Football in Canada is the most popular sport in terms of participation rate. According to FIFA Big Count, 2,695,712 people played in Canada in 2006. Professional football in Canada is played in Major League Soccer, United Soccer League and the upcoming Canadian Premier League. Canada also has many semi-professional and amateur football leagues. Canadian men's and women's national football teams are ranked 80th and 4th respectively in the FIFA World Rankings, on May 21, 2018.
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Terminology
Football is played in Canada in accordance with the rules of association football. The so-called football in Canada today is commonly known as football in Canada in the early days of sport, as it is known in most of the world today.
The British Columbia Football Association was the first provincial football association formed in Canada in 1891. This was followed by the Manitoba Football Association was one of the first provincial football associations set up in Canada in 1896. Followed by the Ontario Football Association in 1901, The Saskatchewan Football Association in 1906, the Alberta Football Association in 1909 and the Provincial Football Association of Quebec in 1911.
The Dominion of Canada Football Association was formed in 1912. The game governing body retained the name until it was changed to The Football Association of Canada on June 6, 1952. The association was later renamed the Canadian Soccer Football Association in 1958 and then finally to the Canadian Soccer Association in 1971.
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History
Initial history
One of the earliest soccer games played in Toronto in 1859 between St. George's Society and the Irish team. The game was played in New Westminster in 1862 and in Victoria in 1865. The first game played under modern rule took place in Toronto in 1876, after which the Dominion Football Association, the first recorded soccer association outside of the British Isles, was formed in Toronto on in 1876. 1877 to foster competition between local parties. The first soccer/football book published in Canada was published in Toronto in 1879 on 5 March.
In 1880, the Western Football Association was formed in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario and played a major role in the further development of sports throughout southern Ontario. In about 1900, the WFA had teams across Western Ontario in various municipalities including Seaforth, Mildmay, Listowel, Woodstock, Ingersoll, Brussels, Dundas, Aylmer, Ayr, Tavistock, Preston, Galt and Berlin.
In 1885 and 1886, the Western Football Association sent teams to New Jersey to play indoor and outdoor games against teams representing the American Football Association, then an unofficial football body in the United States. In the first unofficial international between the two countries in 1885 Canada defeated the United States 1-0 in East Newark, New Jersey. A year later the American team won 3-2 on the same pitch. Teams from two organizations play each other on both sides of the border regularly in the following years.
In 1896, the Manitoba Football Association was formed on March 19 at Brandon.
The 1900s
In 1901, the Ontario Football Association was formed in Toronto and the competition for the Ontario Cup began. Galt F.C. won the first edition of the ongoing tournament. They represented WFA at the 1904 Olympics in St. Petersburg. Louis, Missouri, won the gold medal. Only two other teams participated, both American clubs.
In 1905, the Saskatchewan Football Association was formed in the province of Saskatchewan, and in 1911, the Provincial Football Association of Quebec was formed in Montreal with Frank Calder, the first president of the National Hockey League, playing a leading role in the formation of PQFA. The Alberta Football Association was established in the same year.
The first professional game was played in Vancouver between Callies and Rovers in 1910. "Dominion of Canada Football Association", today known as the "Canadian Soccer Association founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba in July 1912." At the meeting, the Manitoba Football Association joined the provincial associations of Ontario, New Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Alberta to form national associations. "The organization became a FIFA member December 31, 1912. In 1926, the National Soccer League was formed with teams in Ontario and Quebec. On June 21, 1926, the DCFA withdrew from FIFA and remained outside the governing body of the world, following the example of the British association in a disputed time payment dispute for amateurs, Whitey McDonald Hamilton was signed by Scottish club Rangers in the 1920s, who saw him while on a tour of North America.
