Canada men's national soccer team

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Canada
Nickname	the Canucks, the Maple Leafs
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Rene Simoes
Most caps	Randy Samuel (82)
Top scorer	John Catliff, Dale Mitchell (19)
Home stadium	BMO Field
FIFA code	CAN
FIFA ranking	103
Highest FIFA ranking	40 (December 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	103 (March 2007)
Elo ranking	61
Highest Elo ranking	2 (November 1885)
Lowest Elo ranking	92 (May 1979)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Australia 3-2 Canada (Brisbane, Australia; June 7, 1924)
Biggest win Unofficial: USA 0 - 7 Canada (St. Louis, USA; November 16, 1904) Official: Malaysia 0-5 Canada (Singapore; August 24, 1986)
Biggest defeat Mexico 8 - 0 Canada (Mexico City, Mexico; June 18, 1993)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1986)
Best result	Round 1, 1986
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1991)
Best result	Winners, 2000
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2001)
Best result	1st round, 2001

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold	1904 St Louis	Team

The Canadian men's national soccer team, overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, has experienced little international success. During its first and only FIFA World Cup appearance in 1986, the team failed to score a goal, finished bottom of their group and were the worst-performing team in the tournament. However the team have enjoyed success in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, winning the tournament in 2000 and advancing to the semifinals in 2002. However, thoughts that the side was emerging as a soccer power were discarded with a poor showing in the qualification rounds for the 2006 FIFA World Cup where they failed to reach the final stage of CONCACAF qualifying.

Contents 1 Rebuilding phase 2 Youth sides 3 Lack of success 3.1 Recent results 4 World Cup record 5 Gold Cup record 6 Current national team members 7 Head coaches 8 Former prominent national team members 8.1 1920s players with five or more caps 8.2 1957 players with three or more caps 8.3 1968, 1970s players with seven or more caps 8.4 1980s players with nine or more caps 8.5 1990s players with ten or more caps 8.6 2000s players with 10 or more caps 8.7 Most capped Canadian players 8.8 Top Canadian goalscorers 9 All-time Record against other nations 10 See also 11 External links

[edit] Rebuilding phase

The Canadian team has been in a rebuilding phase since failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. Several long-serving veteran players retired from international football following the team's failure to qualify and former head coach Frank Yallop had been building around younger players in hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.

On June 7, 2006, head coach Frank Yallop resigned for a job with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. Yallop, whose record was 8-9-3 since his hiring on December 16, 2003, returned to the league where he began his coaching career as an assistant in 1999 with the Tampa Bay Mutiny. Two years later, the former Canadian international took the reins of the San Jose Earthquakes and grabbed MLS Cup titles in 2001 and 2003 before returning to Canada. Stephen Hart has been named interim manager for the remainder of 2006 as the association searches for a permanent replacement.

[edit] Youth sides

Canada's Under-20 team has qualified for five of the past six FIFA World Youth Championships. In 1997, the team advanced to the 2nd round of the event. Canada also qualified for the 2001, 2003 and 2005 WYC's. In 2003, Iain Hume and Atiba Hutchinson led Canada to a Quarter-Final appearance that ended in a golden goal loss to Spain in extra time. Canada will be hosting the 2007 edition of the WYC in 6 Canadian cities in July 2007.

Canada's Under-20 team continued their recent success by defeating Brazil in the first game of a three game series, winning 2-1 in front of 14,000+ at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on May 19, 2006. Will Johnson scored the winning goal and Stephen Lumley made an amazing slide to kick the ball off the goal line to preserve Canada's first win over Brazil at any level. Canada lost the remaining two matches 3-1.

[edit] Lack of success

As in the United States, the Canadian women's national soccer team has enjoyed more international success than the men. The FIFA rankings for July 2006 have the men's team ranked 54th out of 205 countries, while the women's team is ranked 12th out of 121 countries as of March 2006. (Note that the men's rankings are updated monthly, while the women's rankings are updated quarterly.) Both national teams languish to a large extent in the shadow of the country's highly successful national ice hockey teams, as hockey is Canada's de facto national sport and most soccer players convert to the more respected sports by high school.

Past members of the national team, including Roger Sportsnet commentator Craig Forrest, have stated numerous times that the Canadian national program is in need of a major overhaul. Forrest believes Canada has the support and talent to compete for a World Cup berth, something it has failed to do for two decades. In 1998 world cup qualification Canada's hopes were shattered in the Estadio Cuscatlan against a powerful El Salvador national football team, El Salvador 4-1 Canada.

