Bryan Rosenfeld has been named head coach of Canada’s women’s U-17 team. Rosenfeld will lead Canada on the road to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010.
Rosenfeld replaced coach Bridge whose contract expired at the end of the 2009 season.
Coach Rosenfeld has a long history with the Canadian Soccer Association. As a head coach, he led Canada to the quarter-final stage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008. He previously served as a goalkeeper coach with the men’s national team during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 2004.
As a player, Rosenfeld was a professional goalkeeper in the old Canadian Soccer League. He also won the 1986 Challenge Trophy as a member of the Hamilton Steelers. With the national team, he made one appearance with the full national team – a 1:1 draw with Honduras. At the youth level, he represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Soviet Union 1985.
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