Ontario women's league 1: 2015 Review: Women's Junior Talent Pool

Tue Nov 3
Written By: Staff, League1

As part of the League 1 review of the 2015 season, we checked with the coaches of each of the teams and asked them to highlight the contributions of two or three of their top young players.
Any comments about players are from the coach or technical director of the team they played for.

ANB Futbol Women (Head coach: Marcelo Almeida)

Kelsey Araujo, midfielder and striker, was an honourable mention league all-star. She is a young, dynamic and extremely athletic player who led the team with 12 goals.
She got some experience in France last summer with the Olympique Lyonnais U-19 team with six weeks of training. She is probably won of the quickest players in League1, especially with the ball. She has been offered a Division 1 scholarship in the United States for September 2016.

ANB: Kelsey Araujo

Durham United FC (Head coach: Tony La Ferrerra)

Forward / midfielder Sabrina McNiel played seven games for us towards the end of the season. She was outstanding in every game she played. Sabrina played as a forward in our 4-3-3 and as a wide player when we played 4-4-2. Very intelligent player. I have recommended her to the U20 Canada National program.
Defensive midfielder Stasi Torchia is a very intelligent player. As a defensive midfielder, she reads the game well and is able to anticipate the next move. She always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Tactically very smart.

DUFC: Sabrina McNeil

North Mississauga Panthers (Assistant coach: Trevor Bertrand)

Katarina Grgic is a fifteen year old who fulfilled a major role in the team as a anchor center back. Strong both in the ground and in the air. Katarina took control of the defense in her seven games with five wins and a tie. Eyes should be kept in her.
Elisa Oliveira is a fifteen year old midfielder who added creativity to the middle. Great ball control and vision. Was in Portugal for U17 try outs.
Tracy Pizarro Steffler is an attacking midfielder who gave the team the punch we needed. She has good control of the ball and shoots with both feet. Created lots of problems from behind the strikers.

North Miss.: Tracey Pizarro Steffler

Pro Stars FC (Head coach: Benjamin Falkenstein)

By mid August the team had lost nine players to US scholarships and young stars Adrienne Devlin (14 years old), Alana Baba (16 y.o.), Aubrey Martin (16 y.o.) and Alexa Di Biase (16 y.o.) made very solid contributions for the balance of the season.

PFC: Aubrey Martin

Sanjaxx Women (Head coach: Laza Lowe)

Julia Wong is the MVP for Sanjaxx. Her strengths are her passing ability, ability to score goals as a midfielder, competitive instinct, work ethic, determination, leadership, and commitment to work for the team. She has played as a midfielder, attacker, and as a central defender when pressed as part of her duties to the Sanjaxx team. Julia is also an honours student athlete at Toronto French School.

SANJ: Julia Wong

Vaughan Azzurri (Head coach: Carmine Isacco)

Colleen Beesley, one of the leading scorers in the league this season with nine goals, is also a key player for the Vaughan Azzurri. She is a very good finisher and can beat defenders. She is very good one-on-one and knows how to put the ball in the back of the net.
Shannon Wood has been a sold centre-midfielder all year round. She will be a stalwart for York University this coming season and will be depended upon to keep up the good work with the university side as well.

VGHN: Colleen Beesley

Woodbridge Strikers (Head coach: Joe Parolini)

April Syme is probably pound for pound the best player in the league. She is one of the shortest players in the league and didn't lose a header all season, both in the midfield and on any set play. Most of her goals - and she has scored three - have come off headers. She is small in stature but powerful, explosive and wins tackles and balls in the air.

WS: April Syme

ONTARIO WOMEN'S LEAGUE 1: 2015 Review: Women's Junior Talent Pool

Tue Nov 3
Written By: Staff, League1

As part of the League 1 review of the 2015 season, we checked with the coaches of each of the teams and asked them to highlight the contributions of two or three of their top young players.
Any comments about players are from the coach or technical director of the team they played for.

