{ "title": "Canada opens FIFA\u2008World Cup Qualifiers in Montr\u00e9al", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:30:35", "published_at": "2008-04-22 11:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-opens-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-in-montreal", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/tzFd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Listen to Dale Mitchell : Clip 1 | Clip 2 The Canadian Soccer Association has announced that the Canadian leg of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa\u0099 Qualifiers series against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines will take place on Friday 20 June 2008 at Stade Saputo in Montr\u00e9al, QC. The match will kick \u2026", "slug": "canada-opens-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-in-montreal", "body": "

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\u200bThe Canadian Soccer Association has announced that the Canadian leg of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa\u0099 Qualifiers series against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines will take place on Friday 20 June 2008 at Stade Saputo in Montréal, QC. The match will kick off at 19.30.
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\u200b\u0093The Association, in collaboration with the Fédération de soccer du Québec and the Impact de Montréal, is happy to announce that the first FIFA World Cup\u0099 Qualifiers match will be in Montréal at Stade Saputo,\u0094\u2008says Dominic Maestracci, the Association’s Chairman of the Board. \u0093This first match represents a new step in the relationship between the Canadian Soccer Association, the member associations and the professional clubs in Canada.\u0094
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\u200bCanada is facing Saint Vincent & the Grenadines in a two-match series in Stage II of CONCACAF qualifications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa\u0099. The first match will be played on 15 June in Kingstown, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. The 20 June match will be the first-ever FIFA World Cup\u0099 Qualifiers match hosted by the city of Montréal. The winner of the series will advance to a four-team semi-final round-robin group (Stage III) that will play six games from August to November.
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\u200b\u0093The City of Montreal and the whole province of Québec are very proud to host the very first home match of the Canadian men’s team as it starts on the road to qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa\u0099,\u0094 says Dino Madonis, president of the Quebec Soccer Federation.
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\u200bStade Saputo is a new 13,000-seat stadium built in the east end of Montréal in the heart of Olympic Park. The stadium is the home for the Impact de Montréal of the United Soccer Leagues First Division. The stadium will open on 19 May for a league match against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
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\u200bCanada’s men’s national team last faced Saint Vincent & the Grenadines on 8 March 1985 in an international friendly in Kingstown. Canada won the match 2:1 under coach Tony Waiters in what was a preparatory match before four qualifying matches in April and May. Canada went on to qualify for the FIFA World Cup\u0099 Mexico 1986 in September 1985, the first and only time Canada has qualified for the senior tournament.
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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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