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    "title": "Canadian Soccer Association marks 100th anniversary with celebration countdown",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 15:30:24",
    "published_at": "2012-05-22 20:24:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canadian-soccer-association-marks-100th-anniversary-with-celebration-countdown",
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    "subtitle": "The Canadian Soccer Association officially celebrates its 100th birthday on 24 May 2012, kicking off a 10-day countdown towards the Association\u2019s Centennial match on 3 June at BMO Field. As part of the celebration, the Canadian Soccer Association has unveiled the first of \u201cTop-10 Moments\u201d in Canadia\u2026",
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    "body": "<p>The Canadian Soccer Association officially celebrates its 100th birthday on 24 May 2012, kicking off a 10-day countdown towards the Association&rsquo;s Centennial match on 3 June at BMO Field. As part of the celebration, the Canadian Soccer Association has unveiled the first of &ldquo;Top-10 Moments&rdquo; in Canadian soccer history, released the voting details for the Association&rsquo;s &ldquo;All-Time Canada XI&rdquo; for men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s football, and announced The Soccer Hall of Fame&rsquo;s two teams of &ldquo;Best XI in 50 Years&rdquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;The Canadian Soccer Association is pleased to celebrate its past, present and future as we continue our year-long tribute to 100 years of the beautiful game in this country,&rdquo; said Canadian Soccer Association president Victor Montagliani. &ldquo;We look forward to having Canadian players, coaches, administrators and fans from the grassroots through to our National Teams join in the celebration.&rdquo;</p><p>The Canadian Soccer Association&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top-10 Moments&rdquo; will be unveiled one per day from 24 May to 3 June 2012, with each vignette featured at the newly-launched centennial commemorative website at <a href=\"https://canadasoccer.com/100\">migmultidev-canada-soccer.pantheonsite.io/100</a>. The first moment commemorates Canada&rsquo;s debut match in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1957.</p><p>Voting for the &ldquo;All-Time Canada XI&rdquo; commences Monday 28 May and runs through Saturday 2 June (also via <a href=\"https://canadasoccer.com/100\">migmultidev-canada-soccer.pantheonsite.io/100</a>). Fans will be asked to select their top 11 men&rsquo;s footballers and 11 women&rsquo;s footballers of all time. The Association&rsquo;s two &ldquo;All-Time Canada XI&rdquo; teams will be unveiled at the Association&rsquo;s Centennial match on 3 June 2012 at BMO Field.</p><p>Fans will make their selections from a voter&rsquo;s list of 100 Canadian footballers. The list features 77 men from the 100 years since Canada&rsquo;s first national competition in 1913 and 23 women from the 30 years since Canada&rsquo;s first national women&rsquo;s competition in 1982. In all, the list includes 76 honoured members of The Soccer Hall of Fame.</p><p>Of note, pre-1912 football stars are not included on the voters list, which means turn-of-the-century honoured members Walter Bowman and Walter Thomson are precluded. Also of note, the youngest active player is Diana Matheson at age 28, so left just off the list were younger active stars like Brittany Timko (26 years of age, already 100 appearances for Canada) and Simeon Jackson (25 years of age, already a one-time Canadian Player of the Year).</p><p>The Canadian Soccer Association celebrates its 100th anniversary throughout the 2012 calendar year. While soccer (football) has been played in Canada since 1876, the Canadian Soccer Association (or the Dominion of Canada Football Association as it was known in the day) was inaugurated on 24 May 1912.</p><h4 id=\"goalkeepers-select-one\" >Goalkeepers (select one)</h4>\n<div\n    class=\"table-container\"\n    style=\"\"\n>\n    <table\n        class=\"table table-bordered\"\n    >\n                            <tbody>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Art Halliwell</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Dick Howard</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Paul Dolan</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Joe Kennaway</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Jack Brand</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Craig Forrest</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Dick Arends</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Tony Chursky</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Pat Onstad</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Ken Pears</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Tino Lettieri</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                        </tbody>\n            </table>\n</div>\n<h4 id=\"defenders-select-four\" >Defenders (select four)</h4>\n<div\n    class=\"table-container\"\n    style=\"\"\n>\n    <table\n        class=\"table table-bordered\"\n    >\n                            <tbody>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Geordie Campbell</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Bob Bolitho</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Randy Samuel</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Roy Cairns</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Bruce Twamley</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Frank Yallop</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Jack Cowan</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Garry Ayre</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>John Limniatis</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>David Stothard</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>John McGrane</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Mark Watson</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Neil Ellett</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Robert Iarusci</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Jason de Vos</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Sam Lenarduzzi</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Bob Lenarduzzi</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Paul Stalteri</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Bruce Wilson</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Ian Bridge</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Kevin McKenna</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                        </tbody>\n            </table>\n</div>\n<h4 id=\"midfielders-and-forward-select-six\" >Midfielders and Forward (select six)</h4>\n<div\n    class=\"table-container\"\n    style=\"\"\n>\n    <table\n        class=\"table table-bordered\"\n    >\n                            <tbody>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Bob Harley</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Gordon Ion</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Gerry Gray</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Dickie Stobbart</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Norman McLeod</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Paul James</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Fred Dierden</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Les Wilson</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Colin Miller</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Dave Turner</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Mike Stojanovi\u0107</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>John Catliff</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Bill Findler</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Brian Robinson</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Lyndon Hooper</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Jimmy Spencer</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Jimmy Douglas</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Alex Bunbury</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Trevor Harvey</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Les (Buzz) Parsons</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Nick Dasovic</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Doug McMahon</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Glen Johnson</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Domenic Mobilio</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Fred Whittaker</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Victor Kodelja</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Carlo Corazzin</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Brian Philley</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Wes McLeod</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Paul Peschisolido</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Doug Greig</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Carl Valentine</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Tomasz Radzinski</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Gogie Stewart</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Dale Mitchell</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Jim Brennan</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Pat Philley</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Mike Sweeney</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Dwayne De Rosario</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Art Hughes</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Randy Ragan</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Julian de Guzman</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Errol Crossan</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Branko Segota</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Atiba Hutchinson</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                        </tbody>\n            </table>\n</div>\n<h4 id=\"goalkeepers-select-one-2\" >Goalkeepers (select one)</h4>\n<div\n    class=\"table-container\"\n    style=\"\"\n>\n    <table\n        class=\"table table-bordered\"\n    >\n                            <tbody>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Nicole Wright</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Karina LeBlanc</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Erin McLeod</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                        </tbody>\n            </table>\n</div>\n<h4 id=\"defenders-select-four-2\" >Defenders (select four)</h4>\n<div\n    class=\"table-container\"\n    style=\"\"\n>\n    <table\n        class=\"table table-bordered\"\n    >\n                            <tbody>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Tracy David</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Martina Franko</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Rhian Wilkinson</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Michelle Ring</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Randee Hermus</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Candace Chapman</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Janine Helland</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                        </tbody>\n            </table>\n</div>\n<h4 id=\"midfielders-and-forward-select-six-2\" >Midfielders and Forward (select six)</h4>\n<div\n    class=\"table-container\"\n    style=\"\"\n>\n    <table\n        class=\"table table-bordered\"\n    >\n                            <tbody>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Joan McEachern</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Silvana Burtini</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Amy Walsh</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Connie Cant</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Helen Stoumbos</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Christine Sinclair</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Carrie Serwetnyk</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Angela Kelly</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Diana Matheson</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Geraldine Donnelly</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Andrea Neil</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Kara Lang</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Charmaine Hooper</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                        </tbody>\n            </table>\n</div>\n<div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-d66f79b3-b000-4cdb-8c83-e37bf64e8b4a\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em 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