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Men’s U-20 Team
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Mitchell announces roster for Belgium series
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Men’s U20 National Team Head Coach, Dale Mitchell, has announced today his 18-man roster for the upcoming two-game friendly series versus Belgium.
The Canadians will continue their preparation for next summer’s FIFA U20 World Cup Canada with matches against the Belgian U18 National Team (born 1988) on September 2nd at St-Truidense VV at 20:00 (local time) and September 4th in Maasmechelen at 20:00 (local time). A warm up match has also been set versus the St-Truidense Youth Team on August 29th at 20:00.
Coming off a busy summer in which the U20s hosted a three-match series with the Brazilian U20 National Team in May and two matches versus the United States in July, Mitchell has selected an experienced roster led by European-based players. Of the 18 players selected for the camp, 8 are based with European clubs and of the group only Marcus Haber of FC Groningen (Netherlands) was not a part of one of the rosters for this summer’s matches.
"During the coming year we want to take advantage of the FIFA International dates in order to gather our European based players,” explained Mitchell. “Unfortunately some of the boy’s clubs are not affected by the FIFA rule and we will be without several during this camp. We also have not called any of our U.S. College players as they are busy preparing for their season. Nevertheless we need to prepare ourselves with difficult matches to get ready for next summer and playing a European opponent away from home is always a good test for our guys".
The team will depart for Belgium on August 25th with most European-based players joining the group following their weekend matches on August 26th and 27th. Kent O’Connor of 1860 Munich (Germany), Simeon Jackson of Rushden and Diamonds (England) and Andrea Lombardo recently loaned from Atalanta BC to F.C. Rieti SRL (Italy) will not be available for the matches due to club commitments.
Roster – CANADA
Pos/Complete Name/Club/Date of Birth/Hometown/Province
GK/BEGOVIC, Asmir/Portsmouth FC (England)/20-Jun-87/Edmonton/AB
D/OWUSU-ANSAH, Kennedy/National Training Centre - Ontario/20-Jul-89/Toronto/ON
M/AYRE, Keegan/Hibernian FC (Scotland)/4-Jul-88/Coquitlam/BC
M/BOURGAULT, Jonathan/St. Pauli FC (Germany)/27-Sep-88/Ile Bizard/QC
D/LUMLEY, Stephen/National Training Centre - Ontario/16-Apr-87/Mississauga/ON
D/EDGAR, David/Newcastle United FC (England)/19-May-87/Kitchener/ON
M/PETERS, Jaime/Ipswich Town FC (England)/04-May-87/Pickering/ON
M/NUNEZ, Cristian/FC Lyn Oslo (Norway)/07-Jul-88/Montreal/QC
F/DI IOIA, Massimo/Montreal Impact/18-Jun-87/Montreal/QC
F/JOHNSON, Will/SC Heerenveen (Netherlands)/21-Jan-87/Woodridge/IL
M/GRAY, A.J./National Training Centre - Ontario/12-Apr-88/Brampton/ON
F/HABER, Marcus/FC Groningen (Netherlands)/11-Jan-89/Vancouver/BC
F/LAMMIE, Selvin (Shane)/National Training Centre - Ontario/3-Aug-88/Toronto/ON
D/ATTAKORA-GYAN, Nana/National Training Centre - Ontario/27-Mar-89/Orangeville/ON
M/BALDE, Ibrahim/Montreal Impact/24-Sep-87/Montreal/QC
D/M/GALA, Gabe/National Training Centre - Ontario/29-Jun-89/Brampton/ON
M/BABINEAU, Olivier/University of Montreal/12-Jul-87/Dieppe/NB
GK/MONSALVE, David/National Training Centre - Ontario/21-Dec-88/Brampton/ON
Staff
Complete Name/Duties/Hometown/Province
MAESTRACCI, Dominique/Head of Delegation/Montreal/QC
MITCHELL, Dale/Head Coach/Port Moody/BC
DASOVIC, Nick/Assistant Coach/Burnaby/BC
MULDOON, Kevin/Equipment Manager/GK Coach/Oakville/ON
LAING, Dwayne/Athletic Therapist/Edmonton/AB
CELEBRINI, Randy/Strength and Conditioning Coach/Vancouver/BC
NUTT, Dave/National Teams Administrator/Ottawa/ON
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Mitchell announces roster for Belgium series
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Men’s U20 National Team Head Coach, Dale Mitchell, has announced today his 18-man roster for the upcoming two-game friendly series versus Belgium.
