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Canada U17s Grab Semi-Final Slot
Canada advances to the semi-final stage of the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship
Canada’s women’s U-17 team won 2:1 over Panama in its second match of the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship. Forward Haisha Cantave opened the scoring in the ninth minute and Diamond Simpson doubled Canada ‘s lead in the 37th minute. Panama ‘s Lisbany Alveo scored her team’s lone goal late in the second half.
The victory guaranteed Canada a spot in the semi-final stage against either USA or Costa Rica . Both group winners will be determined in the next two days, with Costa Rica facing USA on Sunday 14 March and Canada facing Mexico on Monday 15 March.
“I am pleased with the fact that we take away a result which puts us into the semi-final stage,” said national head coach Bryan Rosenfeld. “The team also has to take away a big learning lesson that it has to respect the opponent, regardless of what their past scores may have been.”
Panama was much improved following an 0:6 loss to Mexico on the opening day. Still, Panama’s performance was not enough on this day to advance to the semi-final stage. Both Panama and Jamaica (which lost 0:3 to Mexico) were eliminated from group play with their second-straight losses.
For Canada’s second match of the competition, coach Bryan Rosenfeld’s starting XI featured Sabrina D’Angelo in goal, Katherine Caverly at left back, Alison Clarke and Nicole Setterlund at centre back, Yazmin Ongtengco-Hintzen at right back, Diamond Simpson, Kylie Davis and Chantale Campbell at midfield, and Caroline Beaulne, Nour Ghoneim and Haisha Cantave up front. Unfortunately, coach Rosenfeld was forced to make an early substitution in just the 19th minute of the match, replacing an injured Caverly with left back Sophie Thérien.
Canada started the match brightly and created several chances within the first five minutes. First Davis received a pass in space, but her first-time shot was blocked by Panama ‘s goalkeeper Anyuri Montenegro . From the ensuing corner kick, a Panamanian defender nearly scored an own goal as her clearing effort looped just past the post.
Canada continued its early pressure and Nour Ghoneim nearly opened the scoring in the eighth minute, but her hard shot was hit straight at Montenegro. One minute later, Canada ‘s early dominance was rewarded with a goal. Cantave ran onto a through ball, saw Montenegro rushing off her line, and intelligently hit a low chip from outside of the box that rolled into the empty goal.
Panama seemed overwhelmed by the early Canadian dominance, but Cantave’s early goal seemed to awaken them as they slowly began to get back into the match. In the 22nd minute, Canada’s D’Angelo needed to be sharp as she won the ball off a Panamanian attacker who had gotten away in the box.
Canada finally doubled its lead in the 37th minute through a great individual effort from Simpson. On a seemingly harmless play, Simpson charged down and blocked a Panamanian clearance attempt. Simpson then reacted first to the loose ball and placed a low drive into the bottom corner of the Panama goal.
Canada started the second half in the same dominant fashion that it had started the match. Cantave, who was having a very strong match, was at the centre of Canada ‘s early scoring opportunities. First, Cantave beat her defender down the right and pulled the ball back to an open Beaulne, but her effort flew well over the Panama goal. Next, Cantave slipped in Davis down the right side, Davis steadied herself and looked to play a return the pass to an open Cantave in the box but the Panama defence held firm and cleared the pass.
As the half wore on, Beaulne was causing the Panama defence fits with her mazy runs down the Canadian wing. In the 56th minute, Beaulne picked up the ball just inside the Panama half and made a beautiful 30-yard dash all the way into the Panama box where her low shot was well stopped by Montenegro .
In the 71st minute, midfielder Campbell stepped forward and hit a long drive that had Montenegro beaten, but went just over the cross bar.
Cantave continued her fine play in the 80th minute when she elected to shoot across goal after turning her defender in the Panama box, but Montenegro was equal to the hard shot, tipping the shot around her post and out for a corner.
Two minutes later, Simpson nearly scored her second, shooting just wide under heavy pressure, after being set up beautifully by Beaulne in Panama box.
Beaulne, the provider for many of Canada ‘s second half-chances, missed an excellent opportunity to score when she directed her header just wide from a Canadian corner kick.
