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2020 In Canadian Soccer
The 2020 season is the 144th season of competitive soccer in Canada. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, several competitions were cancelled or shortened. National teams When available, the home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column. Senior Men Friendlies Senior Women Men's domestic club leagues Canadian Premier League Eight teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 1 men's league in the Canadian soccer league system. League1 Ontario (Men) No League1 Ontario matches were played in 2020. Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec Canadian Soccer League Men's international club leagues Major League Soccer Three Canadian teams (CF Montréal, Montreal Impact, Toronto FC, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC) play in this league, which also contains 23 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 1 men's leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In Canadian Soccer
The 2019 season was the 143rd season of competitive soccer in Canada. National teams When available, the home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column. Senior Men 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying qualifies for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League (2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League#League A, League A). 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup eliminated in the quarter-finals. 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifies for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Senior Women 2019 Algarve Cup finishes in third place. 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup eliminated in the round of 16. Friendlies Men's domestic club leagues Canadian Premier League Seven teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 1 men's league in the Canadian soccer league system. League1 Ontario (Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (). It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). Most cases over the course of the pandemic have been in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. Confirmed cases have been reported in all of Canada's provinces and territories. The virus was confirmed to have reached Canada on January 25, 2020, after an individual who had returned to Toronto from Wuhan, Hubei, China, tested positive. The first case of community transmission in Canada was confirmed in British Columbia on March 5. In March 2020, as cases of community transmission were confirmed, all of Canada's provinces and territories declared states of emergency. Provinces and territories have, to varying degrees, implemented school and daycare closures, prohibitions on gatherings, closures of non-essential businesses and restrictions on entry. Canada severely restricted its border access, barring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayden Nelson
Jayden Nelson (born September 26, 2002) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Rosenborg and the Canada national team. Early life Nelson grew up in Brampton, Ontario and began playing soccer at age four with Brampton YSC. He later joined the Toronto FC Academy at age 14. Club career Toronto FC Nelson made his debut for Toronto FC III in League1 Ontario on September 2, 2017, in a game against Toronto Skillz FC in his only appearance of the season. The following season, he made seven appearances, scoring his first goal for Toronto FC III on June 17, 2018, against Windsor TFC. Nelson made his professional debut for Toronto FC II in USL League One on April 6, 2019, coming on as a substitute against Orlando City B. On January 23, 2020, Nelson signed a Homegrown Player contract with first-team Toronto FC. He made his MLS debut for Toronto during the MLS is Back tournament, starting their round of 16 match against New York City FC. He was loaned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amer Đidić
Amer Đidić (born December 28, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Pacific FC and the Canadian national team. Club career Early career Born in Zenica, Bosnia and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Đidić began playing soccer with Sherwood Park District SA and later spent time in the FC Edmonton Academy system before playing four years of college soccer at Baker University, where he was a two-time NAIA All-American. As a senior in 2015, he was named a NSCAA and NAIA All-American, as well as being named the Heart of America Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player. Swope Park Rangers Đidić was signed by United Soccer League side Swope Park Rangers on March 2, 2016. In August 2016, Sporting Kansas City announced that they had signed Đidić on a short-term loan, to play in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League against Central FC. Đidić made his first team debut on August 16, 2016 in the competition. After receiving rave reviews i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Teibert
Russell James Teibert (born December 22, 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player currently playing as a midfielder for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer and formerly for the Canada national team. Club career Youth and amateur Teibert attended St. Paul High School (Ontario) in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and is of German and Italian descent. He had a brief spell with Toronto FC's academy, before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program in 2008. He appeared in friendly games with the Residency team during tours of Japan, Germany and Spain, and played in the prestigious Dallas Cup against youth academies from Argentina's Club Atlético River Plate and Germany's Eintracht Frankfurt and Brazil's São Paulo FC. Teibert also played with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency team in the USL Premier Development League in 2009 and 2010. Vancouver Whitecaps FC Following the conclusion of the 2010 PDL season Teibert was called up to the Vancouver Whitecaps senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Andreas Brym