ANB Futbol Women (Head coach: Marcelo Almeida)

Kelsey Araujo, midfielder and striker, was an honourable mention league all-star. She is a young, dynamic and extremely athletic player who led the team with 12 goals.
She got some experience in France last summer with the Olympique Lyonnais U-19 team with six weeks of training. She is probably won of the quickest players in League1, especially with the ball. She has been offered a Division 1 scholarship in the United States for September 2016.

ANB: Kelsey Araujo

Durham United FC (Head coach: Tony La Ferrerra)

Forward / midfielder Sabrina McNiel played seven games for us towards the end of the season. She was outstanding in every game she played. Sabrina played as a forward in our 4-3-3 and as a wide player when we played 4-4-2. Very intelligent player. I have recommended her to the U20 Canada National program.
Defensive midfielder Stasi Torchia is a very intelligent player. As a defensive midfielder, she reads the game well and is able to anticipate the next move. She always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Tactically very smart.

DUFC: Sabrina McNeil

North Mississauga Panthers (Assistant coach: Trevor Bertrand)

Katarina Grgic is a fifteen year old who fulfilled a major role in the team as a anchor center back. Strong both in the ground and in the air. Katarina took control of the defense in her seven games with five wins and a tie. Eyes should be kept in her.
Elisa Oliveira is a fifteen year old midfielder who added creativity to the middle. Great ball control and vision. Was in Portugal for U17 try outs.
Tracy Pizarro Steffler is an attacking midfielder who gave the team the punch we needed. She has good control of the ball and shoots with both feet. Created lots of problems from behind the strikers.

North Miss.: Tracey Pizarro Steffler

Pro Stars FC (Head coach: Benjamin Falkenstein)

By mid August the team had lost nine players to US scholarships and young stars Adrienne Devlin (14 years old), Alana Baba (16 y.o.), Aubrey Martin (16 y.o.) and Alexa Di Biase (16 y.o.) made very solid contributions for the balance of the season.

PFC: Aubrey Martin

Sanjaxx Women (Head coach: Laza Lowe)

Julia Wong is the MVP for Sanjaxx. Her strengths are her passing ability, ability to score goals as a midfielder, competitive instinct, work ethic, determination, leadership, and commitment to work for the team. She has played as a midfielder, attacker, and as a central defender when pressed as part of her duties to the Sanjaxx team. Julia is also an honours student athlete at Toronto French School.

SANJ: Julia Wong

Vaughan Azzurri (Head coach: Carmine Isacco)

Colleen Beesley, one of the leading scorers in the league this season with nine goals, is also a key player for the Vaughan Azzurri. She is a very good finisher and can beat defenders. She is very good one-on-one and knows how to put the ball in the back of the net.
Shannon Wood has been a sold centre-midfielder all year round. She will be a stalwart for York University this coming season and will be depended upon to keep up the good work with the university side as well.

VGHN: Colleen Beesley

Woodbridge Strikers (Head coach: Joe Parolini)

April Syme is probably pound for pound the best player in the league. She is one of the shortest players in the league and didn't lose a header all season, both in the midfield and on any set play. Most of her goals - and she has scored three - have come off headers. She is small in stature but powerful, explosive and wins tackles and balls in the air.

WS: April Syme

 

