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2021 In Canadian Soccer
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, competitions were greatly altered, either starting late, or being curtailed. Due to border restrictions, many Canadian clubs that participate in soccer leagues with American soccer clubs did not participate, or were forced to play some of their regular season matches in the United States. 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. Men's Senior = 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup = Group B Knockout stage = 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification = CONCACAF first round CONCACAF second round CONCACAF third round U–23 =CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship= The draw for the tournament took place on January 9, 2020, 19:00 Central Time Zone, CST (UTC−06:00, UTC−6), at the Estadio Akron, in Guadalajara, Mexico. On March 13, 2020, CONCACAF suspended all upcoming Conca ...
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2021 Canadian Premier League
The 2021 Canadian Premier League season was the third season of the Canadian Premier League, the Canadian soccer league system, top level of Soccer in Canada, Canadian soccer. Forge FC were defending champions, after defeating HFX Wanderers FC in the 2020 Canadian Premier League Final, 2020 final. The season was planned to commence on May 22, the Victoria Day weekend, pending the approval of government authorities and the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. However, on May 14, it was announced that the start was to be pushed back to mid-June or early July. On June 5, the league committed to a full 28-match season, but that the season would begin in a single-site Bio-secure bubble, bubble at IG Field in Winnipeg, Manitoba, promoted as "The Kickoff", with each team playing eight matches between June 26 and July 24. All matches were played Behind closed doors (sport), behind closed doors and in compliance with Manitoba public health orders. On July 30, the CPL began to play m ...
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Woodbridge Strikers
Woodbridge Strikers Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Woodbridge, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2014. The team plays home games at Vaughan Grove Park. The club was one of the ten original founding men's teams in League1 Ontario, which was established in 2014, as well as one of eight original founding teams in the League1 Ontario women's division, which was established in 2015. History The club's history dates back to 1972, when the East Woodbridge Soccer Club and West Woodbridge Soccer Club were created to serve the Woodbridge Community. In 1976, these two clubs merged to form Woodbridge Soccer Club. In 2014, the semi-professional club was established to play in the newly formed League1 Ontario as one of the founding members. Woodbridge played their first match on June 1, 2014 against ANB Futbol, which they won 2–1. They finished in second place in the ...
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Stéphane Lambese
Stéphane Lambese (born 10 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back. Born in France, he represents Haiti internationally. Club career Born in Nogent-sur-Marne, France, Lambese began his career in 2004 with Olympique de Sevran, before moving in the summer of 2009 to the youth of Paris Saint-Germain. In the summer of 2012, he moved from the youth in the reserve of PSG. He signed his first professional contract with the club in the summer of 2015, but left the club at the end of the 2015–16 season. In January 2017 Lambese signed a short term contract with Blois Football 41 in Championnat National 3. At the end of the season he signed a one-year contract with Lorient B. After training several times with the senior team, he signed a professional contract with Lorient in May 2018. He moved on loan from Lorient to Stade Lavallois in July 2018. After a successful season, he signed for Ligue 2 side Orléans in May 2019, agreeing a three-year contract. He m ...
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Salvadoran Football Federation
The Salvadoran Football Federation ( or ) is the official governing football organization in El Salvador and is in charge of the El Salvador national football team, and El Salvador national beach soccer team. The federation is also in charge of the three tiers of domestic club competition, including the top-flight Primera División de Fútbol Profesional. In May 2010, FIFA briefly suspended teams and associated members from international competition on the grounds that the Salvadoran government had not acknowledged the authority of the Normalisation Committee set up to represent FESFUT. On May 28, the suspension was lifted. In November 2010 the federation started the first women's football league in El Salvador. In September 2013, the federation imposed a life-time ban on 14 members of the country's national team for match-fixing and another three players were banned for between six and 18 months. The players were accused of receiving bribes for international matches.
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Children's Mercy Park
Children's Mercy Park is a soccer-specific stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, United States, and is the team home for Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer (MLS). The stadium is located near Kansas Speedway, on the far west side of Wyandotte County, Kansas. It opened during the 2011 MLS season on June 9, 2011, with a match against the Chicago Fire. The stadium has a seating capacity of 18,467, which can expand to 25,000 for concerts. Most SKC games attract around 21,000 spectators because of different stadium modes. The stadium is Sporting Kansas City's third home venue; then known as the Kansas City Wizards, the team played in Arrowhead Stadium from 1996 to 2007 and CommunityAmerica Ballpark from 2008 to 2010. In 2013, the stadium hosted the MLS All-Star Game, the United States men's national soccer team, and MLS Cup, and is the only stadium to host all three in the same year. History Initial planning Originally, Sporting Club, the team's ownership group, planned to ...
