Soccer celebrities to be in attendance for OPDL Charity Shield
Soccer celebrities to take part in OPDL Charity Shield
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
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.
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.
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