{ "title": "Hart Announces Roster for Labour Day Friendly against Jamaica in Montreal", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:35:27", "published_at": "2006-08-23 11:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/hart-announces-roster-for-labour-day-friendly-against-jamaica-in-montreal", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/a1Fd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Interim Canadian National Team head coach Stephen Hart has announced his 18-player roster for the Jamaica friendly on Monday, September 4 (Labour Day) at 4:00 p.m. in Montreal at the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard. The match marks the team\u2019s first appearance in Montreal in over \u2026", "slug": "hart-announces-roster-for-labour-day-friendly-against-jamaica-in-montreal", "body": "

Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Interim Canadian National Team head coach Stephen Hart has announced his 18-player roster for the Jamaica friendly on Monday, September 4 (Labour Day) at 4:00 p.m. in Montreal at the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard.
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\u200bThe match marks the team’s first appearance in Montreal in over 11 years; the last being a 3:0 loss to Turkey on June 7, 1995.
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\u200bThis will be Hart’s first match in charge of the Canadian National Team since being named interim head coach on July 12, 2006. Hart has been Canada’s Under-17 head coach since December 2001.
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\u200bHart’s roster definitely has a Montreal connection as six players are either from the area or are current or past players of the Montreal Impact of the United Soccer League (USL). Current Impact players are goalkeeper Greg Sutton, and defenders Adam Braz, and Gabriel Gervais. Past Impact players are Patrice Bernier who is currently with Tromso in Norway and Sandro Grande playing with Molde also of Norway; both are from Montreal. Forward Olivier Occean, also a native of Montreal, was named 2006 player of the year in Norway while playing for Lillestrom.
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\u200bGoalkeeper Kenny Stamatopolus (Tromso) will join Sutton on the roster.
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\u200bHart has called upon defenders Kevin McKenna (Energie Cottbus, Germany), Chris Pozniak (Haugesund, Norway), Marco Reda (Sogndal, Norway), Paul Stalteri (Tottenham, England), and Josh Simpson (Kaiserslauten, Germany) to join Braz and Gervais on the back line.
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\u200bRounding out the midfielders on the roster is Jim Brennan (unattached) who scored the first and eventual winning goal in the 2:0 win over Austria, Julian de Guzman (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain), Iain Hume (Leicester City, England), and Atiba Hutchinson (Copenhagen, Denmark).
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\u200bJoining Occean up front are strikers Rob Friend (Heerenveen, Holland) and Tomasz Radzinski (Fulham, England).
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\u200bCanada is currently undefeated since a very respectable 2-1 loss to Spain on September 3rd, 2005. They have not allowed a goal in their last three friendlies since November 16, 2005 with a 1:0 win over Luxembourg, a 0:0 draw with the United States on January 22nd, 2006 in San Diego, California, and most recently a 2:0 win over Austria on March 1st, 2006 in Vienna, Austria.
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\u200bAgainst Jamaica, Canada’s is even after 11 encounters with five wins, five losses, and one draw, but the Canucks lead in goals 14-6. In their last encounter on September 2, 1999 in Toronto, Canada won the friendly 1-0.
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\u200b\u0093I think everyone is looking forward to this game,\u0094 said Hart \u0093There has not been a senior national team men’s game in Montreal for many years and that just adds to the anticipation.\u0094
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\u200bTickets are priced at $25.00 for the Grandstand seats (Reserved) and $15.00 for the Bleacher and End zones seats (General Admission) plus applicable taxes and are available through Admission at (514) 790-1245 or 1-800-361-4595, online at www.admission.com, or by calling the Montreal Impact ticket office at (514) 328-3668.
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\u200bThe Quebec Soccer Federation and its members are able to purchase General Admission tickets at a special rate of $10.00 by contacting the Quebec Soccer Federation at (450) 975-3355 ext. 3908.
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\u200bPrior to the match, the squad will assemble in Ottawa for a three day training camp from August 29-31 prior to departing for Montreal where they will make their final preparations.
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\u200bJoining Hart is Tony Fonseca as Assistant Coach, he is the Technical Director of the Vancouver Whitecaps and former Whitecaps head coach. He played for Benfica and was capped for Portugal.
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\u200bFollowing the Labour Day clash, both teams will meat again in Kingston, Jamaica for a second match scheduled for October 8th.
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\u200bAn international friendly is currently being planned for in the fall of 2006 in Europe. Information regarding this match will be released when the details have been finalized.
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\u200bCanada vs. Jamaica
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\u200bMonday, September 4 @ 16:00
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\u200bComplexe sportif Claude-Robillard – 1000, rue Émile-Journault \u0096 Montreal, QC.
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\u200bStephen Hart \u0096 Bio
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\u200bOn December 21, 2001, Stephen Hart was hired as Canada’s U-17 National Team head coach. Hart had been the Technical Director for Soccer Nova Scotia since 1993 and was the Director of the Atlantic Region National Training Centre in Halifax.
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\u200bHart was chosen as Interim head coach of the Men’s National team in July following the departure of Frank Yallop in June 2006.
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\u200bHolder of a CSA “A” License, Hart has been an instructor in the CSA coaching development program since 1992. His coaching experience covers a wide spectrum, having coached at the senior and youth levels, both, male and female. He has coached three Canada Games teams and several provincial teams in the last 11 years. He was an assistant coach with the Canadian Men’s Under-17 Team at the 2001 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament for the Under-17 World Championships. In 2003, Hart was a member of the U-20 National Team coaching staff that lost in the Quarterfinals of the FIFA World Youth Championships in UAE and most recently was the first assistant with the men’s national team since 2005.
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\u200bA native of Trinidad and Tobago, Hart played for Texaco in the National Football League and the San Fernando Strikers in the local Premier League. In 1980 he was selected to the Trinidad and Tobago national team. Later that year he moved to Canada to attend St. Mary’s University.
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\u200bStephen lives in Halifax with his wife Lynn and daughters Eilish, Keva and Yara.
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\u200bRoster
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#

