Paul James
Paul James writes the James on Soccer blog at GlobeSports
Canadian soccer style should be somewhere in between
Canada’s women’s under-17 team qualified yesterday for this year’s FIFA’s World U17 World Championships in Trinidad and Tobago with a win in penalty kicks over the favoured United States in the semi-final stage of the CONCACAF soccer championship.
To say it is unexpected would be an understatement.
There was no preparation of any significance going into such an important tournament. Ian Bridge, the original head coach of the team, resigned a month before the event was to get underway on the heels of Canada’s under-20 team failing to qualify for their own world championships.They played an opponent which had scored outscored its competition in three previous games by a margin of 32-0.
Head coach Bryan Rosenfeld deserves huge credit for this achievement.
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