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Men’s U-17 Team

Monday, March 19, 2007

Canada’s U-17 team training in Mexico

OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Canada’s men’s U-17 team leaves for México City tomorrow for an 11-day training camp through to the end of the month. The team already has two exhibition matches staged for the camp, one against the Méxican U-17 team on 25 March and another against Club America on 28 March. The Canadians are currently preparing for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

'This camp is essential for us as it allows us to build on our last outing,” says head coach Stephen Hart. “Looking at our opposition for the qualification (CONCACAF Group B), the United States and Costa Rica have had residential programs while Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago have had access to their players on a consistent basis. They have the opportunity to develop good team understanding and player relationships. This camp allows us to do the same.'

Hart and his two assistant coaches will have 20 players in the camp. Ray Clark and Andrea Di Pietrantonio will run the first half of the camp while Hart is in Bermuda with the men’s national team. Hart will then join the camp in México City.

Canada will play in CONCACAF’s five-team Group B Qualification tournament from 21-29 April in Jamaica. The Group includes Jamaica, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States. The top three teams in the group will advance to the FIFA U-17 World Cup which takes place in the Republic of Korea from 18 August to 9 September.

NAME Age Hometown Team Pos.

NOM Age Ville natale Équipe Pos.

LATENDRESSE LÉVESQUE, Julien 16 Chambly, QC NTC - Québec GK

STREET, ADAM 15 Brampton, ON West Ham United GK

DOSANJH, Gagandeep 16 Abbotsford, BC NTC - British Columbia D

LACOSTE-LEBUIS, Olivier 16 Montréal, QC, Canada Strasbourg FC D

SMITH, Greg 17 North Vancouver, BC NTC - British Columbia D

THOMPSON, David 16 Philadelphia, PA Potomac Cougars D

BECKIE, Drew 16 Regina, SK Real Colorado D

STRAITH, Adam 16 Victoria, BC NTC - British Columbia D

TANNOUS, Daniel 16 Thornhill, ON NTC - Ontario D

SEMENETS, Alex 17 Mississauga, ON NTC - Ontario M

CHAN-YU-TIN, Kevin 16 Lasalle, QC NTC - Québec M

HYDE, William 16 Oakville, ON NTC - Ontario M

DAVIES, Philippe 16 Longueuil, QC NTC - Québec M

SYLLA, Mohamed 16 Pierrefonds, QC NTC - Québec M

MALDHI, Dalvir 17 Surrey, BC NTC - British Columbia M

GUNENC, Devin 17 North Vancouver, BC NTC - British Columbia M

BUNBURY, Teal 17 Prior Lake, MN Apple Valley Juventus M

WHITEMAN, Jarek 16 Brampton, ON NTC - Ontario F

EDWINI-BONSU, Randy 16 Edmonton, AB FC Metz F

JOHNSTONE, Marcus 16 Edmonton, AB NTC - Prairies F

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quote:Originally posted by loyola

Men’s U-17 Team

Monday, March 19, 2007

Canada’s U-17 team training in Mexico

OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Canada’s men’s U-17 team leaves for México City tomorrow for an 11-day training camp through to the end of the month. The team already has two exhibition matches staged for the camp, one against the Méxican U-17 team on 25 March and another against Club America on 28 March. The Canadians are currently preparing for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

'This camp is essential for us as it allows us to build on our last outing,” says head coach Stephen Hart. “Looking at our opposition for the qualification (CONCACAF Group B), the United States and Costa Rica have had residential programs while Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago have had access to their players on a consistent basis. They have the opportunity to develop good team understanding and player relationships. This camp allows us to do the same.'

Hart and his two assistant coaches will have 20 players in the camp. Ray Clark and Andrea Di Pietrantonio will run the first half of the camp while Hart is in Bermuda with the men’s national team. Hart will then join the camp in México City.

Canada will play in CONCACAF’s five-team Group B Qualification tournament from 21-29 April in Jamaica. The Group includes Jamaica, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States. The top three teams in the group will advance to the FIFA U-17 World Cup which takes place in the Republic of Korea from 18 August to 9 September.

NAME Age Hometown Team Pos.

NOM Age Ville natale Équipe Pos.

