Vic Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Friendly on February 20 in Cyprus before the tournament: http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=3973 Don't let the red and white fool you. That's the 31st ranked Poles. The teams in the 30-40 range (like the Poles, Romania. Serbia, Portugal, Austria and Hungary) take turns beating each other on any given Sunday. The Poles and the Hungarians are two of the better. They have a younger pool than us by a couple of years, but it's mostly building for the future and the 11 they play with are about the same age as us. They've started a couple of 18 year olds but have the older players to balance it out. They are well-coached and were in camp in November and again last week. There are a few Canadian players tied up with European clubs so it should be interesting to see who's in our camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Great news - the CSA Goes Twitter! Canadian soccer fans can follow the match live via Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN and http://www.twitter.com/CanadaSoccerFR The Canada-Poland match will kick off at 15.00 local time (08.00 ET / 05.00 PT). So if you're up early tomorrow morning you can follow the game. http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=3981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 The tweets have died out so I'll post this now. The game was great, but even that's secondary today. Whoever proacted and with their BlackBerry and did this stuff for the CSA and brought them into 2010 gets player of the game, mvp and man(or woman)-of-the-match. Enjoy! Canada on the field warming up for Poland. Line-ups coming shortly LINEUP: McLeod, Timko, Chapman, Zurrer, Wikinson, Parker, Moscato, Matheson, Robinson, Julien, Sinclair With the start Sinclair earns her 133 cap passing Andea Neil for the most Canadian appearances 05 Min : Following a period of Canadian pressure Sinclair rips a 25 yard effort on goal. The Polish gk does well to make the save. 09 Min : Sinclair goes close again this time with a looping header that bounces just wide of the post. Canada dominating 14 Min : Poland forward is stopped by Canada keeper Mcleod who does well to get down after attacker gets behind CAN defence #mcleod 17 Min : Parker frees Sinclair on the left, Sinclair cuts the ball back to Julien who sees her shot charged down. 25 Min : There it is! Sinclair scores her 100th career goal!! A special moment for a special player. Sinclair collected the ball in the area turned her defender and drove a left foot drive into the bottom left corner. 34 Min : Chapman swings in a free kick which is deflected by a Polish defender onto the cross bar. Close! Lost in the Sinclair celebrations was an injury to Timko. Nault comes in to replace her. 41 Min : Canada scores! Parker gets a toe the end of a cross and chips the ball into the Polish net. CAN 2-0 POL. 42 Min : Robinson misses a chance to extend the lead a minute later shooting wide when well placed. 45 Min : Canada scores! Matheson receives the ball at the top of the box shakes her D and places it in the back of the net. Halftime : CAN 3-0 POL all Canada thus far. 100th for Sinclair and excellent goals from Parker and Matheson Second half underway. No changes to the Canada line-up Pardon me, one change for Canada. LeBlanc on for McLeod. 56 Min : Double change for Canada - Gayle on for Wilkinson; Walsh on for Zurrer. 61 Min : Leblanc makes a good stop on Polish breakaway. Second time Canada gk has made breakaway stop in the match. Stat note - it is Cindy Walsh's first national appearance since Canada Day 2000. 63 Min : Sinclair rises highest to meet Robinson's cross but can only direct her header wide. 68 Min : Moscato rattles the cross bar with a free kick from 23 yard. 68 Min : Flock makes her national team debut coming on for Julien. 73 Min : Raber comes on for Moscato in the heart of the Canada midfield. 75 Min : Robinson heads off the base off the post following good work and cross from Parker on the right. 90 Min : Two minutes stoppage time will be played Full time : Christine Sinclair scores her 100th career goal and #canWNT opens 2010 with a victory. CAN 3 : 0 POL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Sounds like a great result. And congrats to Sinclair on her 100th goal!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 The CSA has highlights on their youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/CanadianSoccerAssoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 That is just great stuff. What a gift to be able to see it. Really enjoyed the interviews too. The Polish goalkeeper's positioning and reaction was pretty weak on Sinclair's goal and she got unnecessarily no-manned by Parker's nice chip, but the third was no fault of hers and a polished piece of work by Matheson. Although nice as it was, the play of the game goes to Jodi-Ann Robinson at 0:29. Classic. As soon as they change the links on the channel from red on a red background the CSA should embed those links in their articles and put that link up in prime real estate on the homepage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Congrats to Christine for her 100th goal! I was looking at her picture on the CSA website and noticed that she seemed to have lost some weight, she looks skinnier than ever. http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=3982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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