The Great Depression of the 1930s meant that the DCFA struggled financially and was unable to hold its annual meetings in 1932 and 1933 and from 1935 to 1940. In those years, business was done by post. At one point, Len Peto's president from Montreal loaned DFA large sums of money to prevent bankruptcy. The money is then paid in full. Despite the tough times, Montreal-born goalkeeper Joe Kennaway signed a contract for Scotland's Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic in 1931 and was soon successful. Toronto Scotland won the North American club championship in 1933 by beating US holder and champion St Louis Stix at Soldier Field Chicago 2-1.
In July 1946, the Canadian Dominican Football Association held a reorganization meeting in Winnipeg, MB. On 24 July 1948, the Association again became a member of FIFA. On June 6, 1952, the Association officially changed its name to the Canadian Football Association.
In 1957, Canada qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time and met United States and Mexico in qualifying for the finals in Sweden in 1958. Canada won the first 5-1 World Cup qualifier against the US in Toronto but played Mexico two times in Mexico City and lost 2-0 and 3-0. In the last group match, Canada defeated US 3-2 at St. Louis, but the group's Mexican champions advance to the Finals.
In 1958, the Association re-renamed, this time to the Canadian Football Association. It will change its name once again in 1971, at that time becoming the Canadian Football Association.
During the 1960s there was a joint effort to encourage professional soccer in Canada. The Eastern Canada Professional Football League was formed in 1961 and featured teams in Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton, and (for a season) Buffalo, New York. One club, Toronto City, even featured some very prominent English football stars during its inaugural season, including Danny Blanchflower international Northern Ireland, England international Stanley Matthews and Johnny Haynes and Scottish international Jackie Mudie and Tommy Younger. It is also famous as the last time that England, Scotland and Northern Ireland captains are all playing on the same side together. Nevertheless, the league proved unsuccessful and folded in 5 years. In western Canada, in 1963 the regional league, the Western Canadian Football League was formed and consisted of between four and ten teams which in 1971, when folded, was semi-professional and included teams from Winnipeg to Victoria in two divisions and including several players National team. Following the increasing popularity of the game after the 1966 World Cup global broadcasting, the North American Football League was formed in 1968. The mainly United States-based League also has clubs in Canada and used many European professionals brought to complete domestic talent. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Canada was represented by professional teams playing in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver with short-lived teams in Calgary and Edmonton. The NASL has a stormy relationship with FIFA and the USSF and their club is not competing in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The league folded before the 1985 season.
The Summer Games were held in Montreal in 1976, but the football tournament featured only 13 teams instead of 16 normal after African countries boycotted the game in protest against South Africa's apartheid policy. Canada opened up against the Soviet Union at the Olympic Stadium, losing 2-1. Canada lost their second match in Toronto against North Korea and was eliminated from the tournament. In the same year, Toronto Metros-Croatia won the Soccer Bowl, the North American Football League championship. The final was held in Seattle, where the Toronto team beat Minnesota 3-0 with a squad featuring EusÃÆ' Â © bio, striker Ivan Luka? Evi ?, Canadian defender Robert Iarusci and goaltender? Eljko Bilecki. Vancouver Whitecaps won the 1979 Soccer Bowl, beating Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-1 in the final at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey.
In 1983, Toronto Blizzard reached the final at B.C. Place the Stadium in Vancouver but lost 2-0 to Tulsa Roughnecks. Also in 1983 the Canadian Professional Football League played a season that was shortened after two years of canceled effort to find enough clubs to play. Canada also lost an offer to host the 1986 World Cup in 1983 when Mexico was awarded the World Cup. Canada qualified for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic soccer tournament played throughout the United States. In the first half, they drew with Iraq, lost to Yugoslavia and beat Cameroon to qualify for the quarterfinals. After leading first against Brazil, Canada were defeated on a penalty kick.