Despite creating numerous second-half scoring chances, Canada was unable to capitalize beyond its 2-0 lead heading into the final minutes. Panama duly made things interesting, pulling a goal back in the 88th minute after a corner kick evaded D’Angelo in the Canadian goal and fell softly onto the head of Panama ‘s Lisbany Alveo.
Despite the late goal Canada defended well to comfortably close out the match and earn its second consecutive victory at the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship.
Canada will complete Group 2 play against Mexico on Monday 15 March.
Canada U17s Win 4-1, Nour Ghoneim Scores Two
Canada opens championship with 4:1 victory
Canada’s women’s U-17 team won 4:1 over Jamaica in the opening match of the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship. Forward Nour Ghoneim scored a pair of goals – one on either side of the break – while Kylie Davis opened the scoring and Sabrina Hémond closed it out. Jamaica’s Shenika Williams countered for the opponent.
“Jamaica came out stronger than they did when we played them eight days ago,” said national head coach Bryan Rosenfeld. “They were stronger and put pressure on us. Eventually, we were able to break them down.”
Canada’s previous 4:1 victory over Jamaica was on 3 March at the Women’s Under-17 Four Nation Tournament in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago.
For the opener of the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship, Rosenfeld’s starting XI featured Sabrina D’Angelo in goal, Katherine Caverly at left back, Alison Clarke and Nicole Setterlund at centre back, Ally Courtnall at right back, Kylie Davis, Diamond Simpson and Chantale Campbell at midfield, and Caroline Beauline, Nour Ghoneim and Haisha Cantave up front.
Canada attacked from the opening whistle, winning back-to-back corner kicks in the first few minutes. While Canada did not score on those first two opportunities, it did score on its third try. Following a great run down the wing by right back Courtnall , Canada won its third corner kick in the seventh minute. Campbell took the kick and Davis knocked it in for a 1-0 Canadian lead.
As the first half continued, Canada maintained plenty of possession. It had its fair share of chances, too. In the 10th minute, Beaulne broke in, but put her shot just wide. Then in the 15th minute, it was Simpson with a run, but she was stopped by the goalkeeper Shantel Graham.
In the 19th minute, Campbell struck a powerful shot from 25 yards out that hit the crossbar.
In the 32nd minute, Courtnall had another good run, but this time cut in and came down the centre. She nearly beat the goalkeeper Graham, but was tackled just in time.
In the 38th minute, Jamaica won what could have been a dangerous free kick, but the kick from 25 yards out was struck wide.
As the first half neared the end, Canada again forced Jamaica back on its heels. In the 42nd minute, Simpson and Davis combined well, but the return couldn’t meet an on-rushing Cantave. Just two minutes later, Davis in the penalty area played it perfectly over to Ghoneim who made no mistake for a 2-0 Canadian lead.
In the second half, it was more of the same as Canada continued its attack on Jamaica . Davis had the first good shot from close range in the 47th minute, but it was stopped by Graham. In the 54th minute, Beaulne got past the defence, but slipped before she could fire a shot. Then in the 58th minute, captain Setterlund fired a powerful shot that just went over the crossbar.
In the 63rd minute, Ghoneim made it 3-0 after taking a long pass from Caverly. Ghoneim made a touch to get around the goalkeeper and then fired it into the goal.
Up 3-0, Canada made its first of two substitutions, replacing Cantave for midfielder Sabrina Hémond. Canada’s second substitution was made shortly after it conceded the Jamaica goal, replacing Beaulne with Zakiya McIntosh.
Jamaica’s lone goal was scored in the 76th minute. A Jamaica long ball was played over the Canadian defence and won by Williams against an on-rushing D’Angelo. Williams stepped past a fallen D’Angelo and slid the ball into an empty net.
As for Canada’s fourth goal, it was scored in the 87th minute by Hémond.
“We stuck to the game plan and we played a great game,” said Canada’s first goal scorer Davis.
Canada now has two days of rest before it takes on Panama on Saturday 13 March. Canada’s third match of the group stage will be Monday 15 March.
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.
