Canada men's national youth soccer teams
Encyclopedia
Canada's men's national soccer teams compete at various age levels, including under-23 (or Olympic
Football at the Summer Olympics
Association football, usually known simply as football or soccer, has been included in every Olympiad except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport. Women's football was added to the official programme in 1996.-Early history:...

), under-20
Canada U-20 men's national soccer team
Canada U-20 men's national soccer team, also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s, is the youth club for national soccer in Canada. It plays a large role in the development of Canadian soccer, and is considered to be the feeder team for the Canada men's national soccer team...

, and under-17. Many of Canada
Canada men's national soccer team
The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...

's current internationals have played at one or more of these age levels early in their career, often working with the same coaches and teammates throughout their progression into the senior squad
Canada men's national soccer team
The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...

.

U-20 Team

Canada's under-20
Canada U-20 men's national soccer team
Canada U-20 men's national soccer team, also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s, is the youth club for national soccer in Canada. It plays a large role in the development of Canadian soccer, and is considered to be the feeder team for the Canada men's national soccer team...

 compete at the FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...

 level, a tournament that Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 hosted in 2007, going scoreless and winless in first-round play. In 2001, Canada hosted a group in the CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 qualifying cycle for the tournament in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 later that year, winning their group at Swangard Stadium
Swangard Stadium
Swangard Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Central Park in Burnaby, British Columbia. Primarily used for soccer, football, and athletics, the stadium is home to the Simon Fraser Clan football team. The stadium was home to the Vancouver Whitecaps of the NASL...

 in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

.

U-23 Team

Unlike UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 member associations that use under-21 regional competitions as Olympic
Football at the Summer Olympics
Association football, usually known simply as football or soccer, has been included in every Olympiad except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport. Women's football was added to the official programme in 1996.-Early history:...

 qualifying, as a member of CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

, Canada's under-23 team competes in regional qualifying in the same year as the summer Olympics and its call-ups are traditionally only limited to players under 23 years of age.

Canada won the football competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...

 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, represented by Galt Football Club in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

. The club side from modern-day Cambridge
Cambridge, Ontario
Cambridge is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair.Galt covers the largest portion of...

 area defeated two American colleges to claim the gold medal several years before football at the Olympics was organized into competition between national sides and decades before age restrictions were put into place. The International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

 recognizes the 1900
1900 Summer Olympics
The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1900 in Paris, France. No opening or closing ceremonies were held; competitions began on May 14 and ended on October 28. The Games were held as part of...

, 1904
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...

 and 1906
1906 Summer Olympics
The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games in Athens" by the International Olympic Committee...

 editions of the tournament as official international results while FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

 does not. Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

, where the standing record for attendance at a soccer match in the country was set.

2008 qualifying

Known for his vocal antics on the touchline, Nick Dasovic
Nick Dasovic
Nick Robert Dasovic is a retired professional Canadian soccer player of Croatian descent. He was most at Toronto FC, acting as interim head coach until January 2011 and North American head scout until May 2011....

 led Canada through Olympic qualifying
2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
The 2008 CONCACAF Men Pre-Olympic Tournament was an association football tournament that took place in three venues in the United States from March 11 to March 23, 2008....

 in 2008, drawing Mexico
Mexico national football team
The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...

 1-1 and helping to eliminate the heavily favoured Mexican side in the process. After a highly promising 5-0 win over Guatemala
Guatemala national football team
The Guatemala national football team is the association football team representing the country of Guatemala and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it affiliated to FIFA in 1946, and it is a member of CONCACAF....

 on a night when Mexico
Mexico national football team
The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...

 had to better that result against Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

 but could only win 5-1, Canada fell to the United States
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...

 3-0 in the semifinal, losing out on a spot in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

 at the Olympics that summer. Canada recovered to defeat Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

 in the third-place playoff, a rematch of their first round game, winning on penalties (5-3) after a scoreless draw through 120 minutes.

Current U-23 National Team Members

The following players were called up to the Canada U23 Men's National Team camp January 13-22, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Head coach:  Canada Tony Fonseca

Recent call-ups

Call-ups to the U23 Men's National Team in the last 12 months updated to November 12, 2010. .

Goalkeepers
Player Date of birth Club Caps (clean sheets)
Adam Street 07/07/1991 Unattached 0 (0)
Julien Latendresse Lévesque 27/2/1991  Germany Energie Cottbus
Energie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus is a German association football club based in Cottbus, Lusatia . It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was, at the time, East Germany...