The 1985 CONCACAF Championship is the fourth edition to be duplicated as a qualifier for the FIFA World Cup. Canada secured qualification for the 1986 World Cup after defeating Honduras 2-1 in St John's, Newfoundland on 14 September 1985 at King George V Parkin ahead of over 13,000 people. Canada have made a bid to host the final tournament, but their appeals are denied for Mexico, who qualify automatically as hosts, with Canada getting the remainder of the CONCACAF spot and winning the CONCACAF Championship (now the Gold Cup) for the first time. In the World Cup, Canada was drawn in Group C and lost 1-0 to France and 2-0 to Hungary and the Soviet Union.
Also in 1986, four Canadian national team players were guilty of taking bribes in a match-fixing scandal at the Merlion Cup in Singapore. The Canadian Football Association suspended Chris Cheuden, Hector Marinaro, David Norman and Igor Vrablic respectively for one year. Marinaro and Norman restored and returned to play for Canada. In the resurgence of the Canadian World Cup appearance, the Canadian Football League began operating in 1987, and in 1989 the Canadian Football Association was established.
The NASL was replaced by the Canadian Soccer League with teams in eight Canadian cities. The Vancouver 86ers won the 1990 North American Club Championship, defeating Maryland Bays 3-2 in the final in Burnaby, British Columbia. In the same year, the Canadian national team took part in the North American Cup (formerly the NAFC Championship) for the first time, hosting a three-team tournament. Mexico and Canada send their full force, but the US sends the 'B' team and does not count the game as an official international player on record (CONCACAF enrolls the 1990 North American Cup on their website). Canada won the tournament after a 1-0 win over the United States on May 6 and a 2-1 win over Mexico on May 13, all three goals scored by John Catliff, top scorer of the tournament. In 1991, Canada took part in the championship for the second time as defending champion. Mexico won the 1991 North American Cup with Canada finishing in third place.
After the 1992 season, CSL was forced to terminate operations with Vancouver 86ers and Montreal Impact joining the United States APSL. In January 1993, Toronto Blizzard also joined the APSL. The Winnipeg Fury, did not meet U.S.S.F. Division 1 standard market size, and North York Rockets joined the National Soccer League, which changed its name to the Canadian National Soccer League in 1993.
The Canadian women's national team benefited from a spike in youth participation throughout the 1980s, and in 1995 Canada qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time. Canada lost to England and Norway and drew with Nigeria in the tournament played in Sweden. Canada again qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup to be played in the United States, returning without a win after playing with Japan and losing to Norway and Russia.
2000s
In 2000, the Canadian men's team won the CONCACAF 2000 Gold Cup in February. Canada finished in a group match with the Republic of Korea but won a tie-breaking coin to advance to the quarter-finals, where they beat Mexico 2-1 in an extra-time golden goal. In the semi-finals, Canada beat Trinidad and Tobago 1-0, and beat the side that Colombia invited 2-0 in the final. As a result of being crowned CONCACAF champion, Canada traveled to the 2001 Confederations Cup in Japan, producing an impressive 0-0 draw with Brazil thanks to the glorious performance of the Most Precious Gold Players in the Craig Forrest Cup.
At the next Gold Cup in 2002, Canada reached the semi-finals for the second time and lost to the United States on penalties. Despite their success in the Gold Cup, Canadian men's senior teams failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, 2006 or 2010. The national team never reached a position higher than 40 in the FIFA World Rankings.
Also in 2002, Canada hosted the first FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with games in Edmonton, Victoria and Vancouver. The finals between Canada and the United States are played at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium, with a US win over a golden goal. Canadian Christine Sinclair received the Golden Ball tournament as MVP and Golden Boot as top scorer. Starting in 2002, Canadian senior women's team, with several players from the U-19 squad, met the United States in the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup final, where the US won another golden goal. Still late in the year, Sinclair led the NCAA AS I Division in goals scored when he helped the University of Portland win the national championship.