The Canadians will continue their preparation for next summer’s FIFA U20 World Cup Canada with matches against the Belgian U18 National Team (born 1988) on September 2nd at St-Truidense VV at 20:00 (local time) and September 4th in Maasmechelen at 20:00 (local time). A warm up match has also been set versus the St-Truidense Youth Team on August 29th at 20:00.
Coming off a busy summer in which the U20s hosted a three-match series with the Brazilian U20 National Team in May and two matches versus the United States in July, Mitchell has selected an experienced roster led by European-based players. Of the 18 players selected for the camp, 8 are based with European clubs and of the group only Marcus Haber of FC Groningen (Netherlands) was not a part of one of the rosters for this summer’s matches.
"During the coming year we want to take advantage of the FIFA International dates in order to gather our European based players,” explained Mitchell. “Unfortunately some of the boy’s clubs are not affected by the FIFA rule and we will be without several during this camp. We also have not called any of our U.S. College players as they are busy preparing for their season. Nevertheless we need to prepare ourselves with difficult matches to get ready for next summer and playing a European opponent away from home is always a good test for our guys".
The team will depart for Belgium on August 25th with most European-based players joining the group following their weekend matches on August 26th and 27th. Kent O’Connor of 1860 Munich (Germany), Simeon Jackson of Rushden and Diamonds (England) and Andrea Lombardo recently loaned from Atalanta BC to F.C. Rieti SRL (Italy) will not be available for the matches due to club commitments.
Roster – CANADA
Pos/Complete Name/Club/Date of Birth/Hometown/Province
GK/BEGOVIC, Asmir/Portsmouth FC (England)/20-Jun-87/Edmonton/AB
D/OWUSU-ANSAH, Kennedy/National Training Centre - Ontario/20-Jul-89/Toronto/ON
M/AYRE, Keegan/Hibernian FC (Scotland)/4-Jul-88/Coquitlam/BC
M/BOURGAULT, Jonathan/St. Pauli FC (Germany)/27-Sep-88/Ile Bizard/QC
D/LUMLEY, Stephen/National Training Centre - Ontario/16-Apr-87/Mississauga/ON
D/EDGAR, David/Newcastle United FC (England)/19-May-87/Kitchener/ON
M/PETERS, Jaime/Ipswich Town FC (England)/04-May-87/Pickering/ON
M/NUNEZ, Cristian/FC Lyn Oslo (Norway)/07-Jul-88/Montreal/QC
F/DI IOIA, Massimo/Montreal Impact/18-Jun-87/Montreal/QC
F/JOHNSON, Will/SC Heerenveen (Netherlands)/21-Jan-87/Woodridge/IL
M/GRAY, A.J./National Training Centre - Ontario/12-Apr-88/Brampton/ON
F/HABER, Marcus/FC Groningen (Netherlands)/11-Jan-89/Vancouver/BC
F/LAMMIE, Selvin (Shane)/National Training Centre - Ontario/3-Aug-88/Toronto/ON
D/ATTAKORA-GYAN, Nana/National Training Centre - Ontario/27-Mar-89/Orangeville/ON
M/BALDE, Ibrahim/Montreal Impact/24-Sep-87/Montreal/QC
D/M/GALA, Gabe/National Training Centre - Ontario/29-Jun-89/Brampton/ON
M/BABINEAU, Olivier/University of Montreal/12-Jul-87/Dieppe/NB
GK/MONSALVE, David/National Training Centre - Ontario/21-Dec-88/Brampton/ON
Staff
Complete Name/Duties/Hometown/Province
MAESTRACCI, Dominique/Head of Delegation/Montreal/QC
MITCHELL, Dale/Head Coach/Port Moody/BC
DASOVIC, Nick/Assistant Coach/Burnaby/BC
MULDOON, Kevin/Equipment Manager/GK Coach/Oakville/ON
LAING, Dwayne/Athletic Therapist/Edmonton/AB
CELEBRINI, Randy/Strength and Conditioning Coach/Vancouver/BC
NUTT, Dave/National Teams Administrator/Ottawa/ON