[edit] Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
22 August 2007	Friendly	Reykjavík	Iceland		Canada
25 March 2007	Friendly	Hamilton	Bermuda	0:3	Canada	Hutchinson 25', Radzinski 30', Stalteri 44'
15 November 2006	Friendly	Székesfehérvár	Hungary	1:0	Canada
8 October 2006	Friendly	Kingston	Jamaica	2:1	Canada	Radzinski 8'
4 September 2006	Friendly	Montréal	Canada	1:0	Jamaica	Friend 41'
1 March 2006	Friendly	Vienna	Austria	0:2	Canada	Brennan 66', Brennan 70'
22 January 2006	Friendly	San Diego	USA	0:0	Canada
16 November 2005	Friendly	Hesperange	Luxembourg	0:1	Canada	Hume 69'

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1954 - Did not enter
• 1958 - Did not qualify
• 1962 - Withdrew
• 1966 - Did not enter
• 1970 to 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Round 1
• 1990 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Gold Cup record

• 1991 - Round 1
• 1993 - Round 1
• 1996 - Round 1
• 1998 - Withdrew after qualifying
• 2000 - Champions
• 2002 - Third place
• 2003 - Round 1
• 2005 - Round 1
• 2007 - Qualified

[edit] Current national team members

According to the official site [1]

Goalkeepers

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (clean sheets)	Most Recent Call up
Asmir Bergovic	6/20/1987	Portsmouth F.C.	0 (0)	v Luxembourg, November 16, 2005
Mike Franks	4/27/1977	unattached	0 (0)	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Lars Hirschfeld	10/17/1978	Rosenborg	18 (5)	v Luxembourg, November 16, 2005
Kenny Stamatopoulos	8/28/1979	Tromsø	5 (2)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Greg Sutton	4/19/1977	Toronto F.C.	8 (4)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Joshua Wagenaar	2/26/1985	ADO Den Haag	1 (0)	v Spain September 3, 2005

Defenders

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Adam Braz	6/7/1981	Toronto FC	9 (0)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Gabriel Gervais	9/18/1976	Montreal Impact	10 (0)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Andrew Hainault	6/17/1986	FK Siad Most	0 (0)	v USA January 20, 2006
Ante Jazic	2/26/1976	Los Angeles Galaxy	7 (0)	v Austria March 1, 2006
Michael Klukowski	5/27/1981	Club Brugge	8 (0)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Kevin McKenna	1/21/1980	Energie Cottbus	35 (9)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Tony Menezes	11/24/1974	Mahindra United	27 (0)	v Costa Rica September 8, 2004
Nevio Pizzolito	8/26/1976	Montreal Impact	9 (0)	v USA January 20, 2006
Chris Pozniak	1/10/1981	Toronto FC	16 (0)	v Jamaica, September 4, 2006
Marco Reda	6/22/1977	Toronto FC	6 (0)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Josh Simpson	5/15/1983	Kaiserslautern	15 (0)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Paul Stalteri	10/18/1977	Tottenham	52 (6)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006

Midfielders

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Patrice Bernier	9/23/1979	Tromso	18 (0)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Jim Brennan	5/8/1977	Toronto FC	43 (6)	v Jamaica, September 4, 2006
Julian de Guzman	3/25/1981	Deportivo	17 (0)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Dwayne de Rosario	5/15/1978	Houston Dynamo	37 (7)	v Austria March 1, 2006
Rhian Dodds	10/3/1979	Kilmarnock F.C.	0 (0)	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Sandro Grande	9/29/1977	Molde	12 (1)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Atiba Hutchinson	2/8/1983	F.C. Copenhagen	21 (2)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Daniel Imhof	11/22/1977	Bochum	32 (0)	v Luxembourg, November 16, 2005
Nikolas Ledgerwood	1/16/1985	Wacker Burghausen	0 (0)	No call ups
Patrick Leduc	12/26/1977	Montreal Impact	3 (0)	v USA January 20, 2006
Issey Nakajima-Farran	5/16/1984	Vejle Boldklub	1 (0)	v Hungary November 15, 2006
Jaime Peters	5/4/1987	Ipswich	12 (0)	v Luxembourg, November 16, 2005
Rocco Placentino	2/25/1982	Massese	1 (0)	v Spain September 3, 2005
Antonio Ribeiro	10/8/1980	Montreal Impact	0 (0)	No call ups
Adrian Serioux	5/12/1979	FC Dallas	12 (0)	v Austria March 1, 2006
Ive Sulentic	12/24/1979	FC St. Pauli	2 (0)	v Luxembourg, November 16, 2005

