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Women's Pan Am Youth Blog - Day 1
Youth Pan American Tournament in Uruguay
March 8, 2010
Day 1 – Travel
After waking up at 4 am, stopping in Dallas, Miami, and Buenos Aires, we arrived in Montevideo 24 hours later. Let’s just say, only three hours of sleep made us go a little crazy! Once settled in at the hotel, we went for a jog on the beach and walked along the waterfront by our hotel. Afterwards, we ventured into the town for an interesting dinner, where Kyla was served pasta garnished with flies, but she ate it because of its protein content…
Argentina bests Canada at U17s in Uruguay
Argentina bests Canada at Women’s Pan Am Youth Championship
March 14, 2010
By Sue Demuynck
It was a glorious day to play hockey, the sun was shining, we had an extra hour of sleep (daylights savings – fall back), our cheering contingent was large, and we were playing Argentina!
Coaches Robin D´Abreo, Andi Shannon and Sarah Saddler had prepared the young Canadian girls well, and the team stepped onto the pitch with confidence and excitement. The team attacked their opponents from the opening whistle, and put the Argentines on their heels…
Canada defeats Paraguay in Montevideo
Canada defeats Paraguay in Women’s Youth Championship opener
March 13, 2010
The Canadian national under-17 women’s team soundly defeated Paraguay 12-0 Saturday afternoon in their opening match of the Women’s Pan American Youth Championship.
Canada controlled throughout the match demonstrating great team work. The defense, mid field and the attack worked perfectly. They also showed great strength in corners, with a show of options at the time of scoring.
Madeline Secco, Shannon Herold, Alex McCawley, Lauren Annable, Emma Plasteras, Sarah Keglowitsch, Hannah Haughn, and Sara McManus all scored for Canada…
Women's World Cup Qualifier Roster
Women’s World Cup Qualifier Team San Diego 2010
March 11, 2010
National Women’s team Head Coach Louis Mendonca announced today the final roster for the Ata Holding World Cup Qualifier 2010 in San Diego, California. The women will play their first game on Friday March 26 against team Belgium. Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Team Canada.
Team
1. Baker, Katie…………….PEI
2. Collison, Katie…
Canada bests Pakistan on Golden Goal
Canada bests Pakistan on Golden Goal
March 11, 2010
Official FIH match report by Yan Huckendubler
Game 31 – 11th-12th – Canada v. Pakistan: 3-2 aet (half-time: 1-1 – full time: 2-2)
The first game of the day started earlier than usual in the afternoon and the heat initially affected the rhythm of play. Pakistan went up first on the scoreboard by Rehan BUTT deflecting an innocuous shot by Shakeel ABBASI from the edge of the circle past Dave CARTER, screened on the play…
Canada edged by rivals Argentina
Canada edged by rivals Argentina
March 9, 2010
Official FIH Match Reports by Yan Huckendubler
At the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010 in Delhi, Germany topped Pool A by beating New Zealand (5-2) while The Netherlands fell to Korea (1-2). The semi-finals will oppose Germany to England, and Australia to the Netherlands.
At the beginning of the last day of pool play, everything could still happen in pool A with four teams (Netherlands, Germany, Korea and New Zealand) still mathematically able to earn a semi-final berth depending on the combination of results!
Game 28 – Germany v…
Australia and England through to semi-finals
Australia and England through to semi-finals in Delhi
March 8, 2010
At the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010 in Delhi, England suffered their first defeat of the competition at the hands of Spain (0-2) and Australia grabbed the lead of pool B with their victory over Pakistan (2-1), while South Africa produced another excellent performance to tie India (3-3).
Game 25 – Spain v. England: 2-0 (half-time: 1-0)
Game 26 – Australia v. Pakistan: 2-1 (half-time: 0-1)
Game 27 – South Africa v…
Second half surge leads Korea over Canada
Second half surge leads Korea over Canada
March 7, 2010
Official FIH match reports by Yan Huckendubler
At the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010 in Delhi, Germany and The Netherlands played to a 2-2 tie that puts them at the top of Pool A, while Korea dominated Canada (9-2) and Argentina earned their first win of the competition over New Zealand (1-0).
Game 22 – Korea v. Canada: 9-2 (half-time: 2-0)
Canada and Korea have only met twice in World Cup history and, oddly, in the same year (1998) when they drew in the round-robin and Korea beat Canada for the 7-8 classification…
England in semi-final after dominating India
England in semi-final after dominating India in fiery atmosphere
March 6, 2010
Official FIH Match reporting by Yan Huckendubler
At the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010, England booked their ticket for the semi-final by dominating the host India (3-2) in a fiery atmosphere in Delhi, South Africa achieved an historic win over Pakistan (4-3) and Australia rekindled their semi-final chances with a precious win over Spain (2-0).
Game 19 – Australia v. Spain: 2-0 (half-time: 1-0)
Game 20 – South Africa v…