Ontario U15 & U16 Boys To Play For Gold In Nutrilite National All-Star Championships Finals

  OTTAWA, ON — Mount Pearl and St. John’s, NL will host the final day of the 2011 Nutrilite All Stars Boys competitions this Saturday 23 July. The two finals will be played at 11.00 (local kickoff), with the U-16 Boys final set for Smallwood Park in Mount Pearl and the U-15 Boys final set more »

Carolina Morace Resigns As Canada Women’s Head Coach

OTTAWA, ON — The Canadian Soccer Association, along with partners Own the Podium and B2ten, announced today that it has accepted the resignation of Carolina Morace as Head Coach of the Women’s National Team and Women’s U-20 National Team, along with those of her coaching staff which was given verbally on Wednesday, July 20 following more »

First 2011 Ontario Cup Champions To Be Decided This Weekend

VAUGHAN, July 22, 2011 – The Under 18 Boys and Girls and Under 21 Men and Women divisions will be the first to decide their Provincial Champions for the 2011 season, with all the action going down at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan this weekend.  Saturday will feature all the semi-final matchups in the more »

Chill Prepare For Regular Season Finale

Thunder Bay, ON – As the Thunder Bay Chill prepare for their final two-game series of the 2011 season, against Real Colorado Foxes, the team reflects on a weekend that will be significant for more reasons than just the action on the field. The weekend marks the finish of the twelfth season for Thunder Bay more »

AODA – are you aware?

VAUGHAN, ON — The Club Development Team have now facilitated two workshops around the Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act which will be required of all organizations with 1 or more employees by Jan 1st 2012. Last night a vibrant crowd of Club Presidents attended a workshop in Peel Halton Soccer Association led by Jim more »

48 Hours To Inaugural Club Development Weekend

VAUGHAN, ON — With less than 48 hours before delegates arrive in Markham for The OSA Club Development weekend finishing touches are being put on the banquet script and handouts for each of the four workshops. A range of great information will be shared and discussed benefitting the Clubs attending and the players they serve. more »

National Nutrilite All-Star Championships Kick-off

  OTTAWA, ON — The 2011 Canadian Soccer Association National Championships Nutrilite All Stars competitions will kick off Tuesday, 19 July and run through Saturday, 23 July. The week-long competition will feature many of Canada’s bright young footballers at the U-15 and U-16 levels. This year’s U-15/U-16 Boys tournament, hosted in partnership with the Newfoundland more »

Call For Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) Learning Facilitators

New Coaching Programs — New Coaching Direction! On-line Application Form VAUGHAN, ON — It is an exciting time for soccer and specifically Coach Education in Canada and in Ontario. With the roll-out of the CSA’s Long Term Player Development philosophy it’s time to take inventory and see where we are. We have a new position; more »

OSA Announce Kara Lang As Guest Speaker For Upcoming Club Development Weekend

The OSA Club Development Team are excited to announce that recently retired Canadian Women’s National Team star, Kara Lang will be the Guest Speaker at the upcoming Club Development Banquet being held in Markham, Ontario on July 23rd. Anyone interested in attending can contact Jenn Granger at jgranger@soccer.on.ca or Charonne Thomasos at cthomasos@soccer.on.ca for further more »

1 week countdown to groundbreaking OSA Club Development Weekend

The OSA’s first Club Development Weekend is little more than a week away. Staff are busy putting the final touches to a Banquet that will celebrate all that is good in Ontario soccer. Earlier in the day dedicated Club and District volunteers will hear from a range of guest speakers covering key areas of the more »