The senior women's side again qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. In the group stage they lost to Germany before beating Japan and Argentina for their first victory in World Cup history (male or female). In the quarter-finals, Canada made China lose 1-0 before losing to Sweden in the semifinals. They were again beaten by old US rivals in the 3rd place game. The U-19 women's team qualified for the 2004 world championships in Thailand, losing in the quarterfinals to China. For the second tournament, Canada won the Golden Boot, with Brittany Timko being the top scorer. Sinclair set a NCAA Division I record in 2005 with 39 goals as he led Portland to another NCAA title and earned his second straight Hermann Trophy. After his record season in Portland, Sinclair won the Honda-Broderick Cup in 2006 as an outstanding female athlete at US university. Also in 2006, Chief Operating Officer of the long-serving CSA Kevan Pipe was fired from his duties. The CPSL is re-branded as the Canadian Football League.
In 2007, Toronto FC began playing in Major League Soccer as its first franchise located outside the United States. Canada's national team reached the semi-finals at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2007. Dale Mitchell was appointed coach of Canada's senior men's team, to begin the task after the 2007 U-20 World Cup, held in Canada. The hosts came out without scoring and lost all three games. The final was held in front of 20,000 people at the National Soccer Stadium in Toronto, with Argentina defeating Czech Republic 2-1. Association President Colin Linford resigned after he voted for chief executive officer, Fred Nykamp, ​​rejected by the board of directors. In September, Canada participated in the 2007 FIFA China Women's World Cup. In October, Vice President Dr. Dominic Maestracci assumes Linford's role as chairman of the council.
Outside the last place in Canada, the tournament itself was a huge success. Led by National Event Director Peter Montopoli, the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 drew a record 1.2 million fan tournaments, viewed by 469.5 million global television viewers, and generated $ 259 million in economic impact.
The Canadian Football Association stepped forward in 2008. For the record, Peter Montopoli was hired as General Secretary, Stephen Hart was employed as Technical Director and Dr. Dominic Maestracci was elected President. In May, the Association inaugurated the Canadian Nutrilite Championships with the help of Canada's top three clubs - Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Impact won his first season and qualified for the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League season. In women's football, Canada qualified for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament for the first time in the Association's history. The team came in an extra-time goal to beat the United States number one in the quarter-finals. At the youth level, Canada won the second CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship.
In male football, Canada drew more than 10,000 fans to four senior men's games for the first time in Association history. Unfortunately, Canada can not advance beyond the so-called CONCACAF Group of Death, a group featuring countries with higher ratings Mexico and Honduras.
Popularity
As in other English-speaking countries outside the UK, football associations have traditionally been overshadowed by rival code of the game with explicit local roots. As in Australia, where Australian Rules Football takes over; and Ireland, where Gaelic Football is played; while in New Zealand rugby holds greater popularity, Canadian football usurped the Football Association. In 1869, the founding of Hamilton Football Club, which played what would become Canadian football, helped make the sport the dominant football code in Canada in the early 20th century.
Despite the differences in the popularity of their respective professional leagues, the football association took over ice hockey in the 1980s and 1990s as a sport with the most registered players in the country. In 2008, there were 873,032 players, compared to 584,679 registered hockey players in Canada in 2008-09.
League System
Here is a list of professional teams in Canada currently playing in Division 1 or Division 2:
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is the highest level of professional football in the United States and Canada. There are currently three MLS teams located in Canada. Toronto FC became the first Canadian club in 2007. An MLS franchise was awarded to Vancouver in 2009 and began playing in the 2011 season. An MLS franchise was awarded to Montreal in 2010 and began playing in the 2012 season. Vancouver Club and Montreal are old organizations that playing in the lower divisions.
Canadian Premier League
The Canadian Premier League (CPL) is the forthcoming professional football league 1. Six Canadian teams have been confirmed, with eight to ten teams expected to compete in its inaugural 2019 season. The stated goal of the league is to develop Canadian footballing talent, and will have a minimum number of Canadian players on each list.
