OSA Hosts LTPD Club Head Coaches Workshop

How does LTPD affect you? Visit The OSA Forum to discuss. VAUGHAN, ON – The Ontario Soccer Association hosted a 3-hour workshop for Greater Toronto Area Club Head Coaches and Technical Directors at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan on the evening of November 24th. The workshop was part of the OSA’s on-going training of more »


Club Head Coach Workshop Update

Other than our young soccer players themselves, perhaps the most important “faces” of The Ontario Soccer Association’s mission to deliver Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) in Ontario are the coaches who deliver soccer programs in every corner of the province. And within that group of valued educators, our Club Head Coaches are our leaders— the individuals more »


Canada Women Come From Behind To Beat Sweden

  PHOENIX, AZ, U.S.A. – Canada battled back from a one-goal deficit to defeat Sweden 2:1 in a Women’s International Friendly match in Phoenix, AZ. Christine Sinclair was the hero once again as she notched her 120th goal for Canada in added time. The goal was the final touch on an impressive performance by the more »


OSA LTPD Learning Facilitators Workshop

How does LTPD affect you? Visit The OSA Forum to discuss. WORKSHOP VIDEOS LTPD Facilitation & Activity-Based Learning ~ Marc Schryburt LTPD Active Start and FUNdamentals ~ On Field Session LTPD Facilitator Guide Overview ~ Marc Schryburt LTPD GAG Model ~ On Field Session LTPD LF Operations Manual & Registration ~ Mark Marshall LTPD Overview more »


Canada Men Win 4-0 In Season Finale

TORONTO, ON – Canada’s National Men’s Team scored four goals in its 2011 season finale at BMO Field on Tuesday 15 November in a 4:0 victory over St. Kitts and Nevis to close out CONCACAF Round 2 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Qualifiers. Canada finished first in its group and won advancement to more »


OSA Hosts Inaugural LTPD Learning Facilitators Workshop

See LF comments below. Workshop to follow on OSATv. VAUGHAN, ON — The Ontario Soccer Association hosted a two-day workshop for new Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) Learning Facilitators (LFs) at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan over the November 5-6, 2011 weekend. The workshop forms part of the OSA’s training of men and women who more »


Coach Hart to Canada: "We Owe It To The Fans"

TORONTO, ON – Canada’s National Men’s Team wants to close out CONCACAF Round 2 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Qualifiers with an inspiring performance, with national head coach Stephen Hart reporting "we owe it to the fans" to lay it all out on the field for the final home match of the 2011 more »


Canada Advances In CONCACAF 2014 FIFA World Cup™ Brazil Qualifiers

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts & Nevis — Canada has qualified for CONCACAF Round 3 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Qualifiers. Canada will join Honduras, Cuba and Panama in a six-match series next year, with the top-two teams in that group to advance to the final round of continental qualifiers in 2014. Canada qualified on more »


Team Canada Needs Our Support!!

Canada’s game at BMO Field on Tuesday November 15, 2011 at 7:00pm against St. Kitts and Nevis is a “window into our soccer future”. Like many of you, I’ve had the opportunity to watch our Canadian national team on two occasions at BMO Field this past fall as they have worked their way through the more »


Queen’s Crowned 2011 CIS Women’s Champion

MONTREAL, QC — Queen’s University captured its second consecutive Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy as Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s soccer champions. The Gaels won 3-1 on kicks from the penalty mark on Sunday 13 November at Stade Percival-Molson the the campus of McGill University in Montréal. Tournament MVP Chantel Marson, a 5-foot-3 goalkeeper from London, ON, more »