Soccer celebrities to be in attendance for OPDL Charity Shield

Soccer celebrities to take part in OPDL Charity Shield Details OSA News OSA News Created: 11 November 2015 To celebrate the conclusion of the OPDL season, the U-14 OPDL Charity Shield Match will be hosted Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Ontario Soccer Centre. Games will be played by the first team in the West Conference versus the first team in the East Conference on both genders. Games will be scheduled as follows: U-14 Girls Game | 10 a.m. | Whitby Iroqouis vs Burlington Bayhawks U-14 Boys Game | 1 p.m. | Ottawa South United vs Richmond Hill The event is open to the public. Admission is $5. If you cannot attend, you can watch both games live online. Subscribe to the OSA Livestream channel to be notified by email when the games kick-off. The Charity Shield is designed to celebrate OPDL License Holders for their achievements, as well as contribute to charity organizations operating in Ontario. As such, there will be some notable faces in attendance to help ring in the day. Celebrity soccer commentator Nigel Reed, who has 30 years of broadcast experience and whose voice has graced numerous FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games, will be on hand to do the play-by-play of both games. In addition, two of Canada's top match officials, Silviu Petrescu and Carol Anne Chenard, will be refereing both games. Read more on that here. Finally, Tony Fonseca, Technical Director of the Canada Soccer, will be in attendnace to have a look at some of the talent on display. All proceeds from the games will be split between the winners of each game (male and female) and donated to charities indicated by the License Holders. In the future, the U-14 OPDL Charity Shield Match will be structured along with the U-15 OPDL Showcase providing further opportunity for players to be exposed to the next level of competition. Top officials sign on to call OPDL Charity Shield matches Details OSA News Referee News Created: 10 November 2015 The OPDL Charity Shield this Saturday Nov. 14 will have two world-class match officials at the helm. Silviu Petrescu, the 2012 MLS referee of the year, and Carol Anne Chenard, who was appointed to the FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, will both be calling games this weekend. Petrescu, who will officiate the Boys U-14 game between Ottawa South United and Richmond Hill, will be partnered with Nick Morrell and Jay Jeong, two impressive assistant referees from the SWRSA district. The fourth official will be Brian Butler, an ART Provincial official. Chenard, who will officiate the Girls U-14 game between the Whitby Iroquois and Burlington Bayhawks, will be paired with talented assistant referees Kaitlyn Bergsma from Huronia and Denise Klein-Horsman from Oakville SC.  The fourth official will be Donna Chung, an experienced official from PHSA. The event is designed to celebrate OPDL License Holders for their achievements, as well as contribute to charity organizations operating in Ontario. Admission is $5. All proceeds from the games will be split between the winners of each game (male and female) and donated to charities indicated by the License Holders. The games will be broadcast live. Subscribe to the OSA livestream channel to be notified when the games kick-off.  Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 1   To celebrate the conclusion of the OPDL season, the U-14 OPDL Charity Shield match will take place this Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Ontario Soccer Centre.  Games will be played by the first team in the West Conference versus the first team in the East Conference for both genders.  The Charity Shield is designed to celebrate OPDL License Holders for their achievements, as well as contribute to charity organization operating in Ontario. As such, there will a number of very notable faces in attendance to help ring in the day. Click here to find out who is playing, who will be in attendance and how you can take in this great day.

THE ROAD TO RUSSIA 2018:Valdivia y Fernández: La dupla que aún no puede brillar en Chile

Valdivia y Fernández: La dupla que aún no puede brillar en la Roja

Si bien se conocen a la perfección luego de compartir un año en Colo Colo, los talentosos creadores no han tenido un partido inolvidable en conjunto por la selección chilena.

Rodrigo Mujica 11 de noviembre del 2015 / 10:54 Hrs

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En el Colo Colo 2006 que maravilló en el Torneo de Apertura que a la postre ganaría en una final ante Universidad de Chile, la dupla de Matías Fernández con Jorge Valdivia era la que le daba una virtuosidad a ese equipo que, nueve años después, sigue siendo recordado como uno de los mejores de los últimos años.

