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Canadian_Supporter
17 Dec 2005, 05:05 AM
Another good opportunity for Mitchell to get a look at potential players. At least 9 of the players were involved in the Mancester camp who are on this current roster. Canada will also participate in the Chivas Cup from Jan 7-14 and will meet on Jan 2nd.

For the women, this is an essential training camp as their WCQ begins next month.

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Friday, December 16, 2005
U20 Teams Name Training Camp Squads


Dale Mitchell and Ian Bridge
Ottawa, Ontario – Both of Canada’s U20 National Teams have named their respective rosters for upcoming training camps in late 2005. However, both head coaches are certainly looking to achieve different things when their squads convene next week.

Dale Mitchell, Canada’s Men’s U20 Head Coach, has announced a squad of 16 players that will meet for a brief training stint in Vaughan, ON from December 18-23, 2005. The team will play two scrimmages during that period – December 21 against Seneca College and on December 23 against the University of Toronto. Both matches will be played at the Soccer Centre in Vaughan.

Mitchell has targeted this camp to have a specific look at players available in Eastern Canada.

'Any time we can get our players together and work with them we want to take advantage of that, and get as much out of it as possible,” said Mitchell. “This camp in Toronto will allow us to continue to work with some of the players from our last trip to England and assess some new boys from Eastern Canada.”

Mitchell also added that “preparations for 2007 will continue in early January 2006 with our participation in the Chivas Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico.'

The Chivas Cup will take place from January 7-14, 2006 with the Canadians setting up camp from January 2nd. The draw and fixture list for the tournament has not been completed.

Unlike Mitchell, Canada’s U20 Women’s Head Coach, Ian Bridge, has more pressing concerns.

Bridge will assemble his team in Ft. Lauderdale, FL from December 28 to January 8, 2006 and is preparing for the U20 Women’s CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament that is scheduled to take place ten days after his training camp ends. Therefore, it is expected that Bridge will not only have to make some final decisions regarding his squad during the training camp in Ft. Lauderdale, but will have to make sure that this group is prepared for what they will face in Mexico shortly afterward.

'This is of course a very important preparation camp for the team just before CONCACAF qualifying - less than two weeks after this camp finishes,” said Bridge. “With those time lines, I don’t see many changes - if at all - between this squad and the squad that will go to Mexico and try to win the first ever CONCACAF U20 Women’s Championship.”

A quick glance at Bridge’s team gives a clear illustration of the experience and depth available - a point that is certainly not lost on the 46 year-old.

“Team play, formations, patterns and details will be a big focus for us in Florida. What will certainly help is the fact that we have 11 players at this camp who were on the U19 team that qualified for Thailand in 2004, so I think we have players who know how to compete and how to win.”

Bridge was also quick to point out that the steady flow of young, talented Canadian women that we have grown accustomed to seeing, has not dried-up.

“But as with earlier teams, we also have some exciting young talents mixed-in amongst the group that are learning fast and are pushing the 'veterans' - if you can call 19 year-olds veterans.'

CONCACAF has recently released the fixtures for the upcoming U20 Women’s Qualifying Tournament.

The eight-team tournament, which will qualify three CONCACAF nations to the 2006 FIFA Women’s U-20 World Championship in Russia from August 16 – September 2, will be played at the Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal and Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes in the cities of Córdoba and Veracruz, respectively.

Canada, the defending CONCACAF champion, has been grouped with tournament host, Mexico, along with Panama and Trinidad & Tobago in Group A. Meanwhile, Group B has El Salvador, alongside the USA, Jamaica, and Surinam.

The Group A matches will take place at the Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes, while the Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal will stage the first round Group B fixtures.

The winners and runners-up of each group will earn a place in the event’s semifinals at Veracruz’s Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes on January 25, with the winners of the semifinal games earning a place as CONCACAF representatives in FIFA’s U-20 Women’s World Championship.

CONCACAF’s third spot in the FIFA event will be determined by a third-place play-off game between the two losing semifinalists at the Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes on January 27, before the two finalists meet for the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 crown later in the day.

Roster – Canada U20 Men’s National Team

# Pos. Name Club DOB Hometown Prov
1 GK CATLEY, Adam Hartwick College (USA) 19-Dec-87 Burlington ON
2 D OLIVEIRA, Kyle National Training Centre - Ontario 4-Mar-88 Oakville ON
3 D LUMLEY, Stephen National Training Centre - Ontario 16-Apr-87 Mississauga ON
4 D ATTAKORA-GYAN, Nana National Training Centre - Ontario 27-Mar-89 Orangeville ON
5 D GALA, Gabriel National Training Centre - Ontario 29-Jun-89 Brampton ON
6 M GRAY, A.J. National Training Centre - Ontario 12-Apr-87 Brampton ON
7 D OWUSU-ANSAH, Kennedy National Training Centre - Ontario 20-Jul-89 Toronto ON
8 D/M AWUAKYE, Joseph National Training Centre - Ontario 21-Jan-88 Scarborough ON
9 F LAMMIE, Selvin (Shane) National Training Centre - Ontario 3-Aug-88 Toronto ON
10 F JOHNSON, Will Chicago Fire (USA) 21-Jan-87 Woodridge IL
11 F REVIVO, Daniel Winthrop University 23-Mar-87 Richmond Hill ON
12 D JONKE, John University of Louisville 20-Jan-87 Pickering ON
13 M BALDE, Ibrahim National Training Centre - Quebec 24-Dec-87 Montreal QC
14 M BABINEAU, Olivier University of Montreal 12-Jul-87 Dieppe NB
15 M GAUDET, Derek National Training Centre - Atlantic 14-May-89 Bayside NS
20 GK BUXTON, Kyle National Training Centre - Ontario 20-Jan-90 Stratford ON