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United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ...
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Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City (commonly known as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 156,607, making it one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is situated at Kaw Point, the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. It is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified Government". It is the location of the University of Kansas Medical Center and Kansas City Kansas Community College. History In October 1872, "old" Kansas City, Kansas, was incorporated. The first city election was held on October 22 of that year by order of Judge Hiram Stevens of the Tenth Judicial District and resulted in the election of Mayor James Boyle. The mayors of the city after its organization were James Boyle, C. A. Eidemiller, A. S. Orbiso ...
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Emmanuel Rivière
Emmanuel José Rivière (born 3 March 1990) is a French former professional footballer. Rivière primarily played in the lead striker role, but can also operate on wings. He was a French youth international having played at all levels before switching to represent the Martinique national team. Club career Early career Rivière began his football career playing on the French overseas department of Martinique playing for local side Espoir Sainte-Luce in the commune of Sainte-Luce. He attracted interest from French clubs on the mainland after his performances at the annual Coupe Nationale des 14 ans, which was held at the Clairefontaine academy. Notable clubs that scouted him included Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon and Saint-Étienne. The player signed for Saint-Étienne citing the club's history stating, "The ASSE is legendary in Martinique. They're a very big club. My family was happy to see me sign here. My father, who follows a lot of football, talks about them often." Sain ...
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Theo Corbeanu
Theodor Alexander Corbeanu (born May 17, 2002) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward or a winger for Major League Soccer side Toronto FC, on loan from Segunda División club Granada, and the Canada national team. Early life Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Corbeanu began playing house league soccer at the age of five with local club Quinndale Youth Soccer as a goalkeeper, but soon switched to a forward role. At youth level, he later played for local clubs Mount Hamilton SC, Hamilton Sparta SC, Saltfleet SC and Givova Academy. In late 2016, after a successful trial, Corbeanu joined the academy of Toronto FC. Club career Toronto FC In 2018, he played for Toronto FC III in League1 Ontario. He scored two goals in a 6–1 victory over Toronto Skillz FC on May 21, 2018. Wolverhampton Wanderers Having left Toronto FC in August 2018, Corbeanu was unsuccessful in a trial for English club Leicester City, but was later offered a scholarship with the academy of W ...
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Stephen Eustáquio
Stephen Antunes Eustáquio ( ; born 21 December 1996) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Porto and vice-captains the Canada national team. After starting out at Nazarenos, he has spent most of his club career in Portugal with Torreense, Leixões, Chaves, Paços de Ferreira and Porto. He also played briefly in Mexico with Cruz Azul. Born in Canada, Eustáquio represented Portugal at youth level. However, in 2019 he committed to play for Canada and debuted for them in November of that year. He was part of their squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, also being selected for the 2022 World Cup and the 2024 Copa América. Club career Early career Born in Leamington, Ontario, to Portuguese parents, Eustáquio first played soccer with Leamington Minor Soccer, moving to Portugal at age 7. After beginning with amateurs Nazarenos, he spent two seasons in the third division with Torreense. Leix ...
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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, which he captains, and the Canada national team. Osorio holds the Toronto FC club record for most appearances. He also made three appearances for Canada at 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 Canada 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 qua ...
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Cyle Larin
Cyle Christopher Larin (; born April 17, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a striker or a left winger for La Liga club Mallorca and the Canada national team. After playing college soccer for the UConn Huskies, Larin was the first pick of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, joining Orlando City. In his first MLS season, he broke the record for most goals by a rookie, scoring 17 in 27 games and earning the MLS Rookie of the Year Award. He totaled 89 games and 44 goals for Orlando before moving to Beşiktaş for an undisclosed fee in January 2018. He won the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup in 2021. He continued playing in Europe with Zulte Waregem and Club Brugge of the Belgian Pro League and Real Valladolid and Mallorca in La Liga. A full international for Canada since 2014, Larin represented the nation at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2025, reaching the semi-finals in 2021. He was the top scorer with 13 goals in the CONCAC ...
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