2005 Francophone Games - Niamey, Niger - Dec 5 to 17th [R]

[Canadian_Supporter]

The 2005 Francophone Games will be an U20 competition. In 2001 (at Ottawa) they were for U23 teams.

Canada will arrive in Morocco for training on November 26th. The quality of soccer is decent... at least in 2001. The French team in 2001 had a number of professionals - many of whom are playing in the first division this year. Although, Bulgaria sent scrubs from the lower divisions.

Should be an interesting tournament. Canada won the gold medal in 1989 (Morocco) and 1997 in Madagascar. I remember watching highlights of Canada playing during the 1997 competition.

Full schedule

groupe A :
France, Mali, Burkina Faso, Haïti,
groupe B :
Maroc, Sénégal, R.D. Congo, Lituanie
groupe C :
Cameroun, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Canada,

Les rencontres se dérouleront sur les terrains suivants :
Terrain 1 : stade Seyni Kountché, terrain d’honneur
Terrain 2 : stade Seyni Kountché, terrain annexe
Terrain 3 : stade municipal

Lundi 5 décembre:
Burkina Faso - Mali : 11h00, terrain 2
R.D. Congo - Sénégal : 11h00, terrain 3
France - Haïti : 14h00, terrain 2
Maroc - Lituanie : 14h00, terrain 3

Mardi 6 décembre:
Niger - Côte d’Ivoire : 11h00, terrain 3
Cameroun - Canada : 14h00, terrain 3

Mercredi 7 décembre:<BR< 3
France - Mali : 14h00, terrain 3

Jeudi 8 décembre:
R.D. Congo - Lituanie : 11h00, terrain 2
Niger - Canada : 11h00, terrain 3
Maroc - Sénégal : 14h00, terrain 2
Cameroun - Côte d’Ivoire : 14h00, terrain 3

Vendredi 9 décembre :
France - Burkina Faso : 14h00, terrain 1
Mali - Haïti : 14h00, terrain 3

Samedi 10 décembre:
Maroc - R.D. Congo : 11h00, terrain 1
Sénégal - Lituanie : 11h00, terrain 3
Cameroun - Niger : 14h00, terrain 1
Côte d’Ivoire - Canada 14h00, terrain 3

[Saviola7]

Good prep for our 2007 WYC team then ....

[Canadian_Supporter]

Official roster from the CSA

# Pos. Player Club DOB Hometown Prov
1 GK MONSALVE, David National Training Centre - Ontario 21-Dec-88 Brampton ON
3 M/D TURNBULL, Masumi University of Kentucky (USA) 30-Mar-87 Richmond BC
4 M/D BRALETIC, Alex York University 20-Mar-87 Thornhill ON
6 M BEAULIEU-BOURGAULT, Jonathan FC St. Pauli (Germany) 27-Sep-88 Ile Bizard QC
7 M/F D’AGOSTINO, Mike University of Kentucky (USA) 01-Jul-87 Langley BC
8 M NUNEZ, Cristian National Training Centre - Quebec 07-Jul-88 Montreal QC
9 F ELLIOT, Alex University of Portland (USA) 24-Apr-87 Vancouver BC
10 F OPPONG, Dominic University of Cincinnati (USA) 21-Jan-86 Scarborough ON
11 M MAYARD, Pierre-Rudolph National Training Centre - Quebec 21-Feb-88 Laval QC
12 M CONTRERAS, Hector National Training Centre - Quebec 24-Jun-87 Montreal QC
13 F DI IOIA, Massimo National Training Centre - Quebec 18-Jun-87 St-Leonard QC
14 M McLEOD, Kerr Fairfield University (USA) 27-Jul-87 Saskatoon SK
15 D SUTER, Nicolas Fairleigh Dickinson University (USA) 14-Feb-86 Brossard QC
16 M/D SÉGUIN-GAUTHIER, Gabriel University of Albany (USA) 19-Aug-86 Chateauguay QC
17 D LORETH, Joey Oregon State University (USA) 19-Jan-87 Victoria BC
19 D BARTKUS, Kyle University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 26-Jan-87 Edmonton AB
20 GK CATLEY, Adam Hartwick College (USA) 19-Dec-87 Burlington ON
Staff
DOLISCAT, Rudy - Head Coach
TOBO, Patrick - Assistant Coach
LAARABI, Djamel - Equipment Manager
PURCELL, Laura - Team Doctor
DROUIN, Hugo - Team Therapist
LIU, Hu (Tiger) - Official