Charles-Andréas Brym (born August 8, 1998) is a professional soccer player who plays as a right winger or forward for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam. Born in France, he plays for the Canada national team. Early life Born in France to a Togolese father and a Corsican mother, Brym moved to Montreal in Canada with his family and spent his early years there. He holds French and Canadian nationalities. In 2011, he joined the youth academy of Montreal Impact as one of their first academy recruits. He returned to France to further his soccer career in 2013 with Gazélec Ajaccio. After one season there, he moved to Belgium. Club career Lille On July 4, 2018, Brym signed a professional contract with Ligue 1 club Lille. In July 2019, Brym was loaned to Belenenses SAD of the Primeira Liga. He made his debut for Belenenses on August 30 against Boavista. In July 2020, Brym joined his former club Mouscron in Belgium on loan. FC Eindhoven In August 2021 Brym signed for Eerst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Soccer Federation
The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, the federation is a full member of FIFA and governs American soccer at the international, professional, and amateur levels, including: the men's and women's national teams, Major League Soccer, National Women's Soccer League, youth organizations, beach soccer, futsal, Paralympic and deaf national teams. U.S. Soccer sanctions referees and soccer tournaments for most soccer leagues in the United States. The U.S. Soccer Federation also administers and operates the U.S. Open Cup and the SheBelieves Cup. History U.S. Soccer was originally known as the United States Football Association. It formed on 5 April 1913, at the Astor House Hotel in Lower Manhattan and on 15 August of that year was accepted as one of the earliest member organizations of FIFA and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange County Great Park
The Great Park is a public park located in Irvine, California, with a focus on sports, agriculture, and the arts. It is a non-aviation reuse of the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro. The Orange County park comprises 28.8% of the total area that once made up the air base. The project was approved by the voters of Orange County in 2002 at $1.1 billion. History The Great Park was the site of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro from 1943–1999. In 1993, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended closing MCAS El Toro and transferring its activities to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. This led to a lengthy political and public relations battle over the subsequent use of the base after its closure, and the issue figured prominently in Orange County politics during the late 1990s. Initial proposals included a commercial airport, housing, and the Great Park. In 2001, Orange County voters passed Measure W, authorizing the former air station's use as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvine, California
Irvine () is a Planned community, master-planned city in South Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the 1960s and the city was formally incorporated on December 28, 1971. The city had a population of 307,670 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. A number of corporations, particularly in the technology and semiconductor sectors, have their national or international headquarters in Irvine. Irvine is also home to several higher education institutions including the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Concordia University Irvine, Concordia University, Irvine Valley College, the Orange County Center of the University of Southern California (USC), and campuses of California State University Fullerton (CSUF), University of La Verne, and Pepperdine University. History The Gabrieleño indigenous group inhabited Irvine about 2,000 years ago. Gaspar de Portolà, a Spanish explorer, cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Bair
Thelonius Bair (born August 27, 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone. Club career Youth Bair started his youth career with Ottawa Royals, before joining Capital United FC and West Ottawa SC before his move to Vancouver. Vancouver Whitecaps FC On July 24, 2018, Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced that it would be signing Bair to a multi-year MLS homegrown pre-contract beginning in 2019. Bair made his Whitecaps FC and MLS debut on matchday 15 of the 2019 MLS season, coming off the bench in the 71st minute in a 2–1 home victory against FC Dallas. On August 11 against the Portland Timbers, He scored his first professional goal. On August 6, 2021, Bair was loaned to Norwegian club HamKam for the remainder of the 2021 season. In his first appearance on August 18, Bair scored a goal in a 2–0 victory over Jerv. Bair would go on to make 17 appearances in the 1. divisjon, scoring 4 goals as HamKam were crowned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Osorio
Jonathan Osorio (born June 12, 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC and the Canada national team. He holds the Toronto FC club record for most appearances. Osorio also made three appearances for Canada in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Early life Osorio began playing soccer with the Brampton Youth Soccer at age 10. When he was 15, he moved to Clarkson Sheridan SC and graduated from St. Edmund Campion Secondary School. In 2010, he went to Uruguay to play with Nacional's academy, where he played with his future teammate on the Canadian national team Lucas Cavallini. Club career SC Toronto Osorio began his career with SC Toronto in the Canadian Soccer League in 2012, where he had a successful season finishing as the club's second highest goalscorer, and helped Toronto finish third in the overall standings, which secured a postseason berth for the club. He featured in the playoff quarterfinal match a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tesho Akindele
Tesho Akindele (born March 31, 1992) is a Canadian former professional soccer player. Club career Early career Tesho Akindele was born in Canada to a Nigerian father and a Canadian mother and moved with his family to the US at the age of eight. He grew up in Thornton, Colorado, and was a standout for Northglenn High School, turning down an offer to join the Colorado Rapids academy at the age of 17 to focus on academics. Akindele played four years of college soccer at the Colorado School of Mines, where he became the school's all-time goals leader with 76 goals scored and was a four-time All-American. He ranked second in the nation in goals scored in 2012 with 22 and was named a First Team NSCAA All-American and the 2012 RMAC Offensive Player of the Year for his efforts. Also an NSCAA First Team All-American and the RMAC Freshman of the Year in 2010, Akindele was the first player in the history of his school's conference to score three consecutive hat tricks. Akindele also mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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