WOMEN'S SOCCER INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: Canada # 5 vs Germany # 2, June 10 at 2 pm in Hamilton, Ontario, Tim Hortons Stadium

WOMEN'S SOCCER INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: Canada # 5 vs Germany # 2, June 10 at 2 pm in Hamilton, Ontario, Tim Hortons Stadium

Canada Soccer releases roster for Canada v Germany on 10 June in Hamilton

Canada Soccer has selected the 20 Women’s National Team Players who will represent the maple leaf against Germany 10 June in Hamilton, Ontario. Canada, the two-time Olympic Bronze Medal winners, will welcome Germany, the reigning Olympic Champions, to Tim Hortons Field for the Sunday afternoon match.

Canada and Germany, ranked fourth and third in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Rankings, are expected to play in front of a capacity crowd at Tim Hortons Field. With less than 1,000 tickets remaining, fans can still be a part of the pro-Canadian crowd by visiting CanadaSoccer.com/tickets, Ticketmaster.ca or by calling 1.855.985.5000. For fans across Canada, the Canada-Germany match will also be broadcast live on TSN2 and TSN GO (14.00 ET / 11.00 PT).

“We’ll be bringing a very experienced squad to Hamilton, but we are also continuing to create opportunities for some of our young EXCEL players,” said Kenneth Heiner-Møller, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team Head Coach. “The mix is close to optimal and we are excited to bring the group together in June. We are preparing for October’s 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Championship which serves as our FIFA Women’s World Cup™ qualification tournament, so this is a great opportunity to dig into our pipeline and give some additional young players an opportunity to be tested against one of the best teams in the world.”

Canada and Germany have faced each other three times since the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™, including in the third match of the Rio 2016 Olympic Tournament group stage when Canada, led by Ancaster’s Melissa Tancredi, topped Germany 2-1 at Estadio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasilia. Canada later fell 2-0 to Germany in the Olympic semi-final at Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, before going on to capture Olympic Bronze against Brazil.  Canada and Germany faced each other once in 2017, in a friendly in Erfurt, Germany where the home side topped Canada 2-1 with an 86^th minute goal to secure the victory.

“This is really a great opportunity for us as a team to face one of the best in the world, on home soil,” said Heiner-Møller. “We are expecting it to be a very tough match. Germany are the reigning Olympic Champions, but they have also been dominant for a long time and we are striving to accomplish this for Canada. Getting to the top is one thing but staying there is different type of challenge and something Germany has been able to do, so this will be an excellent test of where we are against a world-class, tier-one team.”

The 10 June match will be the first home match for Heiner-Møller since taking the reigns of Canada Soccer's Women’s National Team in January. It is also Canada’s first time back in Hamilton since a friendly match ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™.

“We are very much looking forward to playing in Hamilton,” said Peter Montopoli, Canada Soccer General Secretary. “It will be an exciting match for Canada as Kenneth makes his first home match appearance as Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team. We are looking forward to returning to Tim Hortons Field to compete against a truly, world-class opponent in Germany in front of our Canadian fans.”

Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team will also be wearing the new #CanadaRED Umbro home jersey for the first time. The jersey, unveiled in May, is inspired by one of Canada’s most symbolic emblems, the Canadian maple leaf.  The new home kit will be available for sale at the match and is available now from the official Umbro Canada Soccer store via CanadaSoccer.com.

Canada Soccer Women’s National Team 2018 v Germany Roster (June 10, 2018 at 14:00 ET/11:00 PT)
Head Coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller
GK Stephanie Labbe, age 31, from Stony Plain, AB/ Unattached
GK Erin McLeod, age 34, from St. Albert, AB/ USV Jena (Frauen-Bundesliga)
FB Lindsay Agnew, age 23, from Kingston, ON/ Houston Dash (NWSL)
FB Allysha Chapman, age 29, from Courtice, ON/ Houston Dash (NWSL)
FB Ashley Lawrence, age 22, from Caledon, ON/Paris Saint Germain (Division 1 Féminine France)
FB Emma Regan, age 18, from North Vancouver, BC/ Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite/ Canada Soccer Regional EXCEL Super Centre (British Columbia)
CB Shannon Woeller, age 28, from Vancouver, BC/ FF USV Jena (Frauen-Bundesliga)
CB Shelina Zadorsky, age 25, from London, ON/ Orlando Pride (NWSL)
CB Kadeisha Buchanan, age 22, from Brampton, ON/ Olympique Lyonnais (Division 1 Féminine France)
M/CB Rebecca Quinn, age 22, from Toronto, ON/ Washington Spirit (NWSL)
M Desiree Scott, age 30, from Winnipeg, MB/ Utah Royals FC (NWSL)
M Sophie Schmidt, age 29, from Abbotsford, BC/ FFC Frankfurt (Frauen-Bundesliga)
M Jessie Fleming, age 20, from London, ON/UCLA (NCAA)
M Diana Matheson, age 34, from Oakville, ON/Utah Royals FC (NWSL)
M Julia Grosso, age 17, from Vancouver, BC / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite/ Canada Soccer Regional EXCEL Super Centre (British Columbia)
F Christine Sinclair, age 34, from Burnaby, BC/ Portland Thorns (NWSL)
F Deanne Rose, age 19, from Alliston, ON/ University of Florida Gators (NCAA)
F Janine Beckie, age 23, from Highlands Ranch, CO/ Sky Blue FC (NWSL)
F Adriana Leon, age 25, from King City, ON/ Sky Blue FC (NWSL)
F Nichelle Prince, age 23, from Ajax, ON/ Houston Dash (NWSL)

Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team

Canada recently made history with back-to-back podium finishes at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. At the last three major women's tournaments, Canada finished third at the London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament, sixth at the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™, and third at the Rio 2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

Canada Soccer's Women's National Team are the first Canadian team to win back-to-back Summer Olympic medals since 1908, and the first-ever women’s Canadian team.

Fans can experience Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team journey on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram through highlights and team commentary videos. For our most recent photographs, please visit Flickr.com/canadasoccer.

Canada v Germany Recent Results
Please click on result for full information via CanadaSoccer.com

Date	Location	Match type	Result	Opponent	Venue
2017-04-09	Erfurt, GER	Women's International Friendly	1-2	GER	Steigerwaldstadion
2016-08-16	Belo Horizonte, BRA	Women's Olympic Football Tournament	0-2	GER	Estádio Mineirão
2016-08-09	Brasilia, BRA	Women's Olympic Football Tournament	2-1	GER	Estadio Nacional Mané Garrincha
2014-06-18	Vancouver, BC, CAN	Women's International Friendly	1-2	GER	BC Place Stadium
2013-06-19	Paderborn, GER	Women's International Friendly	0-1	GER	Benteler Arena
2011-06-26	Berlin, GER	FIFA Women's World Cup™	1-2	GER	Olympiastadion Berlin

 

Roseanne cancelled by ABC after show’s star writes racist tweet about Obama adviser, Barr torches her hit show’s legacy

How far would Roseanne Barr go before the adults stepped in?
The comedian — a title that sometimes seemed incongruous given her often bitter, unfunny vitriol on Twitter — was always a delicate balancing act for ABC, owned by the family-friendly kingdom of Disney.

Roseanne Barr has long been criticized for her incendiary Twitter commentary, but it was one tweet in particular that led to the cancellation of her hit show.  (BRINSON+BANKS / NYT FILE PHOTO)

The network finally cancelled the top-rated revival of her sitcom Roseanne on Tuesday after she tweeted a comment comparing former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape.
Channing Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment, would often find herself dancing around reporters’ questions about her star’s history of Twitter rants, filled with conspiracy theories and racist allegations.
It must have been agonizing for Dungey, the first Black woman to lead a major U.S. network, to defend Barr. But the fact that Roseanne was a ratings monster that helped to revive the struggling network, and was already renewed for a second season, gave cover. It was the biggest show in the U.S. upon its premiere and, according to the most recent ratings, was the fourth most watched show in Canada. But no more.

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“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values,” Dungey said in a statement.
Jarrett, who is Black, was brought up in response to Twitter commentary that raised her name in relation to an Obama conspiracy theory. Barr tweeted: “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”
Barr later tweeted an apology to Jarrett. But the damage was done. Not unlike President Donald Trump, whom she supports, Barr knows how to unleash a Twitter storm. But even by her standards it was an unusually busy morning.
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Apart from calling Jarrett an ape, Barr claimed (and later retracted) that Chelsea Clinton was married to the nephew of billionaire George Soros, and also said incorrectly that Soros, a Jewish businessman who’s a frequent target of the right, was a Nazi.
The outrage level rose on Tuesday to a level that could no longer be ignored, so ABC pulled the plug on one of its biggest hits. CTV followed suit, pulling the show from all its Canadian platforms, and Tuesday night’s scheduled reruns of Roseanne were yanked on both sides of the border. And Barr was dropped by her talent agency, Variety reported.

