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    Courtesy of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association: https://www.ccaa.ca/general/2020-21/releases/2020_facp_crawford From the files of The CCAA October 14, 2020 https://www.ccaa.ca/general/2020-21/releases/2020_facp_crawford The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is proud to announce its 2020-21 participants in the annual Female Apprentice Coach Program (FACP) for the sport of Soccer: Langara Falcons, PACWEST Apprentice: Amelia CrawfordMentor: Mark Eckerle The Langara Falcons have added two-time U Sports national champion Amelia Crawford to their coaching staff. Crawford will serve as an apprentice in the CCAA’s FACP this year. “As a graduated student-athlete, I...

    TORONTO - In response to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic and the sport restrictions that are in place in the Province of Ontario in 2020, the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) and its members announced on Thursday October 15th their decision to cancel sanctioned varsity sports competition planned for the 2021 winter semester at the OCAA's 27 member schools. Sports affected by the cancelation of the 2021 OCAA varsity sports winter schedule include badminton, basketball, curling, indoor...

    From the Files of the Canadian Soccer Association https://www.canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-latest-coach-education-a-licence-cohort/ October 6, 2020 Thirty coaches who began A Licence courses in 2017-8 completed requirements Canada Soccer has announced that 30 coaches who participated in the A Licence courses in 2017 and 2018 have completed the subsequent requirements to gain certification. The A Licence is currently the top-level certification in the Performance Stream of Canada Soccer’s Coach Education Program for senior players currently playing in a college/university, professional club or academy environment. The...

    2020 MCAC Soccer Season Cancelled as the Winnipeg Health Region Pandemic Response Level Moves to Code Orange On September 29th in a move that was expected by some fans, administrators and athletes alike, the MCAC Manitoba's governing body for College Athletics made the decision to cancel the 2020 MCAC Soccer season as the Winnipeg Health Region response level was moved to orange for a minimum of four weeks and the MSA Return to Play Phase has been downgraded...

    Photo Courtesy of Brent Dunlop The VIU Mariners men’s soccer team was one win away from capturing the CCAA national gold medal last season, but fell 3-2 to the Durham Lords in the CCAA title match. During the regular campaign the Mariners were the PACWEST’s top team with a 7-3-2 record and received a bye into the Conference gold medal tilt. They struggled in that title game and fell 1-0 to the champion Douglas Royals. However despite the loss...

    The Algonquin College Thunder this week acknowledged their women's and men's soccer staffs for National Coaches Week. Job well done folks. Continue leading the way. Courtesy of Algonquin Thunder Athletics A special National Coaches Week thank you goes out to the coaches of our Women's #Soccer team, Basil Phillips (HC) and Steve Ball.  We won't get to see them out there this season, but we're already excited for 2021-22!  #ThanksCoach #AlgonquinSA #AlgonquinThunder #Ottawa https://t.co/ev8oYfZcje(https://twitter.com/ALGThunder/status/1308061487093743617?s=03) Courtesy of Algonquin Thunder...

    Photo Courtesy of Douglas Royals It’s been almost 11 months since the Douglas Royals women’s soccer team played in a PACWEST game and they are itching to get back on the pitch. Last October the Royals fell in the sudden death playoff semi-final ending their season and hopes of a national gold medal after a 6-3-3 regular season. They began their off season winter work-outs like any other year until March when the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown training across the globe....

    The Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference has decided to cancel the full eight-game soccer schedule for the upcoming 2020 season. After initially approving a schedule, the MCAC has been forced to switch gears as the province is experience mini COVID outbreaks. Instead they are hoping to pull off a four-game schedule starting in October. “If Manitoba Public Health response levels are back to yellow (caution) in all health regions where MCAC schools are located, and the MSA’s Return to Play Phase...

    The power of the athlete continues, and the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (MCAC) has listened, deciding on September 4, 2020 to prolong their decision date to September 16th pertaining to the playing or cancellation of the 2020 soccer season. The MCAC along with the RSEQ is one of only two Canadian post secondary athletics conferences still working at plans for a 2020-21 season that would have competitions this fall. Most leagues made early decisions in the spring...

    After delaying their decision for as long as possible, the RSEQ university athletic conference announced the cancellation of all fall sports Monday. The decision comes in the wake of COVID restrictions. The Quebec conference was the last to announce the cancellation or suspension of fall sports. https://twitter.com/RSEQ1/status/1305568325217517570?s=20 “This difficult decision made by members of the RSEQ university sector is based primarily on the regional alert system, which may limit the participation of universities,” the conference said in their media release.  Student-athletes...