Player

POS

DOB

Caps

G/S

Club

Hometown

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1

Sutton, Greg

GK

4/19/1977

7

3

Montreal Impact

Montreal, QC

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22

Stamatopoulos, Kenny

GK

8/28/1979

4

2

Tromso

Markham, ON

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2

Braz, Adam

D

06/07/1981

7

 

Montreal Impact

St. Laurent, QC

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3

Pozniak, Chris

D/M

01/10/1981

15

 

Haugesund FK

Aurora, ON

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4

McKenna, Kevin

D/F

1/21/1980

33

9

Energie Cottbus

Calgary, AB

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5

Reda, Marco

D

6/22/1977

4

 

Sogndal

Woodbridge, ON

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6

Bernier, Patrice

M

9/23/1979

16

 

Tromso

Brossard, QC

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7

Stalteri, Paul

M

10/18/1977

50

6

Tottenham Hotspur FC

Brampton, ON

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8

de Guzman, Julian

M

3/25/1981

15

 

Deportivo La Coruna

Scarborough, ON

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Radzinski, Tomasz

F

12/14/1973

29

7

Fulham

Toronto, ON

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10

Friend, Rob

F

1/23/1981

6

 

Heerenveen

Kelowna, BC

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11

Brennan, Jim

M

05/08/1977

43

6

Southampton

Newmarket, ON

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12

Gervais, Gabriel

D

9/18/1976

8

 

Montreal Impact

Brossard, QC

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13

Hutchinson, Atiba

M

02/08/1983

20

2

FC Copenhagen

Brampton, ON

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14

Grande, Sandro

M

9/29/1977

11

1

Molde

Montreal, QC

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15

Simpson, Josh

D/M

5/15/1983

13

 

Millwall

Victoria, BC

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16

Hume, Iain

M/F

10/30/1983

14

1

Leicester City

Brampton, ON

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17

Occean, Olivier

F

10/23/1981

12

1

Lillestrom

Brossard, QB

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Staff
\u200bStephen Hart – Head Coach
\u200bTony Fonseca – Assistant Coach
\u200bPaul Dolan – Goalkeeper Coach
\u200bMorgan Quarry – Manager
\u200bVic Mendes – Equipment Manager
\u200bDave Foley – Physiotherapist
\u200bGaro Demerdjian – Physiotherapist
\u200bRudy Gittens – Doctor
\u200bDino Madonis – Head of Delegation

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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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