United Soccer League
The second tier in the United States and Canada includes United Soccer League (USL) which has two Canadian clubs: Ottawa Fury FC and Toronto FC II. The North American Football League features Canadian club FC Edmonton, until it is folded in 2017.
There are six Canadian teams in the Premier League Premier League fourth tier: TSS FC Rovers and Victoria Highlanders in British Columbia; Calgary Foothills FC in Alberta; WSA Winnipeg in Manitoba; and K-W United FC and Thunder Bay Chill in Ontario. Thunder Bay Chill won the PDL Championship in 2008, Forest City London (since moving to L1O) in 2012 and K-W United FC in 2015.
Canadian Division 3 League
The semi-professional or professional-amateur (pro-am) League has been operated by provincial football associations since 2012 and has been designated as Division 3 by CSA. There are currently two such leagues; PremiÃÆ'¨re Ligue de soccer du QuÃÆ' Â © bec (PLSQ) in Quebec and League1 Ontario (L1O) in Ontario - the latter also operating the Division 3 Women Division. Both men's leagues meet in the Inter-Provincial Cup as a national 3rd Division championship, as the league currently does not qualify for the Canadian Championships (serving professional teams at Division 1 & 2 level) or The Challenge Trophy (serving amateur teams in Division 4 and below ).
Canadian Football League
The second version of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL) is a league in Canada that was previously approved by the Canadian Football Association and is now a member of the newly formed Canadian Football Federation (SFC). This CSL version can not or will not handle corruption allegations and match-fixing issues; CSL decided to make their own soccer federation that FIFA did not approve was the solution.
In May 2009, the south Ontario based league was granted conditional approval by the Canadian Football Association as a pro tier national football tier III in Canada. Toronto FC and Montreal Impact both previously had their academy club playing at CSL. Toronto has a TFC Academy, in the First Division, and TFC Academy II in the Reserve Division. While Montreal has an Impact Academy in the First Division. The latest league clubs are Kingston FC, Niagara United, and SC Waterloo Region which joined CSL in 2012, all moving up from the CSL Backup Division.
On January 31, 2013, the Canadian Soccer Association announced that it withdrew support from the league, ending its status as a 3rd division league approved by the 2013 season.
Canadian Football League Competition
- Canadian Championships (full pro teams from MLS and USL; to include teams from L1O and PLSQ from 2018 forward)
- The Challenge Trophy (amateur citizen)
- The Jubilee Trophy (an amateur woman)
Many provincial-approved amateur leagues have league cup competitions. Some like those in British Columbia have a significant history.
- Vancouver Island Soccer League - Sir John Jackson Cup was first contested 1914
- The Fraser Valley Soccer League - Packenham Cup was first contested in 1909
- The Vancouver Metro Soccer League - Imperial Cup was first contested in 1913
- The British Colonial Provincial Football Championship - Provincial Cup (formerly McBride Shield and BCFA Challenge Cup) first contested 1892
- Pacific Coast Soccer League - Cambridge Cup
- Pacific Coast Soccer League - John F. Kennedy Cup (between top amateur teams in BC, Washington State and Oregon)
Stadium
Many Canadian football stadiums and multi purpose stadiums are used for football.
Canada has only two top-level football stadiums - Saputo Stadium in Montrà © Å ©, and King George V Park at St. John's.
National team
Canada's national football team has appeared in two senior FIFA tournaments, the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan. The women's senior national team has appeared in nine senior FIFA tournaments, six FIFA Women's World Cups and three Women's Olympic Football Tournaments. There is also a recently established national soccer team, which represents the province of QuÃÆ' Â © bec and the Canadian French population in non-FIFA tournaments.
See also
- Canadian football pyramid
- Canadian men's national football team
- Canadian women's national football team
- QuÃÆ' Â © bec national soccer team
- The Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Museum
- List of football clubs in Canada
- Soccer on Television Canada
References
External links
Canadian Football Association Official WebsiteSource of the article : Wikipedia
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