Strikers

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Stephen Ademolu	11/20/1982	Tromso	2 (0)	v USA January 20, 2006
Rob Friend	1/23/1981	SC Heerenveen	8 (1)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Ali Gerba	7/27/1982	Odd Grenland B.K.(on loan from IFK Goteborg)	7 (1)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Iain Hume	10/30/1983	Leicester City F.C.	15 (1)	v Jamaica, September 4, 2006
Will Johnson	1/21/1987	SC Heerenveen	3 (0)	v Austria March 1, 2006
Olivier Occean	10/23/1981	Lillestrøm S.K.	12 (1)	v Jamaica, September 4, 2006
Tomasz Radzinski	12/14/1973	Fulham F.C.	31 (8)	v Jamaica, October 8, 2006
Dave Simpson	1/11/1983	SK Kladno(on loan from AC Sparta Praha)	0 (0)	No call ups
Alen Marcina	1/1/1980	Puerto Rico Islanders	0 (0)	No call ups

[edit] Head coaches

• Don Petrie 1957
• Peter Dinsdale 1968
• Frank Pike 1972-1973
• Bill McAllister 1973
• Eckard Krautzun 1973 - 1975
• Bill McAllister 1975
• Eckard Krautzun 1975 - 1977
• Barrie Clarke 1979 - 1981
• Tony Waiters 1981 - 1986 *(Bruce Wilson coached the national team for two matches at the 1985 President's Cup tournament in South Korea)
• Bob Bearpark 1986 - 1987
• Tony Taylor 1988
• Bob Lenarduzzi 1989 - 1990
• Tony Waiters 1990 - 1991
• Bob Lenarduzzi 1992 - 1997
• Bruce Twamley (interim) 1998
• Holger Osieck 1999 - 2003
• Colin Miller (interim) autumn 2003 for three friendlies
• Frank Yallop 2004 - June 2006
• Stephen Hart (interim) July 2006 - present

[edit] Former prominent national team members

[edit] 1920s players with five or more caps

• G. Anderson
• F. Bowman
• Fred Dierden
• Leslie Ford
• George Forrest
• Bob Harley
• Bill Linning
• Mitch McLean
• Malcolm Moon
• Dickie Stobbart

[edit] 1957 players with three or more caps

• Buster Cairns
• Doug Greig
• Art Hughes
• Norm McLeod
• Ken Pears
• Brian Philley
• Pat Philley
• Jack Steele
• Gogie Stewart
• Dave Stothard

[edit] 1968, 1970s players with seven or more caps

Garry Ayre Chris Bennett Bob Bolitho Jack Brand Brian Budd Tony Chursky Jimmy Douglas Neil Ellett Brian Gant Kevin Grant Chris Horrocks Robert Iarusci Glen Johnson John Kerr, Sr.

Victor Kodelja Tony Lecce Bob Lenarduzzi Sam Lenarduzzi Ike MacKay Buzz Parsons Brian Robinson Peter Roe Joe Schiraldi Gary Thompson Bruce Twamley Gordon Wallace Bruce Wilson

[edit] 1980s players with nine or more caps

Iain Baird Bob Bolitho Ian Bridge Alex Bunbury John Catliff Pasquale De Luca Paul Dolan Charlie Falzon John Fitzgerald Ken Garraway Gerry Gray Sven Habermann Lyndon Hooper

Lucio Ianerio Robert Iarusci Paul James Greg Kern Bob Lenarduzzi Tino Lettieri John Limniatis Jamie Lowery Shaun Lowther Trevor McCallum John McGrane* Wes McLeod Colin Miller Dale Mitchell

Terry Moore David Norman George Pakos Tony Pignatiello Randy Ragan Randy Samuel Peter Sarantopoulos Branko Segota Mike Stojanovic Mike Sweeney Carl Valentine Igor Vrablic Bruce Wilson

[edit] 1990s players with ten or more caps

Fernando Aguiar Geoff Aunger Jason Bent Eddy Berdusco Marc Bircham Alex Bunbury John Catliff Carlo Corazzin Nick Dasovic Jason deVos Paul Dolan Carl Fletcher Craig Forrest Iain Fraser Lyndon Hooper

Garret Kusch John Limniatis Colin Miller Dale Mitchell Domenic Mobilio David Norman Pat Onstad Paul Peschisolido Tomasz Radzinski Marco Rizi Randy Samuel Peter Sarantopoulos Paul Stalteri Mark Watson Frank Yallop

