Canada Clinches Spot In Cyprus Cup Final

LARNAKA, CYPRUS — Canada ’s women’s national team scored early and defended strong to earn a 1:0 victory over defending champion England at the 2010 Cyprus Women’s Cup. Christina Julien’s goal in the ninth minute was enough to propel Canada into the March 3rd tournament final. Goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc posted the clean sheet. “I am more »


OSATv TouchLine With Dr. Gringmuth, Ontario U14 Girls & Ron (Ronnie) Davidson

VAUGHAN, ON – Anthony Totera’s guests on this week’s TouchLine include: Dr. Robert Gringmuth – Dr. Robert Gringmuth, Sports Centres Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic Director and long-time specialist in attending to and treating soccer-related injuries in high performance athletes, on his experiences working with national and international players and some of the common soccer-related more »


CSL Launches Hamilton, Brantford & Milton For 2010

TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Soccer League will kick off the 2010 season early May with three new teams in its First Division, all representing communities just west of Toronto. Hamilton Croatia, Brantford Galaxy and Milltown FC – which represents the town of Milton just west of Mississauga – will boost the CSL’s teams to more »


Canada Opens Cyprus Cup 2-1 Over Switzerland

LARNAKA, CYPRUS — Canada’ women’s national team opened the 2010 Cyprus Women’s Cup with a 2:1 victory over Switzerland on Wednesday. Canada was forced to rally from a 1-0 first half deficit to defeat a feisty Swiss squad despite dominating for much of the match. Captain Christine Sinclair equalized for Canada, scoring from the penalty more »


U16 Girls & U14 Boys Ontario Futsal Cup Champions Crowned


OSATv TouchLine With Tony Camacho & Tony De Thomasis

VAUGHAN, ON – Anthony Totera’s guests on this week’s TouchLine include: Tony Camacho – Canadian Soccer League (CSL) Director of Officials who was one of Canada’s top referees through the 1990s, on his memories and experiences refereeing national and international matches and grassroots referee development. A native of Portugal who came to Canada in 1972, more »


Canada Opens 2010 With 3:0 Victory Over Poland

Larnaka, Cyprus — Canada’s women’s national team opened its 2010 season with an emphatic 3:0 victory over Poland on Saturday in Larnaka, Cyprus. Canadian captain Christine Sinclair scored the 100th goal of her international career while Kelly Parker scored her first and Diana Matheson added a third in a dominant first half from Canada. The more »


Canada To face Poland In First Match Of 2010 Season

LARNAKA, CYPRUS — Canada’s women’s national team will to open its 2010 soccer season this Saturday against Poland in an international friendly match. The match will serve as part of Canada ‘s preparations ahead of its participation in the 2010 Cyprus Women’s Cup. The Canada-Poland match will kick off at 15.00 local time (08.00 ET more »


The HST – Tax Implications For OSA Members

Introduction The Provincial Government will implement the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) on July 1, 2010. The HST will generally be the sum of the former GST (5%) and PST (8%). Implications for Ontario Soccer Association Members We expect that the exemptions available under GST will now be available under HST. They are: (1) An exemption more »


Provincial High Performance Program Injury Report

September 2008 to April 2009 Using the “Injury Tracker” program since 1996 to log injuries reported to our data collection department, several reports are attached below. You will find a summary report of the injuries reported for all Provincial Teams (Individual Team reports: U14, U15, U16 male and female are available upon request) from September more »