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The question for Disney was whether Barr’s beliefs would infuse the show on a toxic level.
The environment in a social media world has changed. Studios traditionally excused an artist’s personal bad behaviour as having nothing to do with the show itself.
With Roseanne, it was hard to see where Roseanne Barr the person ended and where Roseanne Conner the character began.
Certainly the show came out swinging, with Roseanne as a full-blown Trump supporter. And the show played well to the base, so well that Trump called to congratulate her.
There were swipes at race, such as an infamous episode when Roseanne and husband Dan (John Goodman) awake from a nap and joke that they missed all the shows about “Black and Asian” families.
“They’re just like us. There, now you’re all caught up,” says Roseanne.
It was a dismissive swipe at fellow ABC shows Fresh off The Boat and Blackish, which elicited a backlash from the industry and from fans.
The tragedy here is that when Roseanne debuted in 1988 it was groundbreaking. It was one of the few series to portray American working-class families in a real way, and tackled substantive issues such as sexuality, domestic violence and gay rights.
It also had arguably the most gold-plated writers room in history, with a lineup that included Judd Apatow (Girls), Chuck Lorre (Big Bang Theory), Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
So what happened to that Roseanne? Certainly, the limited reboot seemed to be steering less into Trump territory and getting into issues such as the opioid crisis and illegal immigration as it mostly stayed away from being too overtly political. But despite being surrounded by a stellar cast, including Goodman and star and executive producer Sara Gilbert, Barr’s delivery and timing seemed off in the early episodes before she found her footing.
The show was always a throwback to a traditional sitcom era, and it hasn’t aged well. The biggest travesty wasn’t Roseanne Conner’s preference for Trump — it was the show’s hack writing.
When I first interviewed Barr in 2016, just before Trump was elected, she reminded me that she was the one who had suggested he run in the first place, way back in 1998. It was, she thought, a huge joke.
But the reality was that, for better or worse, the values of the real Roseanne seemed aligned with the president she would support. Roseanne Conner, the working-class heroine who once stood up to prejudice and misogyny, didn’t have a chance.
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‘This is a very deep tragedy’: U of T student from China, 18, dies in Scarborough house fire

An 18-year-old woman is dead and three more have been injured after a house fire engulfed a Scarborough home early Wednesday morning.
The fire began at 2:30 a.m. at the house on Haida Crt., near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus. All of the home’s occupants were students at the university’s nearby campus.

A fire broke out in a Scarborough home early Wednesday near Scarborough’s U of T campus. One person died and three more were injured.  (Steve Russell / Toronto Star file photo)

The woman and the three other occupants are international students from China, U of T spokesperson Michael Kurts confirmed in an interview with CP24.
“This is obviously a terrible tragedy. The thoughts of the entire campus community are with these students that were effected and their family members,” Kurts said. The school has reached out to the students to offer their support.
"The thoughts of the entire campus community are with the family of the student who was killed in the fire and with the three other students who were in the house," said Bruce Kidd, vice-president and principal of U of T’s Scarborough campus.

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The blaze burned through multiple stories of the house, while the residents were still inside. One reportedly jumped from the second story.
Two men were treated for smoke inhalation, while one woman in her 20s was taken to hospital with severe burns.
Toronto Fire chief Matthew Pegg spoke to reporters outside the scene. “This breaks my heart to see this,” Pegg said. “Despite all of our best efforts and all the efforts our crews will always make to do their very, very best to effect a rescue, unfortunately we just weren’t able to get in given the conditions that were here.”
“We have confirmation of one person that’s lost their life here today,” Pegg said, noting that the Office of the Fire Marshal has been notified and will be investigating. “This is a very deep tragedy and we need to know what happened.”
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The 2018 Female Mentorship Program coaches have been announced

 

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Six female coaches were selected from across the province to take part in this one-on-one coach development opportunity

Play. Inspire. Unite. 

Ontario Soccer’s Coach Development Program is pleased to announce the 2018 class for the Female Mentorship Program.
Six female coaches were selected from across the province to take part in this one-on-one coach development opportunity. Other applicants to the program will receive group instruction through workshops, practical instruction and consistent performance feedback.
The Female Mentorship Program is designed to develop senior female coaches, who in turn will act as educators and mentors to other female coaches who wish to further develop and progress their coaching careers. The mentorship program is part of a holistic support system approach to enabling promising coaches across the province to reach their full coaching potential in the sport.
Annually Ontario Soccer seeks applications for Mentee Coaches. The mentee coaches must be working toward the Provincial B and National B coaching licenses. The six coaches are selected based on their experience, potential, and the recommendations supporting their application.
The selected applicants will be developed in the Ontario Soccer mentoring program under the guidance of the Ontario Soccer Coach Development Team and the Female Head Mentor coach, Connie Marshall.
Successful candidates will be required to commit to a 9-month program on a volunteer basis.
These coaches will eventually be able to step into a coaching leadership role as they attain their National B license.
The six mentee coaches are listed below.

