{
    "title": "Canada To Play Scotland In Friendly",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:44:33",
    "published_at": "2002-08-06 11:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-to-play-scotland-in-friendly",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/h4Fd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Ottawa, Ontario \u2013 The Canadian Soccer Association today announced its Men\u2019s World Cup Team will play Scotland in a full international friendly on October 15, 2002 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The game will be played at Easter Road Stadium (home of Scottish Premier League side Hibernian) at 8:00 p.m. loca\u2026",
    "slug": "canada-to-play-scotland-in-friendly",
    "body": "<p>Ottawa, Ontario &ndash; The Canadian Soccer Association today announced its Men&rsquo;s World Cup Team will play Scotland in a full international friendly on October 15, 2002 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The game will be played at Easter Road Stadium (home of Scottish Premier League side Hibernian) at 8:00 p.m. local time.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bThe game will mark the first time the two countries have faced each other at the senior national level since Scotland defeated Canada 3-1 at Varsity Stadium in Toronto on May 20, 1992. John Catliff scored Canada&rsquo;s only goal in the game. The two countries first met in 1888 (4-0 Scotland win) and have played each other five times (including a three-game series across Canada in June 1983) with Scotland winning all five games.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bScotland will play Denmark in a friendly on August 21st in Glasgow before beginning their 2004 European Championship Qualifying with a game against the Faroe Islands on September 8. They will play in Iceland on October 12 prior to the friendly against Canada. Scotland is in Group 5 in European Qualifying with Germany, Lithuania, the Faroe Islands and Iceland.<br>\u200b</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-bcecb021-3168-4d0a-9925-34f707f18aa5\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Chief Communications &amp; Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:psenra@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"psenra@canadasoccer.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>psenra@canadasoccer.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>(416)&nbsp;882-7919</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div>",
    "contacts": [
        {
            "name": "Paulo Senra",
            "company": "Canada Soccer",
            "description": "Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu",
            "email": "psenra@canadasoccer.com",
            "website": null,
            "address": null,
            "telephone": null,
            "mobile": "(416)\u00a0882-7919",
            "twitter": null,
            "facebook": null
        }
    ],
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}