Se esperaba que esta conexión de creadores diera resultados en la selección. En la Copa América 2007, ingresaron como titulares en el debut frente a Ecuador, pero Fernández estaba tan extenuado tras un año y medio sin parar entre Colo Colo y Villarreal que tuvo que ingresar como suplente en el resto de los compromisos. Posteriormente, en ese mismo torneo, Valdivia es parte del recordado "Puerto Ordazo", por lo que no vuelve a ser convocado hasta ya bien entrada la era Bielsa.
Para el Loco, Matías era una de sus piezas indispensables, y lo fue en las Eliminatorias rumbo a Sudáfrica. Pero el Mago, quien también era de su gusto, empezó a ganar espacio poco a poco: Cuando ingresó ante Bolivia en el Estadio Nacional, y frente a Colombia en el duelo que le dio la clasificación a la Roja, marcó diferencias. En el Mundial, la lesión de Suazo permitió que ambos estuvieran juntos frente a Honduras, pero a Valdivia, en ese tiempo en Emiratos Árabes, le costaba mucho ocupar el rol de 9 falso. Ninguno de los sería titular en el enfrentamiento frente a Brasil.
Era Borghi para Matías, era Sampaoli para Valdivia
En el debut de las Eliminatorias camino a Brasil, frente a Argentina, Borghi ocupó a los dos. Sin embargo, ante el intento del Bichi por usarlos a ambos con dos delanteros adelante, se vio un equipo totalmente descompensado. El ex DT de Colo Colo 2006-2007 cambió para el segundo encuentro ante Perú, y dejo al Mago como titular: Ese fue su último partido por la Roja antes del recordado Bautizazo.

Después, Fernández fue el que llevó la batuta hasta la salida del Bichi en noviembre de 2012. Pero a Matías, coincidentemente, los problemas físicos le empezaron a jugar una mala pasada, y no pudo tener mucha regularidad en el inicio de la era Sampaoli. Menos, cuando Valdivia se mostró totalmente recuperado y fue reinsertado por el casildense en la recta final de las Eliminatorias: Fue titular y figura en los últimos tres partidos camino a Brasil 2014.
Matías no llegó al Mundial por problemas en su tobillo. Valdivia, aún en el Palmeiras, estuvo en la Copa del Mundo, pero no fue tan considerado como se esperaba. Ante eso, parecía que se venía una renuncia del Mago, pero siguió con Sampaoli y fue pieza clave en una Copa América en la que el Pelusa jugó un papel más secundario, pero de igual forma, importante, al participar de gran manera en la tanda de penales de la final ante Argentina.
Fernández, que volvió como estelar para el amistoso contra Paraguay en septiembre y que ahora tiene un rol más retrasado en el mediocampo, aún no juega como titular en un partido oficial de la era Sampaoli, mientras Valdivia, pese a su retorno a Medio Oriente, sigue siendo considerado como una pieza indispensable para el estratega. Habrá que ver si frente a Colombia, por fin, la pareja soñada puede llevar a cabo todo lo que deleitó en Colo Colo 2006.

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THE ROAD TO RUSSIA 2018: La fecha ideal de Chile para encaminarse al Mundial de Rusia

Obviamente partiendo por los dos triunfos nacionales, conoce los mejores resultados que ayudarían a la "Roja" en la ruta hacia la próxima Copa del Mundo.

R. Retamal 11 de noviembre del 2015 / 10:57 Hrs

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  La Selección Chilena debe ganar sus dos duelos para aspirar a un escenario ideal. Foto: Archivo.