LATENDRESSE LÉVESQUE, Julien 16 Chambly, QC NTC - Québec GK

STREET, ADAM 15 Brampton, ON West Ham United GK

DOSANJH, Gagandeep 16 Abbotsford, BC NTC - British Columbia D

LACOSTE-LEBUIS, Olivier 16 Montréal, QC, Canada Strasbourg FC D

SMITH, Greg 17 North Vancouver, BC NTC - British Columbia D

THOMPSON, David 16 Philadelphia, PA Potomac Cougars D

BECKIE, Drew 16 Regina, SK Real Colorado D

STRAITH, Adam 16 Victoria, BC NTC - British Columbia D

TANNOUS, Daniel 16 Thornhill, ON NTC - Ontario D

SEMENETS, Alex 17 Mississauga, ON NTC - Ontario M

CHAN-YU-TIN, Kevin 16 Lasalle, QC NTC - Québec M

HYDE, William 16 Oakville, ON NTC - Ontario M

DAVIES, Philippe 16 Longueuil, QC NTC - Québec M

SYLLA, Mohamed 16 Pierrefonds, QC NTC - Québec M

MALDHI, Dalvir 17 Surrey, BC NTC - British Columbia M

GUNENC, Devin 17 North Vancouver, BC NTC - British Columbia M

BUNBURY, Teal 17 Prior Lake, MN Apple Valley Juventus M

WHITEMAN, Jarek 16 Brampton, ON NTC - Ontario F

EDWINI-BONSU, Randy 16 Edmonton, AB FC Metz F

JOHNSTONE, Marcus 16 Edmonton, AB NTC - Prairies F

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I hope they have talked to Street about the strength of his commitment to Canada. I would hate for someone like that to take up a youth training spot and then play for England. Australia now has a policy that players who are trained under their national team development centres have to pay back government funding for their training with interest if they decide to play for another country. This is inspired by the number of Australians of Croatian ethnicity who chose to play for Croatia. On the other hand it may not be that useful a policy either because if Street is good enough to play for England I doubt the amount of money he would have to pay back would be much of a disincentive.

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quote:Originally posted by Grizzly

Australia now has a policy that players who are trained under their national team development centres have to pay back government funding for their training with interest if they decide to play for another country.

That is a very good idea. Dylan Hughes used to do that. But some how I doubt that that Aussie policy is even legal.

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Canada loses 2 - 1 in the 90th minute against the U17 Mexican National team.

Marcus Johnstone scored for Canada but Mexico were awarded a penalty and our Adam Straith got a red card.

Mexico took the lead with another goal in the 90th minute.

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quote:Originally posted by caccamo1

Canada loses 2 - 1 in the 90th minute against the U17 Mexican National team.

Marcus Johnstone scored for Canada but Mexico were awarded a penalty and our Adam Straith got a red card.

Mexico took the lead with another goal in the 90th minute.

Since this Mexican team won 5-1 against Japan a few days ago I think that's an encouraging result a few weeks before the qualifying begins.

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MEXICO CITY - Mexico scored two late goals to earn a 2-1 win over Canada in an under-17 men's soccer friendly on Sunday.

Canada was leading 1-0 when goaltender Adam Street was given a red card for a challenge in the box in the 77th minute. Raul Nava scored on the ensuing penalty to tie the match 1-1.

Mexico scored the winning goal in the 85th minute, as captain Daniel Corvantos converted a corner kick.

Marcus Johnstone opened the scoring in the match, giving Canada a lead in the 59th minute.

"We had a good first half.," said Canadian assistant coach Ray Clark. "When we had the ball the players looked to build through the midfield and when we didn't have the ball they defended with purpose. However, in the end we lacked a little experience when attempting to hold the lead."

Assistants Clark and Andrea Di Pietrantonio filled in for Canadian head coach Steven Hart, who is Bermuda with Canada's senior team.

(CP)

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Here's a good report from the CSA:

Men’s U-17 Team

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Canada’s U-17 team shows promise in 1:2 loss to México

Canada (U-17) 1:2 México(match report)

OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – Less than a week into their Méxican training camp, Canada’s U-17 team put together their best performance to date in an international friendly against México’s U-17 team. Despite the 1:2 loss, the Canucks came walk with plenty of positives, a performance which could be considered a moral victory now that they are less than a month away from their CONCACAF Group B qualification tournament from 21-29 April in Jamaica.