1. Natalie Bukovec - Toronto High Park FC
2. Nilda Correia - Toronto High Park FC
3. Laura Jackson - Brampton Youth Soccer Club
4. Adrianna Krencil - Oakville Soccer Club
5. Fawn Mulholland - Ottawa Internationals
6. Rachel Murray - North Toronto Soccer Club

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ROAD TO RIO 2016 OLYMPICS: WNT Soccer Series in Toronto - BRAZIL 2 - CANADA 0, both goals by Marta

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Final Ontario election debate

 

It was the liveliest — and, at times, the nastiest — Ontario election debate in decades.
The three major party leaders faced off Sunday night in Toronto for the final time in the June 7 election campaign.

Ontario Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne, left to right, Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford and Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath take part in the final debate of the election campaign on Sunday.  (Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

And things got personal almost right away.
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, whose party has slipped behind the surging New Democrats in public-opinion polls after weeks in front, warned NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is not ready to govern.
“I travel around, I’ve talked to hundreds and hundreds of companies — they are terrified of the NDP coming in,” Ford told viewers during the raucous 90-minute televised debate.

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“They’ve told me personally, ‘We will pack up and we will go down south in half a second.’ God forbid the NDP ever get in, they will destroy our province,” he said, predicting Horwath “would annihilate the middle class” and “bankrupt this province.”
Following the debate, Ford repeatedly refused to say whether he would move Deco Labels and Tags, the successful business he inherited from his father, stateside if the New Democrats win.
After weathering a barrage of hyperbole from Ford, Horwath reminded him he has yet to share his full plan for governing Ontario.

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“People started voting yesterday Mr. Ford. Where is your platform? Where is your respect for the people now when they are already at the polls and you haven’t provided them any information at all?” the New Democrat said.
“You wouldn’t buy a used car without looking under the hood,” she chided Ford, who became PC leader on March 10 after the resignation of Patrick Brown.

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Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne, premier since 2013, acknowledged from the outset that she is trailing in the polls.
“Here’s what I want to say about the last five years: Sorry, not sorry. I’m really genuinely sorry that more people don’t like me, but I am not sorry about all the things that we’re doing in Ontario to make life better,” Wynne said.
“I’m not sorry that we’re covering tuition for 235,000 students. I’m not sorry that we’re protecting the environment, and I’m really not sorry that we’re no longer asking single moms to raise a family on $11.40 an hour,” she said.
“I’m not sorry that we’re making an economy that works for everyone, not just a few.”
That was a reference to the Liberals increasing the minimum wage to $14 an hour in January. Under the Grits or the NDP it would rise to $15 next year, a planned hike the Conservatives would cancel to help businesses.

Ford, who broke with political tradition and did not wear a necktie to appear more relaxed, moved to reassure voters that he would not slash and burn public services.
“Not one single person will lose their job,” he said, noting he is convinced the Ontario government “wastes 4 per cent of every dollar” so finding “endless efficiencies” should be painless.
“Who do you trust with your money? The NDP can’t do math and the Liberals are cooking the books.”
The PC leader also warned that the NDP has “radical activists” as candidates.
“They get their inspiration from Adolf Hitler,” said Ford, referring to Scarborough-Agincourt NDP candidate Tasleem Riaz, whose Facebook page once had a post with a meme of the Nazi dictator with the quote, “If you don’t like a rule … change the rule.”
Horwath said any meme to do with Hitler is “absolutely abhorrent and is something that I absolutely reject, completely.”

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“But Mr. Ford’s tabloid mudslinging against my candidates only foments divisiveness and hatred, and it has to stop — it’s the wrong thing to do,” she said, reminding Ford there are criminal probes linked to controversial Tory nominations.
“Mr. Ford, of all people, you have police investigations by three different police forces into candidates. Not from things that were dug up 10 years ago on Facebook, but right now, from data that was stolen from (Highway) 407 records. That’s you and your candidates and your party.”
The NDP leader, who repeatedly interrupted Ford despite the efforts of moderators Steve Paikin of TVO and Global News’ Farah Nasser, charged: “You can’t make up stuff, Mr. Ford. You’re not being truthful. You’re being dishonest.”
Confronted by the ghost of former NDP premier Bob Rae, who Ford blamed for the global recession in the early 1990s, Horwath said: “This is not 1990 and I’m certainly not Bob Rae — in fact he’s a Liberal now, but that’s another story.”
Prior to the debate, Green Leader Mike Schreiner, who was not invited to participate because his party does not have seat in the Legislature, blasted the broadcasters for excluding him.
“I am confident this will be the last unfair leaders debate because we are poised to send the first Green MPPs to the Legislature,” said Schreiner, who is running in Guelph.
“Next time around, media executives will have a much harder time justifying our exclusion

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