Staff
MITCHELL, Dale - Head Coach
DASOVIC, Nick - Assistant Coach
MULDOON, Kevin - Equipment Manager/GK Coach
BATE, Richard - Technical Director
NUTT, Dave - National Teams Administrator



Matches
December 21, 2005 @ 11:00 Local Time vs. Seneca College
The Soccer Centre – Vaughan, ON

December 23, 2006 @ 10:00 Local Time vs. University of Toronto
The Soccer Centre – Vaughan, ON

Roster – Canada U20 Women’s National Team

Player Pos. DOB Caps* G/S* Club Hometown
Adams, Paige F 02/06/90 0 0 Coquitlam City Port Coquitlam, BC
Alexander, Molly M 01/11/86 0 0 Washington State University Vancouver, BC
Beckles, Vonya D/M 04/10/89 0 0 Albert Campbell Collegiate Scarborough, ON
Cicchini, Amanda M 02/28/87 13 1 Toronto Lady Lynx/West Virginia Univ. Oakville, ON
Collison, Lisa F 10/02/86 8 1 Ohio State Niagara Falls, On
Hingwing, Eden D 06/11/88 0 0 NTC-BC Burnaby, BC
Iacchelli, Selenia M 06/05/86 15 2 University of Nebraska Edmonton, AB
Jamani, Aysha F 06/28/87 14 11 University of Nebraska Calgary, AB
Kyle, Kaylen M 10/10/88 0 0 NTC-P Saskatoon, SK
Labbe, Stephanie GK 10/10/86 4 0 University of Connecticut Stoney Plain, AB
Maranda, Véronique M 08/18/86 14 4 U. of Tennessee Saint-Lambert, QC
McNulty, Erin GK 06/03/89 0 0 NTC-P Winnipeg, MB
Radchuck, Katie D 02/27/86 16 0 University of Connecticut Halifax, NS
Robinson, Jodi-Ann F 04/17/89 12 3 NTC-BC/Semiahmoo Spirit Richmond, BC
Rushton, Robin D 01/02/87 0 0 Toronto Lady Lynx/West Virginia U. Toronto, ON
Schmidt, Sophie M 06/28/88 5 0 Vancouver Whitecaps / Surrey United Abbotsford, BC
Scott, Desiree F 07/31/87 0 0 University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB
Sleiman, Rhreanne F 09/26/89 0 0 NTC-BC North Vancouver, BC
Vanderpool, Caroline M 07/15/86 2 0 Louisiana State Montreal, QC
Zurrer, Emily F/D 07/12/87 11 3 U. of Illinois / Vancouver Whitecaps Crofton, BC
*Caps, Goals, and Shutouts listed above are for U19 matches only. U20 International Matches have not taken place yet

Staff
Ian Bridge - Head coach
Bob Birarda - Assistant coach
Shel Brodsgaard - GK Coach
Kristin Houghton - Doctor
Cassandra Zinkowski - Athletic Therapist
Anne Pellerud - Manager
Even Pellerud - Director of women’s program

USvsIRELAND
17 Dec 2005, 03:32 PM
Alot of 89 boys!

torontosports
24 Dec 2005, 03:15 PM
I went and caught both of the games vs Seneca College and UofT. I was impressed yet again by Will Johnson and there will be a series of interviews in the new year of many of the boys in Inside Soccer. Two kids to keep an eye out for are AJ Gray and Gabriel Gala, another 2 solid products of Brampton to go along with the Hume, Stalteri and Atiba fold

CanuckFan
24 Dec 2005, 03:55 PM
Inside Soccer? Are you sure about that?

Canadian_Supporter
25 Dec 2005, 09:52 AM
Thanks for the report. I've only seen Gala play once but I was impressed with his skill.

Yes, I'm a little confused about Inside Soccer? Perhaps you mean Play Soccer or whatever the new magazine is called?

What was the score of the game vs University of Toronto?

Canadian_Supporter
31 Dec 2005, 06:32 PM
The women will have three games (or so) during their training game - two against boys team and one against a girls team.

I think the first game was played today.

USvsIRELAND
01 Jan 2006, 06:20 PM
I went and caught both of the games vs Seneca College and UofT. I was impressed yet again by Will Johnson and there will be a series of interviews in the new year of many of the boys in Inside Soccer. Two kids to keep an eye out for are AJ Gray and Gabriel Gala, another 2 solid products of Brampton to go along with the Hume, Stalteri and Atiba fold

Gala is only an 89!