“We had a good first half,” says coach Ray Clark. “When we had the ball, the players looked to build through the midfield and we didn’t have the ball, they defended with purpose. In the end, however, we lacked a little experience when attempting to hold the lead.”

Marcus Johnstone scored the lone goal for Canada at the 59th minute, but México stormed back with goals from Raul Nava (77th minute) and captain Daniel Corvantos (85th minute) to capture the victory.

In the first half, México got the first scoring chance when they hit the post and failed to capitalize on the rebound. Canada fired back with a Randy Edwini-Bonsu shot on goal and an Olivier Lacoste-Lebuis free kick. Lacoste-Lebuis’ free kick was drilled from 16 yards out and just missed the top-right corner of the net. México came back with a chance of their own, but Canadian keeper Adam Street stretched out and directed the ball wide. A few minutes later, Canada’s Dalvir Malhi just missed the short side of the net.

In the second half, Johnstone got the Canucks on the board when he beat the Méxican netminder to the ball and knocked it in for the goal. Canadian goalkeeper Street had started the play when he hit a long pass to Edwini-Bonsu who then turned and fed it up to Johnstone.

México nearly scored three minutes later off a corner kick, but the ball was headed off crossbar before heading out. Eleven minutes later, it was the Canadians who got close: this time, a series of passes led the Mohamed Sylla breaking in and just missing the goal. Four minutes later, though, the Méxicans tied up the game after Canadian goalkeeper Street challenged the striker and was shown a red card. Raul Nava scored on the ensuing penalty kick.

Eight minutes later, Méxican captain Daniel Corvantos scored the winner when he was left alone in front of the net on a corner kick. Corvantos made no mistake for the winning goal.

“Overall, I think it’s the best game that we have played in the last two years,” says Lacoste-Lebuis. “We did well to build the game from the back when we had possession. More importantly, we remained calm under pressure.

“We should be proud of ourselves,” continues Lacoste-Lebuis. “If we continue to play like we did today, we should have success. I think our performance today was a good indicator of our potential.”

Canada’s next game is 27 March against Club America. Head coach Stephen Hart should be back at the helm after spending a week with the national team in Bermuda. Ray Clark and Andrea Di Pietrantonio had been handling the coaching duties in Hart’s absence.

Canada will play in CONCACAF’s five-team Group B Qualification tournament from 21-29 April in Jamaica. The Group includes Jamaica, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States. The top three teams in the group will advance to the FIFA U-17 World Cup which takes place in the Republic of Korea from 18 August to 9 September.

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Men’s U-17 Team

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Canada closes U-17 camp in México

OTTAWA (ONTARIO) –Canada’s men’s U-17 team closed an 11-day camp in México that included one international friendly match and two exhibition matches against club teams. Canada now has four weeks left to prepare for the CONCACAF Group B Qualification tournament which take place in Kingston, Jamaica.

Canada will play Jamaica on 28 April, Costa Rica on 30 April, the United States on 2 May and Trinidad & Tobago on 4 May. The Canadian U-17 team actually regroups on 20 April for a one-week camp in Sunrise, FL before heading off to Jamaica.

After falling 1:2 to México on 25 March, Canada lost 0:2 to Club America on 27 March and 1:2 to Cruz Azul on 30 March. On 27 March, Club America scored twice against Canada in the opening half, once at the 15th minute and again at the 18th minute of the match. Canada just didn’t have the legs with one day’s rest after their previous match against México. On 30 March, Cruz Azul scored at the 15th and the 75th minutes while Canada’s Teal Bunbury scored at the 35th minute. Bunbury capitalized on a rebound after a scramble in front of the net, the result of a Canada free kick taken on the right side of goal. Canada had plenty of chances throughout this match, but were unable to score more than once.

Canada will play in CONCACAF’s five-team Group B Qualification tournament from XXXX April to XXXX May in Jamaica. The top three teams in the group will advance to the FIFA U-17 World Cup which takes place in the Republic of Korea from 18 August to 9 September.

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