0 (0)


Defenders
Player Date of birth Club Caps (goals)
Julien Edwards 30/07/1988  United States Drake Bulldogs
Drake Bulldogs men's soccer
The Drake Bulldogs men's soccer team represent Drake University in the Missouri Valley Conference of NCAA Division I soccer. The team plays its home matches at Cownie Sports Complex on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa and is currently coached by Swiss-Canadian Sean Holmes.-History:The Drake...

0 (0)
Taylor Lord 30/5/1990  Canada Portugal FC
Portugal FC
SC Toronto is a Canadian soccer team, founded in 2001. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the third tier of the Canadian soccer pyramid and the largest domestic professional soccer league in Canada...

0 (0)
Konner McNamara 19/9/1990  United States Albany Great Danes
Albany Great Danes
The Albany Great Danes are the intercollegiate athletic programs of the University at Albany, SUNY. The University's intercollegiate athletics date back to the late 1890s, but its development was hampered for several decades by inadequate facilities, uncertain financial support, and the relatively...

0 (0)
Alex Surprenant
Alex Surprenant
Alex Surprenant is a Canadian soccer player.-Youth:Surprenant began playing soccer with Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis of the LSEQ, where he was named Best Defender, and won a gold medal at the Canadian Club Championships in 2006.-Professional:Surprenant was signed by new expansion franchise...

04/9/1989  Canada FC Edmonton
FC Edmonton
FC Edmonton is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 2010, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

0 (0)
Ashtone Morgan
Ashtone Morgan
Ashtone Morgan is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer, he was the first graduate of TFC Academy to play for the Canadian National Team.-Youth:...

9/2/1991  Canada Toronto FC
Toronto FC
Toronto FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada....

0 (0)


Midfielders
Player Date of birth Club Caps (goals)
Philip Appiah 25/10/1989  England Farnborough F.C. 0 (0)
Augustin De Medina 13/02/1990  Canada Milltown FC 0 (0)
Michael Nonni 10/11/1989  United States UC Santa Barbara 0 (0)
Ethan Gage
Ethan Gage
Ethan Gage is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Reading in the English Football League Championship.-Youth:...

8/5/1991  England Reading F.C.
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

0 (0)
Shaun Saiko
Shaun Saiko
Shaun Saiko is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer League.-Club:...

13/11/1989  Canada FC Edmonton
FC Edmonton
FC Edmonton is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 2010, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

0 (0)
Mozesh Gyorio 1/8/1989  United States FC Tampa Bay 0 (0)
Jarek Whiteman 28/6/1990  Canada Portugal FC
Portugal FC
SC Toronto is a Canadian soccer team, founded in 2001. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the third tier of the Canadian soccer pyramid and the largest domestic professional soccer league in Canada...

0 (0)
Jonathan Parolini  Italy A.S.D. Bojano 0 (0)


Strikers
Player Date of birth Club Caps (goals)
Igor Pisanjuk
Igor Pisanjuk
Igor Pisanjuk is a Canadian footballer currently playing for Kecskeméti TE. He is of Ukrainian-Serbian descent.-Club career:...

24/10/1989  Hungary Kecskeméti TE
Kecskeméti TE
Kecskeméti TE is a club, most famous for its football team. It hails from the city of Kecskemét, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary and is currently competing in the NB I, the top league of Hungarian football...

0 (0)

Current U-17 National Team Members

Head coach:  Canada Sean Fleming

Assistant Coach:  Cameroon Patrick Tobo
Patrick Tobo
Patrick Omer Nyamsi Tobo is a former Cameroon international football defender who played club football in Cameroon and Canada. He works as an assistant for the Canada men's national youth soccer teams.-Club career:...



Assistant Coach:  Canada Rob Gale

Goalkeeper Coach:  Algeria Djamel Laarabi

Canada U17 squad that qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fourteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the eleventh played since the change in age limits from under 16s to Under 17s in 1991. It was held in Mexico with games being played amongst various venues between 18 June and 10 July 2011...

 Mexico at the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
The 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship determined the four CONCACAF representatives to advance to the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Jamaica staged the championships between the 14 and 27 February...

 on February 23 2011 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.


Recent call-ups

Recent call-ups updated to November 3, 2010.
Goalkeepers
Player Date of birth Club Caps (clean sheets)
Xander Huggins 21/6/1994  Canada Toronto FC Academy 3 (1)


Defenders
Player Date of birth Club Caps (goals)
Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith 12/12/1994  Canada Dixie SC 0 (0)
Giordano Marinello 3/4/1994  Canada St-Léonard 0 (0)


Midfielders
Player Date of birth Club Caps (goals)
Ryan James
Ryan James
Ryan James is an American screenwriter, actor and voice over artist.-Film & Commercial Acting:Since 2000, Ryan James has worked primarily from the Czech Republic and Germany....