Good times.

jpg75
04 Jan 2006, 02:52 PM
Here's a roster update and preview of the Chivas Cup:

http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=2366

Men's Youth (U-20) Team
Monday, January 02, 2006
Mitchell’s U20s Depart for Chivas Cup


Canada’s Will Johnson
Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s U20 Men’s National team departed today for Guadalajara, Mexico where they will compete in the prestigious 2006 Chivas Cup.

Canada has been grouped with Italian giants Inter Milan and four Mexican clubs – Chivas, Tigres, San Luis, and Morelia. A match schedule has yet to be released but what is known is that the young Canadians will have to play five games in as many days (January 7-11).

The group winners (4 groups of 6 teams) will advance to the semi-final (January 13) with the tournament finale the following day.

While Canada’s line-up is littered with familiar names that have featured for the Canucks before, a handful of players will be seeing their first competitive games for Mitchell’s youth team.

The most familiar name is perhaps BC-native Keegan Ayre. The experienced Ayre made a well publicized move to Scottish club Hibernian (Hibs) in the fall of 2005 and will hope to impress Mitchell and his staff enough to establish himself as a regular in Canada’s line-up.

Striker Daniel Revivo and defender Alex Ruhe-Lischke have also been added to Canada’s roster.

Revivo, who is attending Winthrop University in South Carolina, impressed the Canadian staff during the brief camp in Toronto and has been rewarded with another opportunity. The call-up for Ruhe-Lischke is the first for the University of Albany freshman defender.

FIFA World Youth Championship - Canada 2007

In 2007, Canada will host the World’s finest youth players.

The biennial event is second only to the FIFA World Cup™ in size and scope and will showcase the most talented under-20 soccer players in the world. The tournament has been the coming-out party for some of the game’s top players - Maradona, Saviola, Raúl, Marco Van Basten, Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Thierry Henry, Adriano, Roberto Carlos, Bebeto and Dunga as well as Canada’s Craig Forrest and many members of the current Men’s World Cup Team including Julian de Guzman, Paul Stalteri, Atiba Hutchinson and Iain Hume.

Last held in CONCACAF in 1983 in Mexico, Canada’s most recent participation in this event occurred last June in the Netherlands from June 10 - July 2, 2005.

Canada enjoyed it’s its best ever finish in a World Championship in December 2003, losing to eventual silver medalist Spain on a golden goal in the quarter finals in the United Arab Emirates.

The Canadian Championship will take place in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria with the tentative dates for the tournament set for July 1-22, 2007.

Roster – Canada U20 Men’s National Team

Pos - Complete Name – Club
GK - BEGOVIC, Asmir - La Louvière (Belgium)
D - ATTAKORA-GYAN, Nana - NTC - Ontario
D - OWUSU-ANSAH, Kennedy - NTC - Ontario
D - GALA, Gabriel - NTC - Ontario
D - LUMLEY, Stephen - NTC - Ontario
M/F - D’AGOSTINO, Mike - University of Kentucky
M - McLEOD, Kerr - Fairfield University
M - NUNEZ, Cristian - NTC - Quebec
F - LAMMIE, Selvin (Shane) - NTC - Ontario
F - JOHNSON, Will - Chicago Fire
M - MAYARD, Pierre-Rudolph - NTC - Quebec
D - OLIVEIRA, Kyle - NTC - Ontario
F - REVIVO, Daniel - Winthrop University
F - ELLIOT, Alex - University of Portland
M - AYRE, Keegan - Hibernian FC
D - JONKE, John - University of Louisville
D - RUHE-LISCHKE, Alex - University of Albany
M - CONTRERAS, Hector - NTC - Quebec
M - GRAY, A.J. - NTC - Ontario
GK - MONSALVE, David - NTC - Ontario

Staff
MITCHELL, Dale - Head Coach
DASOVIC, Nick - Assistant Coach
MULDOON, Kevin - Equipment Manager/GK Coach
BATE, Richard - Technical Director
MOORE, Colin - Athletic Therapist
NUTT, Dave - National Teams Administrator

COMPETING TEAMS

Group I
Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas)
Inter Milan
UANL (Tigres)
Canada
Club Atlético Morelia
Club San Luis

Group II
Boca Juniors
Tahuichi
Atlético Paranaense
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Futbol Club Atlas
Club de Futbol Monterrey

Group III
Pumas
U. Católica de Chile
UAG (Tecos)
Club Santos Laguna
Atlético Mineiro
Deportivo Saprissa

Group IV
Arsenal
Once Caldas
Deportivo Necaxa
Dorados
Paraguay
Club América

sinclairFan
24 Jan 2006, 04:44 PM
The canadian u20 women team has moved on to the Semi Finals after placing first in group A, where they will face Jamaica
beating T&T 7-1
Panama 6-0
and Mexico 3-2( playing with 10 women more then half the match)

The other semi final is Mexico vs USA