mtlfan Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Live reports will be available at www.gobigred.ca starting at 6:30pm Match is sold out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polish_LYNX_Fan Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 when is this match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polish_LYNX_Fan Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 is this an international friendly is it under 20 or senor team I never heard about this ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 U19 Women's team, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Updates will be posted here on the Go Big Red!! forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Halftime Score: Canada 2 - Germany 0 Scoring Summary: (unofficial) 7' - Jamani 19' - Iacchelli (Bélenger) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Full Time: Canada 3 - Germany 0 Scoring Summary: (unofficial) 7' - Jamani 19' - Iacchelli (Bélenger) 80' - Jamani (Maranda) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Our women done it again. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bxl Boy Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 20 first strong minutes of Canada Germany (that arrived yesterday, rested well according to their delegation chief, even if there were two false fire alarms in the hotel) was nowhere The match was already done and the midfield wasn't creative anymore Strong game of the two scorers, I also loved Thorlakson The whole defense also played well Withééé Kara Lang as central defender (!) (she intercepted a lot of ball, very efficient) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlfan Posted May 12, 2004 Author Share Posted May 12, 2004 Montreal journalist gets the real story out. http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=350158b4-ba25-4b7e-8444-453bee335ee9 SPORTS Sports | canada.com Sports & Scores Chasing Olympic dreams From the age of 5, Veronique Maranda has yearned to represent her country in soccer at the top level. Now 17, she is closing in on her ultimate goal Randy Phillips The Gazette May 12, 2004 Canada's Veronique Maranda celebrates teammate Aysha Jamani's first goal of the game against Germany last night. CREDIT: JOHN MAHONEY, GAZETTE Veronique Maranda started playing soccer at age 5 and knew exactly where she wanted the sport to take her. "The Olympics," Maranda said. "I remember having watched soccer at the Olympics and telling my mother over and over again when I was very young that that was what I wanted to do. "By the time I was 14, people started telling me I might be able to get to the Olympics if I kept working hard. That's when I decided I was going to do whatever I could to get there." Maranda, a 17-year-old native of St. Lambert, is on track to realize her childhood dream as a member of the Canadian women's Under-19 and World Cup teams. While her next opportunity to compete in the Olympic Games won't be until 2008, her immediate focus is the CONCACAF U-19 qualifying tournament that begins this month in Montreal and Ottawa. Two finalists from the eight-country tournament from May 28 to June 6 will advance to the FIFA U-19 World Championship in Thailand, Nov. 10-27. Maranda and her U-19 teammates played Germany in an international friendly last night at the Catalogna Soccerplexe in Lachine, the first of a two-game series against a powerful European team to tune up for Canada's first CONCACAF qualifying game against Jamaica at McGill's Molson Stadium on May 28. Maranda and her teammates produced an impressive 3-0 win before an appreciative crowd of 2,105. Aysha Jamani scored twice for Canada, her first in the 10th minute of the game, after eluding a German defender before hammering a low shot by goalkeeper Cordula Busack. The speedy forward notched her second in the 81st minute, 19 minutes after she briefly left the field after being crushed by German captain Susanne Kasperczyk. Midfielder Selenia Iachelli gave Canada a 2-0 lead in the 19th minute, shortly after ringing a shot off the goalpost. Though billed as one of the powerhouse Under-19 teams in Europe, the Germans, save for a chance in the 43rd minute when a shot defected off the crossbar, never really threatened offensively. Stacey VanBoxmeer got the shutout as Canada outshot the Germans 6-1. Canada plays Germany again tomorrow night in Ottawa. For Maranda, a midfielder who emerged from the FC Select Rive-Sud to reach the elite level of women's soccer, last night's game marked almost a year since she made her international debut with Canada's World Cup senior team in a 4-0 win over England at the same venue. "I came off the bench and played 20 minutes," Maranda said. "I ran and ran and ran. Then it was over. It went so fast. "Now here I am almost a year later, trying to help us get to the world championship. I can't believe how things have happened so quickly for me," she said. "The past year has been so crazy, but I've learned so much." Maranda is one of four players from the World Cup team who comprise an essential nucleus of experience and leadership that head coach Ian Bridge will rely on for success in the qualifying tournament. The others are Jamani of Calgary, Brittany Timko of Coquitlam, B.C., and Kara Lang of Oakville, Ont. "If they've played on the World Cup team, you'd think they'd be the best players," Bridge said. "But they also have other qualities such as experience and leadership from having played with the senior team. So yeah, they're the backbone of the team, but you need seven other players on the field to help with the work." Maranda, also a member of Canada's 2003 Pam Am Games team, has played 11 international matches dating to her debut with the World Cup squad. She scored her first and only goal so far in a 2-1 loss to China in this year's Four Nations tournament. rphillips@thegazette.canwest.com © The Gazette (Montreal) 2004 Although some people stayed on their couches at home the smart ones were in Lachine to watch Jamani and gang take care of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Found out the Germans stepped off a plane late monday night. Less than 14 hours later they played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlfan Posted May 13, 2004 Author Share Posted May 13, 2004 quote:Originally posted by G-Man Found out the Germans stepped off a plane late monday night. Less than 14 hours later they played. Your information is not entirely correct here are the facts as I was on site: The German team arrived on Monday in Montreal with enough time to check into their hotel and then procede for a 4:00pm training session in Lachine. They had the time to become familiar with the facilities more than 24 hours befor match time. This is not to say they also had the time adjustment (6 hours) Naturally Canada had an advantage and coach bridge's game plan worked perfectly. The German has a skilled team but cannot compete with the speed that Canada has. The Germans did not use their best striker Anja Mitag. Tonight's match should offer a better prepared German team but now that Bridge has seen the Germans he may have some tatics he did not employ on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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