[edit] 2000s players with 10 or more caps

Patrice Bernier Jim Brennan Jeff Clarke Carlo Corazzin Nick Dasovic Julian de Guzman Dwayne de Rosario Jason deVos Paul Fenwick Carl Fletcher Craig Forrest Sandro Grande Richard Hastings Iain Hume Atiba Hutchinson

Lars Hirschfeld Daniel Imhof Kevin McKenna Tony Menezes Martin Nash Tam Nsaliwa Olivier Occean Pat Onstad Paul Peschisolido Jaime Peters Chris Pozniak Tomasz Radzinski Adrian Serioux Josh Simpson Mark Watson Davide Xausa

Note: * denotes player with ten or more total caps but not in any one subsection listed here

[edit] Most capped Canadian players

As of September 2, 2006, the players with the most caps for Canada are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Randy Samuel	1983 - 1997	82	0
2	Mark Watson	1994 - 2004	72	3
3	Lyndon Hooper	1986 - 1997	66	3
4	Alex Bunbury	1986 - 1999	65	16
5	Nick Dasovic	1994 - 2004	62	3
6	Colin Miller	1983 - 1997	61	0
7	Mike Sweeney	1980 - 1991	61	1
8	Carlo Corazzin	1994 - 2004	58	11
9	Bruce Wilson	1980 - 1989	57	0
10	Craig Forrest	1988 - 2002	56	0

[edit] Top Canadian goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	John Catliff	1984 - 1994	43	19
2	Dale Mitchell	1980 - 1990	55	19
3	Alex Bunbury	1986 - 1999	65	16
4	Carlo Corazzin	1994 - 2004	58	11
5	Igor Vrablic	1984 - 1986	52	11
6	Paul Peschisolido	1994 - 2004	61	10
7	Kevin McKenna	2000 - present	34	9
8	Dwayne de Rosario	1998 - present	37	7
9	Buzz Parsons	1970 - 1980	27	7
10	Tomasz Radzinski	1995 - present	30	7

[edit] All-time Record against other nations

As of November 20, 2006

Team	W	D	L	Pts
United States	13	9	13	48
Haiti	6	2	1	20
Guatemala	6	2	2	20
Trinidad and Tobago	6	2	2	20
El Salvador	6	2	4	20
Jamaica	5	5	3	20
Bermuda	5	4	0	19
Honduras	5	4	6	19
Mexico	4	7	15	19
Cuba	4	3	2	15
New Zealand	4	2	1	14
Costa Rica	3	5	7	14
Australia	3	1	4	10
Panama	2	2	0	8
Northern Ireland	2	1	0	7
South Korea	2	1	1	7
Belize	2	0	0	6
Luxembourg	2	0	0	6
Singapore	2	0	0	6
Martinique	1	1	0	4
Chile	1	1	2	4
Austria	1	0	0	3
Barbados	1	0	0	3
Ghana	1	0	0	3
Hong Kong	1	0	0	3
Indonesia	1	0	0	3
Libya	1	0	0	3
FYR of Macedonia	1	0	0	3
Malaysia	1	0	0	3
Suriname	1	0	0	3
Switzerland	1	0	0	3
China	1	0	1	3
Colombia	1	0	1	3
Faroe Islands	1	0	1	3
Greece	1	0	2	3
Iran	1	0	2	3
Wales	1	0	2	3
Brazil	0	2	1	2
Cyprus	0	1	0	1
Paraguay	0	1	0	1
Uruguay	0	1	0	1
Morocco	0	1	1	1
North Korea	0	1	1	1
Portugal	0	1	1	1
Hungary	0	1	4	1
Algeria	0	0	1	0
Argentina	0	0	1	0
Belgium	0	0	1	0
Cameroon	0	0	1	0
Czech Republic	0	0	1	0
England	0	0	1	0
Estonia	0	0	1	0
Finland	0	0	1	0
France	0	0	1	0
Iraq	0	0	1	0
Ireland	0	0	1	0
Italy	0	0	1	0
Japan	0	0	1	0
Malta	0	0	1	0
Netherlands	0	0	1	0
Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	0
Soviet Union	0	0	1	0
Tunisia	0	0	1	0
Denmark	0	0	2	0
Egypt	0	0	2	0
Germany	0	0	2	0
Spain	0	0	2	0
Turkey	0	0	2	0
East Germany	0	0	3	0
Ecuador	0	0	3	0
Poland	0	0	5	0
Scotland	0	0	6	0

[edit] See also

• Canadian Soccer Association
• Soccer in Canada
• Canada women's national soccer team

[edit] External links

• Canadian Soccer Association
• Record International Players
• International Results until 1999

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