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Rosenfeld Replaces Bridge At U17 Women’s Post
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.
Your 2009 Canadian Players Of The Year
Jackson is male selection for 2009 Canadian Players of the Year award
Simeon Jackson is the male selection for the 2009 Canadian Players of the Year award. Jackson was honoured in a vote shared by Canadian media (50%) and Canadian coaches who have taken the Canadian Soccer Association’s national course at the B and A levels (50%).
Jackson of Mississauga, ON wins the award for the first time.
“This is a fantastic achievement for Simeon,” said Canadian national head coach Stephen Hart. “He had an excellent club season and performed admirably at the national level. Full congratulations to Simeon.”
In 2009, the 22-year old striker helped Gillingham FC earn a promotion to League One in England. In the second half of the 2008-09 season, he scored nine goals in 25 League Two appearances, including three goals in the final two playoff matches to earn Gillingham FC the promotion for the 2009-10 season. It was on 23 May 2009 in front of 53,706 fans at Wembley Stadium that Jackson scored the winning goal of a Gillingham FC 1:0 victory over Shrewsbury to secure the promotion. Jackson scored on a header in the 91st minute of play.
Just one week later, he made his international debut with the Canadian national team in a 1:0 victory over Cyprus in Larnaka. Again, Jackson scored the lone goal of the match, this one the first of his international career.
Over the summer, Jackson represented Canada at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He helped Canada reach the quarter-final stage. He was called up again in November for a pair of friendly matches in Europe, thus earning him seven national appearances by year’s end.
As for the start of the 2009-10 England League One season, Jackson has been in fine form through the first 18 games of the season. He has scored 10 goals including an opening-day hat trick against Swindon Town on 8 August. He scored two additional goals in League Cup matches against Plymouth and Premiership opponent Blackburn. The 25 August goal against Blackburn was Jackson’s second of the year against a Premiership opponent; his first was a 4 January 2009 goal against Aston Villa in FA Cup action.
U17 Women Hopefuls Open Camp
Canada opens first U17 camp under coach Bridge
The Canadian women’s U17 team has opened its camp in Laval, QC. Head Coach Ian Bridge has selected 25 players for the 9 day camp that will help begin Canada’s preparations for the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship next March.
“From what I have seen in my scouting for the past ten months, this is a talented group of young soccer players,” said coach Bridge.
“The group, however, certainly lacks international experience. Only two players in the squad, Diamond Simpson and injured goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo were on Canada ’s team at last year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008.”
This will be the first women’s U17 camp organized for this age group. In 2009 Coach Bridge has watched and scouted thousands of players across the country. In particular at the 2009 BMO National Championships Nutrilite All Stars in Laval, QC (July), the 2009 Canada Games Women’s Soccer Tournament in Summerside, PE (August), the 2009 BMO National Championships adidas U16 Cup in Winnipeg, MB (October), and through the National Training Centres (January – October).
“We must very quickly become a team both on and off the field,” said Bridge. This is the primary goal for the camp.
“On the field, we must learn our roles and responsibilities and perform them at a high level. I will demand high intensity training, high quality technique, high levels of mental and tactical concentration every minute we are on the training field.”
Canada, whose title sponsor is BMO Financial Group, is working towards the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010. The team will feature players born in 1993 or later. To qualify for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, Canada must finish amongst the top-two teams at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship in March 2010. Canada won bronze at the last CONCACAF tournament in 2008 before reaching the quarter-final stage at the inaugural FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008.