Poco a poco la Selección Chilena podría ir encaminando su clasificación al Mundial de Rusia 2018, en las eliminatorias que son consideradas como las más difíciles del mundo. Obviamente, el escenario ideal de Chile parte con los dos triunfos del elenco de Jorge Sampaoli, ante Colombia y Uruguay. Así, la "Roja" llegará a 12 unidades y asegurará el liderato de las clasificatorias.
Y para hacer aún mejor la fecha para la enseña nacional, se tendrían que dar estos resultados:
-Bolivia vs. Venezula: Empate. Así, se asegura que estas dos selecciones sigan en los últimos lugares.
-Uruguay vs. Ecuador: Empate. Ambos llegarán a este partido en el primer puesto con 6 puntos, al igual que Chile. Con esta igualdad se enredarían, pese a que el punto sería positivo para Ecuador. De ningún modo conviene el triunfo ecuatoriano en Montevideo. Anímicamente los elevará, considerando que ya vienen de ganar en Buenos Aires.
-Argentina vs. Brasil: Un triunfo de Brasil hundirá a Argentina. Una igualdad es más perjudicial para los albicelestes, pues sumarían recién su segundo punto en las clasificatorias. Por ello, un triunfo de la canarinha o una igualdad le favorece a la "Roja".
-Perú vs. Paraguay: Perú, sin unidades, podría bajar al entonado Paraguay con una victoria. Serían recién los primeros tres puntos para los de Ricardo Gareca.
-Colombia-Argentina: Asumiendo que Chile vencerá a Colombia, los cafeteros llegarán con tres puntos al pleito en casa frente a Argentina. Si la albiceleste no derrota a Brasil, ambos llegarán urgidos por los tres puntos. Por este motivo, un empate ya comenzaría a "matar" a ambos cuadros, rezagándolos en los últimos puestos.
-Venezuela vs. Ecuador: En el supuesto de que Venezuela no derrote a Bolivia, permanecerá en los puestos finales. Por esto, a la "Roja" le conviene que los llaneros le quiten puntos a los ecuatorianos, ya sea con un empate o un triunfo venezolano. Con esto, Ecuador si bien no cae a lugares postreros, se evita que tome confianza para el futuro.
-Paraguay vs. Bolivia: Dado el escaso poderío boliviano, definitivamente a Chile le vendría bien un triunfo altiplánico. O al menos, que se lleve desde Asunción una igualdad.
-Brasil vs. Perú: Las casas de apuestas dan por favorito a Brasil. Evidentemente, si Perú logra un empate o un triunfo, la "Roja" lo agradecerá.
ESCENARIO UNO
-Chile derrota a Colombia y Uruguay
-Bolivia y Venezuela empatan
-Uruguay y Ecuador empatan
-Argentina es derrotada por Brasil
-Perú derrota a Paraguay
-Colombia y Argentina empatan
-Venezuela derrota a Ecuador
-Bolivia derrota a Paraguay
-Perú derrota a Brasil
CHILE 12
Uruguay 7
Ecuador 7
Brasil 6
Perú 6
Bolivia 4
Venezuela 4
Paraguay 4
Colombia 4
Argentina 2
ESCENARIO DOS
-Chile derrota a Colombia y Uruguay
-Bolivia y Venezuela empatan
-Uruguay y Ecuador empatan
-Argentina y Brasil empatan
-Perú derrota a Paraguay
-Colombia y Argentina empatan
-Venezuela iguala con Ecuador
-Bolivia iguala ante Paraguay
-Perú iguala ante Brasil
CHILE 12
Ecuador 8
Brasil 8
Paraguay 5
Colombia 4
Uruguay 4
Perú 4
Argentina 3
Bolivia 2
Venezuela 2

Medida del fútbol de Estados Unidos: prohibirá cabecear a los niños

Tras una demanda colectiva presentada por el nivel de contusiones que registraba este deporte en ese país, la federación recomienda prohibir que los menores de diez años golpeen la pelota con la cabeza.

 11 de noviembre del 2015 / 15:08 Hrs

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La Federación de Fútbol de Estados Unidos (USSF) tomó una particular medida en la formación de los jugadores: la recomendación de prohibir que los menores de diez años golpeen la pelota con la cabeza y  que en los entrenamientos de los niños entre 11 y 13 años, se permita, pero de forma regulada.
Según publica El País de España, la medida tiene como objetivo prevenir contusiones y mejorar el tratamiento médico y de otros problemas que puedan surgir. La iniciativa se generó, como destaca el medio español en agosto de 2014, cuando "un grupo de padres presentó una demanda al tribunal estatal de California, en la que acusaron a varias organizaciones, entre ellas la FIFA y la USSF, de negligencia y descuido en el tratamiento de lesiones cerebrales o contusiones producidas al golpear el balón con la cabeza, o por el choque de cabezas entre jugadores cuando disputan un balón aéreo"
En esta demanda se argumentó que en 2010 cerca de 50 mil estudiantes jugadores de fútbol sufrieron contusiones, en un número mayor al que se registra en el básquetbol, béisbol y lucha.
El grupo incluso pidió que se cambiaran las reglas del fútbol a nivel internacional, pero sí logró que la USSF modifiqué las normas correspondientes a las categorías menores.

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