Interesting to note that Tobo is the assistant. He is a former Cameroon international. I thought this was an U20 tournament, but according to the CSA release it is an U19 tournament.

http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=2349

[jpg75]

i assume the strong presence of NCAA players is due to the season having just finished/finishing...

[Canadian_Supporter]

Yes, and the fact that most our players on 'pro' clubs wouldn't have been released for this tournament.

[USvsIRELAND]

Yes, and the fact that most our players on 'pro' clubs wouldn't have been released for this tournament.

I wonder why Will Johnson wasn't included? He's off-season because of MLS's schedule, and he's a pretty good 87 that I guess will be one of your starting forwards in WYC 2007 Qualifying.

[hobbes]

I wonder why Will Johnson wasn't included? He's off-season because of MLS's schedule, and he's a pretty good 87 that I guess will be one of your starting forwards in WYC 2007 Qualifying.

I think you're right and that he'll start in 07, but he made it to the UK tour, while D'Agostino (who played in the 05 qualifying but didn't make the final roster) and Elliott did not and I think both are near the top of the list for the bench spots up front (behind Lombardo another 05 vet). Di Ioia's definitely in that mix too (as are a couple of forwards who were in England for the tour). I think it's just a matter of seeing more players and given the fact Johnson's a near lock for the 07 team and just got his first senior cap, the Francophone Games is down the priority list a bit.

cheers,
hobbes

[jpg75]

I wonder why Will Johnson wasn't included? He's off-season because of MLS's schedule, and he's a pretty good 87 that I guess will be one of your starting forwards in WYC 2007 Qualifying.

He may also be in Europe training with a foreign club team as many MLS players do in the off season...

FYI - Canada, as host will not be taking part in Qualifying :)

[Canadian_Supporter]

He very well could be training with a club in England.

[Zezinho]

FYI - Canada, as host will not be taking part in Qualifying :)

:D thank goodness for that.

[Canadian_Supporter]

Canada lost their opening game to a strong Cameroon side 5-0. Cameroon called in 6-pro players but I don't know how many showed up. I know one of the players who is with Anderlecht is playing.

Anyway, if Canada beats Niger tomorrow they will probably make it to the next round as Lithuania and Congo didn't show up for the tournament. This means two third place teams make it to the next round (I think).

[Canadian_Supporter]

The Canadian U19's lost 6-1 to the hosts Niger and 2-0 to Ivory Coast to round out their Francophone competition.

[USvsIRELAND]

The Canadian U19's lost 6-1 to the hosts Niger and 2-0 to Ivory Coast to round out their Francophone competition.

Well.........*notices a bird by the window and walks away*

[jpg75]

The Canadian U19's lost 6-1 to the hosts Niger and 2-0 to Ivory Coast to round out their Francophone competition.

Sounds like Cameroon and the hosts Niger took this competition alot more seriously then the CSA did...Can we really be that surprised that a predominantly U18 team of college players got their butts handed to them?

[Daniel from Montréal]

...in 38°C/100°F weather...

[Canadian_Supporter]

Canada lost today to Haiti 4-3 in a post-Francophone friendly game. They will play DR Congo in a few days in another friendly.

[jpg75]

...in 38°C/100°F weather...

It's not the heat, it's the humidity ;)

[jpg75]

Canada lost today to Haiti 4-3 in a post-Francophone friendly game. They will play DR Congo in a few days in another friendly.

That's just embarrassing :o

[mrdeeds]

I think the French-Canadian hockey players might have done better! :eek:

[Canadian_Supporter]

Yes, they struggled, but I except our 2007 U20 team to look vastly different from this one. I suspect that there might be a handful of players who would make it on to the final U20 team.

At least we now know which players who might not be up to the international level at this point in their careers.