Canadian
\u200bsoccer fans have voted Maxime Crépeau’s diving save against Iceland as the
\u200bwinner of the 2020 Allstate Canadian National Teams Good Hands® Award. The save
\u200bwas made in the 76thminute of an international friendly match on 15
\u200bJanuary as part of a series of Men’s National Team matches played in California.
With Canada trailing by a goal, Kristján Finnbogason received the ball on the left side of Canada’s penalty area and struck a hard low shot between the defender’s legs. As the shot appeared destined for the bottom corner, Crépeau swiftly shifted to his right to make an instinctive diving save and deflect the ball around the post.
The Allstate Good Hands® Award, which recognizes the top save by a Canadian National Team goalkeeper during international play, was chosen by fans during the online voting period which ran from 19 to 26 November. Allstate will present Crépeau with the Good Hands® Award at a future National Team home match. This is Crépeau’s second time winning the award, the first time being in 2016.
“Despite
\u200ba challenging year due to the global pandemic, we remain proud supporters of
\u200bCanada Soccer’s Men’s and Women’s National Teams, and are pleased to recognize
\u200bthe top performances from the earlier part of the year,” said Marcelo Regen,
\u200bVice President, Allstate Brand Innovation & Chief Customer Officer.
\u200b“Canada’s Women’s National Team qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as captain
\u200bChristine Sinclair set the all-time international goal scoring record, and our
\u200bMen’s National Team continued to show exciting promise in advance of the start
\u200bof 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying.”
“On
\u200bbehalf of Allstate, we are honoured to recognize Maxime Crépeau with the 2020
\u200bAllstate Good Hands® Award for his fantastic save against Iceland.
“Congratulations
\u200bMaxime! I know that Canadians are proud of how you represent Canada on the
\u200binternational stage, and we look forward to supporting you as Canada’s National
\u200bTeams return to the pitch in 2021.”
With
\u200bthe presentation of the Canadian National Teams Allstate Good Hands® Award, an
\u200bexciting fifth year of partnership between Canada Soccer and Allstate Insurance
\u200bCompany of Canada is completed. The partnership, which was launched in early
\u200b2016, has seen Allstate Canada and its Agents lending their support to Canadian
\u200bsoccer at every level, in close to 100 communities nation-wide.
The
\u200bAllstate Good Hands® Award is part off Canada Soccer’s 2020 awards season,
\u200bwhich is celebrating the 28th year of the Canada Soccer Player Awards that were
\u200bintroduced in 1993. The 2020 Canada Soccer Player Awards will be announced over
\u200bthe week of 30 November to 4 December, culminating with the two Canadian
\u200bPlayers of the Year announced on Thursday 3 December and Friday 4 December.
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\u200bHands®” promise and is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada
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