22 Puerto Rico 87 3 0
164 23 Netherlands Antilles 85 0 -3
175 24 Belize 57 1 0
177 25 Bahamas 47 0 -6
179 26 Turks and Caicos Islands 45 0 -6
180 27 Cayman Islands 44 1 0
182 28 Dominican Republic 41 1 1
189 29 St. Lucia 32 0 0
193 30 British Virgin Islands 25 -2 -5
196 31 Dominica 12 1 0
197 32 Aruba 11 1 0
199 33 US Virgin Islands 8 1 0
203 34 Anguilla 0 0 0
203 35 Montserrat 0 0 0

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Canadian MNT has friendly on 11/14 against Macedonia



macedonianfootball.com/200910151643/news/friendlies-against-canada-and-iran.html

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Mike Klukowski

28 October 2009
Canada adds Poland to European schedule

The Canadian men’s national team has announced that it will face Poland on 18 November in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The match will kickoff at 17:00 local time (11:00 ET) in the northern Polish city.

Combined with the match against Macedonia on 14 November in Strumica (also a 17.00 local kickoff – 11:00 ET), Canada will have played 8 competitive matches in 2009. Under interim head coach Stephen Hart Canada has compiled a 4-1-1 record in 2009, including a strong run to the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-final stage.

The 56th ranked Polish side finished fourth in 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying South Africa™ UEFA Group 3. Despite this disappointment, Poland has enjoyed a rich soccer history having participated in seven FIFA World Cups, finishing third at FIFA World Cups, in Germany 1974 and Spain 1982. Poland along with neighbours Ukraine will stage UEFA Euro 2012™.

Canada and Poland have faced each other three times in their international history, with Poland winning all three contests. Toronto has twice been the venue for Canada – Poland matches, including the most recent contest between the two nations, a 2:1 Polish victory on 15 July, 1988. Canada’s only match on Polish soil took place in Warsaw on 31 October 1974, a match Poland won 2:0. The first meeting between the two sides, a 3:1 Polish win, occurred one year earlier on 1 August, 1973 again in Toronto.