21/4/1994  Canada Dixie SC 0 (0)
Gregory Turfan 2/7/1994  Canada St-Léonard 0 (0)
Omari Morris 1/4/1994  Canada Portugal FC
Portugal FC
SC Toronto is a Canadian soccer team, founded in 2001. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the third tier of the Canadian soccer pyramid and the largest domestic professional soccer league in Canada...

0 (0)
Alex Halis 4/13/1994  Canada 0 (0)

Strikers
Player Date of birth Club Caps (goals)
Jalen Brome 3/9/1994  Canada Toronto FC Academy 0 (0)
Bryan Matic 12/6/1994  Canada AC Milan Academy 0 (0)

Past U-17 national team members

Home: Regina, SK
Home: Saltspring Island, BC
Home: Oakville, ON
Home: Montreal, QU

Home: Stoney Creek, ON
Home: Montreal, QC
Home: Vancouver, BC
Home: Montreal, QC
Home: Pierrefonds, QC
Home: Minneapolis, MN
Home: Vancouver, BC
Home: Oakville, ON
Home: Edmonton, AB
Home: North Vancouver, BC
Home: Thornhill, ON
Home: Surrey BC

Current U-18 National Team Members

Former U-18 National Team Members

Home: Richmond, BC
Home: Brampton, ON
Home: Vancouver, BC
Home: Burnaby BC
Home: Coquitlam, BC
Home: Montreal, QC
Home: Toronto, QC
Home: Vancouver, BC
Home: Toronto, QC
Home: Edmonton, AB
Home: Chilliwack, BC
Home: Vancouver, BC
Home: Mississauga, ON
Home: Burnaby, BC
Home: Coquitlam BC
Home: Regina, SK
Home: Surrey, BC
Home: Toronto, ON
Home: Surrey, BC
Staff

Head Coach
  • Sean Fleming


Assistant Coach
  • Mike Findlay


Goalkeeper Coach
  • Djamel Laarabi


Athletic Therapist
  • Dwayne Laing
  • Daniel Haggart


Equipment Manager
  • Kevin Muldoon


Team Manager
  • Dave Nutt

Past U-17 and U-16 National Team Members

  • Chris Afonso
  • Johnson Akuoko
  • Salomon Amoako
  • Joseph Awuakye
  • Danny Bachar
  • Karl Bardossy
  • Marko Bedenikovic
    Marko Bedenikovic
    Marko Bedenikovic is an Canadian soccer player currently playing for Portugal FC.-Playing career:He began playing soccer at the college level for the San Francisco Dons in 2001, and 2002, before turning professional in 2003 with Toronto Olympians of the Canadian Professional Soccer League...

  • André Belotte
  • Aaron Benjamin
  • David Benning
  • Paolo Bordignon
  • Lorenzo Borella
  • Cameron Bowman
  • Paul Boyle
  • Harman Braich
  • Shyle Braithwaite
  • Teal Burnbury
  • Richardo Cardenas
  • Ken Campbell
  • Massimo Caprio
  • Anthony Carrabino
  • Sandro Cesario
  • Carmine Ciccarelli
  • Tony Clark
    Tony Clark
    Anthony Christopher Clark, known as Tony , is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current MLB Network studio analyst....

  • Shaun Clarke
  • Dave Clemente
  • Alvin Clyne
  • Chris Craveiro
  • Rob Csabai
  • Rick Curran
  • Jason Dean
  • Trevor Delpippo
  • Josh Delrio
  • Paolo Depietrantonio
  • Giancarlo Di Sano
  • Kris Donev
  • Angelo Donia
  • Sherwin Emmanuel
  • Jamie Englefield
  • Gad Espinoso
  • Chris Fermanis
  • Darrren Fernandes
  • Danny Gallagher
  • Andy García
    Andy García
    Andrés Arturo García Menéndez , professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman...

  • Jaswinder Gill
  • Liam Girard
  • Joaquin Gonzales
  • Paul Grant
    Paul Grant
    Paul Grant was a British bodybuilder. He was born as a twin in Wales in 1943. He left school at 16 and began working with his own bread delivery business whilst training with weights to increase his muscle mass....

