18 June 2013 Colin Miller has been confirmed as Interim Head Coach for Canada’s upcoming participation at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, set to begin in Pasadena, California, USA on 7 July. Miller returns after having acted as Interim Head Coach for Canada’s Men’s National Team during a period in 2003/2004 in addition to a camp in USA earlier in 2013 and he most recently led the squad against Costa Rica at home in Edmonton, AB on 28 May. “I feel very privileged and grateful to have been chosen to lead Canada into this summer’s CONCACAF Gold Cup,” said Colin …
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FIFA.com, 18 June 2013 © RIA NOVOSTI The Russian government has sanctioned an Infrastructure Programme for hosting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. The decision was taken at a Russian government cabinet meeting on Thursday 13 June. The infrastructure programme consists of some 292 facilities and events essential for holding the 2018 tournament. This includes 12 stadiums, 113 training sites, 62 hotels, 11 airports, communal and transport infrastructure necessary for FIFA World Cup, and electricity, IT and communications infrastructure. Development of the Programme has been undertaken by the Russian Ministry of Sport. “A colossal amount of work has been …
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Lori Ewing, The Canadian Press, June 17, 2013 Canadian women’s soccer player Kara Lang attends a press conference announcing her retirement from the game in Oakville, Ontario on Wednesday January 5, 2011. Her athletic trainers call it a rebuild — taking something apart that wasn’t assembled quite right and putting it back together properly. Hopefully the result is a resurrected soccer career. Lang revealed late last week she’s mounting a comeback. (Chris Young/THE CANADIAN PRESS Her athletic trainers call it a “rebuild.” It’s the painstaking process of taking apart something that wasn’t assembled quite right and putting it back together …
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June 18, 2013 By Mike Woitalla, editorial Soccer America How much performances at youth national team championships tell us about the state of soccer in a country is debatable, but here’s what Harry Redknapp said after England exited the U-21 European Championship in Israel with three straight losses: “We do not know how to play football. We just boot the ball up the pitch and it gets us nowhere. … In international football you cannot just hit and hope because you give the ball away. It’s all about possession, retaining the ball, controlling the game. We need coaches who believe …
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By Morris Dalla Costa, The London Free Press Monday, June 17, 2013 8:01:13 EDT PM There is no more joyful time than being away from the office. When you are able to work it so that your time away coincides with the opportunity to watch high quality soccer, it makes that time especially valuable. Alas, the best laid plans . . . Watching the 2013 European under-21 championship and the early phases of the Confederation Cup tournament, the prelude to Brazil 2014, wound up making that special time especially depressing. A few games into the tournament and reality came quickly …
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