OSATv TouchLine With Dixie SC’s Shelton, Ronca, Almeida & Moscato

VAUGHAN, ON – Anthony Totera’s guests on this week’s TouchLine include:

Trevor Shelton – Technical Director of Mississauga’s Dixie Soccer Club, on some of the coaching philosophy behind the club’s long history and continuing tradition of developing players and teams which compete successfully at regional, national and international levels. [...]

Play Soccer Presented By Rogers "On The Road" In 2010

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VAUGHAN, ON — Play Soccer Presented by Rogers “On The Road” is a traveling interactive Road Show for youth and families that spans 140 ft x 180 ft and has the ability to set up indoor/outdoor, on community  fields and parking lots.
“On The [...]

Hamilton Croatia Selected for 2010 CSL Expansion

TORONTO, ON – After a formal review of competing bids, Hamilton Croatia has been selected to represent their city in the Canadian Soccer League.
Hamilton Croatia will be playing a senior professional team and an under-21 team in the upcoming 2010 season.
“The club’s significant heritage, longstanding success, and solid membership base were impossible to resist”, states [...]

2010 Nutrilite Canadian Championship Schedule Announced

OTTAWA, ON — The Canadian Soccer Association and its three top professional clubs – Impact de Montréal, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC – announced the schedule today for the 2010 Nutrilite Canadian Championship. The three-team, six-match tournament runs six consecutive Wednesday nights from 28 April to 2 June. The 2010 winner will advance to [...]

Bolton Wanderers Look To Align Development Program with UK’s BWFC

CALEDON, ON – Bolton Wanderers Soccer Club (BWSC) is pleased to welcome David Bailey, Manager of the UK’s Bolton Wanderers Football Club (BWFC) International Academy for a week long visit to review BWSC’s player development programme.
Mr. Bailey’s visit is the culmination of a BWSC initiative to strengthen ties with the English Premier League club. Late [...]

Hockey Slipping As More Canadians Falling For Soccer

By Simon KuperPublished in the Financial Times, UK
Every nation has shared moments – snaps to stick into the national photo album. For Americans there was the moon landing and, for the French, De Gaulle marching into Paris in 1944.
For Canadians, many of such moments have come from ice hockey. Next month’s winter Olympics in [...]

OSATv TouchLine With T-Bay Chill’s Phyllis, Lento & Colistro

VAUGHAN, ON – Anthony Totera’s guests on this week’s TouchLine include:

John Phyllis – T-Bay Chill’s marketing manager and parents’ spokesperson for the U13 Boys Team competing in the 2010 Ontario Indoor Cup Championships held at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan, on the challenges and benefits of playing competitive soccer in remote northwestern Ontario’s [...]

Canada Faces Costa Rica For Last Germany 2010 Slot

GUATEMALA — Canada will face Costa Rica this Saturday 30 January in its attempt to qualify for a fifth-consecutive FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The two sides will meet in the match for third place at the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Ciudad Guatemala at 13.30 local time. The match will be broadcast live [...]

OSATv TouchLine With Bezic, Pearce, La Ferrara

VAUGHAN, ON – Anthony Totera’s guests on this week’s TouchLine include:

Dick Bezic –– former part-owner of the Toronto Metros-Croatia, the 2010 Soccer Hall of Fame "Team of Distinction", on his memories and experiences working with the team on its road to the NASL Championship and signing who many regard as one of the best [...]

OSATv TouchLine With Iarusci, Bradbury, Fernandes & Wilkinson

VAUGHAN, ON – Anthony Totera’s guests on this week’s TouchLine include:

Bob Iarusci –– 2000 Hall of Fame Inductee, former Team Canada Captain and Toronto Metros-Croatia star, current chair of the Toronto Azzurri SC and V.P. of the North York Hearts SC, on his memories playing for Toronto Metros-Croatia, the 2010 Soccer Hall of Fame [...]