  • Sam Grewal
  • Devin Gunenc
  • Oliver Heald
    Oliver Heald
    Oliver Heald is a British barrister and Conservative politician, and the Member of Parliament for North East Hertfordshire.-Background:...

  • Jordan Hughes
    Jordan Hughes
    Jordan Hughes is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Victoria Highlanders in the USL Premier Development League.-College:...

  • Marko Janjicek
  • Josue Jaramillo
  • Ian Jeffrey
    Ian Jeffrey
    Ian Jeffrey is an English writer and art historian. He is the author of a series of illustrated books on the history of photography. In 1988, he authored the supporting essay in the exhibition catalogue of the contemporary art exhibition Freeze...

  • Marcus Johnstone
  • Rory Kennedy
    Rory Kennedy
    Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy is an American documentary filmmaker and producer. She is the youngest of the eleven children of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel .-Early life and education:...

  • Robert Kerek
  • Dennis Kindel
  • Milan Kojic
    Milan Kojic
    Milan Kojić is a Canadian soccer player.- Career :In 1999, Kojić signed for the Toronto Lynx...

  • Antoine Lagarec
  • Adam Lang
  • Adam Lee
  • Allan Lewis
    Allan Lewis
    For the rugby players see Allan Lewis Allan Sydney Lewis is a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder and pinch runner over parts of 6 seasons with the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics. Lewis was a member of the 1972 and 1973 World Series champion Athletics...

  • Steve London
    Steve London
    Steve London is an American television and film actor and attorney, best known for his role as Federal Agent Jack Rossman on the ABC Television series, The Untouchables from 1959–1963, which starred Robert Stack as Eliot Ness.In the series, Rossman was The Untouchables' wire tap specialist.In one...

  • Michael Luk
    Michael Luk
    Michael Chi Ho Luk is a Canadian footballer born in Hong Kong. He is playing for Hong Kong First Division League club Sun Hei as Defender or Midfielder.-Early life:Michael Luk was born on 22 August 1986 in Hong Kong to parents Joe Luk and Susan Choi...

  • Scott Macey
  • Matt Mahoney
    Matt Mahoney
    Matt Mahoney is a programmer and researcher on data compression, who is well known for creation of an open compression standard and API, libZPAQ, which is released into Public domain, for the creation of data compressor, PAQ, which is released in GPLv3, and for creating the Hutter prize, and many...

  • Steve Maio
  • Dalvir Malhi
  • Marinko Maras
  • Alex Marrello
  • Bryan Matic
  • Scott McEachern
  • Kyle McGuffin
  • Kerr McLeod
  • Eddie McMillan
    Eddie McMillan
    Edward Alexander McMillan is a former professional American football player who played in seven National Football League seasons from 1973-1979 for the Los Angeles Rams, the Seattle Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at Florida State University....

  • Simranjit Minhas
  • Kenneth Morrison
  • Bruno Napoleao
  • Danny Nielson
  • James Niermann
  • Dominic Oppong
    Dominic Oppong
    Dominic Oppong is a Ghanaian-born Canadian soccer player, currently playing for FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer League.-College and Amateur:...

  • Rob Orefice
  • Mario Panizzon
  • Vito Paoletto
  • George Papageorgopoulos
  • Dennis Peeman
  • Tom Perks
  • Nevio Pizzolitto
  • Kyle Porter
    Kyle Porter
    Kyle Porter is a Canadian soccer player currently playing for with FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer League.-Youth and amateur:Porter grew up in nearby Mississauga, Ontario, attended St...

  • Andrew Proctor
  • Eric Puig
  • Carmelo Rago
  • Curtis Ridley
  • Derek Rios
  • Gavin Russell
  • Christian Salina
  • Enzo Sallese
  • Spencer Schmidt
  • Gabriel Seguin-Gauthier
  • Pasubio Carlo Seminara
  • Greg Smith
    Greg Smith
    Gregory Smith may refer to:*Greg Smith , Australian Liberal politician; New South Wales Legislative Assembly member for Epping and Attorney-General of New South Wales...

  • Mark Smith
    Mark Smith
    Mark Smith may refer to:*Mark A. Smith, professor of pathology at Case Western Reserve University*Mark S. Smith, American biblical scholar, professor at NYU*Mark Smith , designer of radio-controlled model airplanes...

  • Roberto Sorella
  • Chris Stathopoulos
  • Jim Suriano
  • Mohamed Sylla
  • Agostino Vaglica
  • Markus Valente
  • Kashka Walker
  • Jack Wendt
  • Neil Wilson
  • Kevin Rowe

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK