JANUARY 2015 Canada to Participate in U- 17 Women's NTC Invitation Tournament in USA the New Cycle Continues for Some of Canad
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JANUARY 2015 Regional EXCEL Centres the tournament once it across the country and are concludes. Canada to participate in U- benefiting from the 17 Women’s NTC Invitation streamlined approach to CANADA tournament in USA developing young talent in GK- Lysianne Proulx | CAN / Canada. Rousillon (Québec Women’s Regional EXCEL Centre) The camp starts for the GK- Marissa Zucchetto | CAN group on Thursday 5 / Women’s Regional EXCEL February with their first Centre Ontario game against defending FIFA D- Emma Regan | CAN / U-17 Women’s World Cup Vancouver Whitecaps FC The new cycle continues for Champions Japan on Girls Elite REX Program some of Canada’s most Wednesday 11 February D- Kavina Ganeshan | CAN / promising young female (18.00 ET / 15.00 PT). Up Women’s Regional EXCEL soccer players and they’re next two days later will be a Centre Ontario heading south of the border game against the hosts, USA D- Julia Grosso | CAN / to gain more tournament (13 February, 21.00 ET / Vancouver Whitecaps FC experience after the group 18.00 PT), with the Girls Elite REX Program won the 2014 CONCACAF U- conclusion of the D- Kayla Mostowich | CAN / 15 Girls’ Championship in competition coming on Edmonton Strikers Soccer the Cayman Islands last year. Sunday 15 February against Club Mexico (10.00 ET / 13.00 PT). D- Samantha Chang | CAN / Head Coach Bev Priestman Women’s Regional EXCEL will be taking a roster of 20 “The focus will be to Centre Ontario players from Canada’s continue building on the D- Kennedy Faulknor | CAN / National EXCEL U-14/U-16 National curriculum that we Women’s Regional EXCEL age group to take part in the started late in 2014, whilst Centre Ontario second annual U-17 start introducing new M- Sarah Stratigakis | CAN / Women’s NTC Invitational content and then tailoring it Women’s Regional EXCEL tournament at the US Soccer to the different football Centre Ontario NTC at StubHub Center in problems we will face across M- Nahida Baalbaki | CAN / Carson, California. all three teams at the end of Lakeshore SC (Québec the camp, it’s a great Women’s Regional EXCEL “This is another fantastic platform to apply and learn Centre) learning opportunity for all the content,” said Priestman. M-Caitlin Shaw | CAN / involved,” said Priestman. Vancouver Whitecaps FC “Playing three very good This group will be looking to Girls Elite REX Program opponents in a tournament bolster their tournament M- Fallon Rodrigues | CAN / setting will provide players experience in their journey Women’s Regional EXCEL with new and different towards Canada’s Women’s Centre Ontario challenges both technically National Team and look to M- Anyssa Ibrahim | CAN / CS and tactically but certainly make a case for inclusion in Terrebonne (Québec across the other corners the squad that will look to Women’s Regional EXCEL (physically, emotionally and qualify Canada for the FIFA Centre) mentally), things that only a U-17 Women’s World Cup M- Vital Kats | CAN / tournament setting will 2016 that will be in Jordan. Women’s Regional EXCEL provide and grow players.” Centre Ontario All matches will be streamed F- Mya Jones | CAN / Calgary The team is made of players by U.S. Soccer. Canada Foothills Soccer Club taking part in the Women’s Soccer will have a review of F- Shana Flynn | CAN / New to the program in 2015, Canada WNT to visit France Women’s Regional EXCEL festival partner Chevrolet is for April International Centre Ontario pleased to offer community Friendly F- Camila Gomez| CAN / clubs the opportunity to Vancouver Whitecaps FC enhance their festival’s Girls Elite REX Program player development F- Jordyn Huitema | CAN / activities by hosting a Vancouver Whitecaps FC Chevrolet Skills Program Girls Elite REX Program event in conjunction with F- Lauren Raimondo | CAN / their Active Start Soccer Fest. Women’s Regional EXCEL The Chevrolet Skills Program Canada will continue the Centre Ontario is designed as a fun and preparation towards this F- Teni Akindoju CAN / developmental experience summer’s FIFA Women’s Halifax Dunbrack SC for youth soccer players World Cup Canada 2015™ (Women’s Regional EXCEL whereby they can improve with a Women’s Centre Nova Scotia) their skills through a series International Friendly match of station work activities. Be on 9 April 2015 (21.00 local 2015 Canada Soccer sure to opt-in to the kick off) in Bondoufle, Ombrelle Active Start Soccer Chevrolet Skills Program via France. Fests Applications Open the Active Start Soccer Fest application form to deliver a After a successful BaoAn Cup fun and memorable in Shenzhen, China, this experience for all January and a regular participants. participation in the Women’s Cyprus Cup tournament (2- To learn more about the 12 March 2015), Canada’s Chevrolet Skills Program Women’s National Team will Applications are now being click here make the trip across the accepted for Canada’s Atlantic Ocean to face largest national grassroots In addition to the Chevrolet France, currently ranked 3rd soccer program, Ombrelle Skills Program, Canada in the world and Canada’s Active Start Soccer Fests. Set Soccer in collaboration with 2012 Olympic bronze medal to embark on its 18th its corporate partners will be match worthy opponent. season, the longstanding announcing further Canada WNT had also played grant based program has developments to the France to a 1:1 draw in 2013 contributed valuable program later in the year. Be in Nice. financial, promotional and sure to visit technical resources year canadasoccer.com for Les Bleues will have to prove after year to the hosting of regular updates. themselves against three thousands of community highly ambitious nations in soccer celebrations. To learn more about Canada Group F England, Mexico and Soccer’s Ombrelle Active Colombia at the FIFA With the program quickly Start Soccer Fests program Women’s World Cup Canada reaching capacity over the visit the official website. 2015™. Canada meanwhile past few seasons, resulting will see action in Group A. in over 100,000 Active Start Soccer Fest participants each Canada is one of 24 finalists year, be sure to submit your for this summer's FIFA application early via the Women's World Cup Canada online form. 2015™, which will be played from coast to coast across Canada from 6 June to 5 July. finely headed cross from the Good showing by Canada As hosts, Canada will kick off left and then got a winner MNT despite score line the tournament on 6 June in with a sizzling world class Edmonton, AB. strike to give Canada an unfortunate defeat. Despite the loss, Canada M20 put in a good Honduras was opportunistic performance against and scored the few chances Honduras they created while Canada was left to rue a few missed Canada’s Men’s National chances of their own that Team offered a good proved to be the difference. performance to the couple hundred fans that came to But for the most part, it was a the University of Central Canadian performance that Florida sports complex on likely would have netted Monday, despite the 1:1 final With their fate already some points in the games result against Iceland. sealed, Canada’s Men’s U-20 where they dropped points team wanted to finish the earlier in the tournament but After having been punished 2015 CONCACAF U-20 on this day, it wasn’t enough. in Friday’s match with what Championship with a Head Coach Benito Floro performance they knew they These youth tournaments called an “unfair” final score were capable of and the first provide valuable learning of 1:2, Canada stumbling on 45 minutes they gave exactly experiences that will two occasions costing them that kind of performance. hopefully shape players that an otherwise balanced will thrive at the senior level match, the squad came back Playing against Honduras, and so this group will take more organized and Canada got two deserved their lumps that came in this determined to pressure for goals and only conceded tournament but there’s no Monday’s face-off. largely thanks to a fortuitous denying that this is a bounce off the crossbar that talented group that will be Limiting errors in their zone, benefited their Central raring to turn some heads in the Canadians established American rivals. the future. the pace most of the match, attacking regularly and “That was the Canada we’ve “That was a more Canadian maintaining possession for been all three years we’ve performance and more of long stretches of time. been together in the first what I know about these half,” said midfielder Marco boys,” said Head Coach Rob “Last Friday we played well Bustos, who opened the Gale. “I couldn’t fault the but the score was unfair,” scoring in 19th minute. effort and the work rate said Floro. “Today we played “We’re just going through a tonight. I just don’t think we with a good intensity, tough stage right now and took our chances, which has speaking about the pressing, it’s hard to put into words been a problem for us in the everywhere on the pitch, but but that 45 minutes was past and Honduras was the opponent played as well clear glimpse of what we clinical tonight.” as we did. We are happy with are.” our players because we consider that in both Even in the second half, matches we offered more Honduras couldn’t muster combined attack even if much in the way of chances Iceland is a good tactical and but tied the score at 2:2 off a physical team.” veteran.