Soccer

The modern sport of Soccer was founded in the mid-1900s in England. In an effort to unite the various versions of soccer being played at the time the Football Association (The FA) was formed in London in 1863. The Football Association created the first set of 13 standardized rules in 1871 upon which the modern game is played.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of soccer. FIFA was founded in 1904 and has 211 member associations. FIFA is responsible for the organization and governance of football's major international tournaments, most notably the FIFA World Cup, held since 1930. The list of international tournaments includes: FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, Men’s Olympic Football Tournament and Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. 

Today the laws of soccer are determined by the International Football Association Board (IFAB). The IFAB is made up of four representatives from FIFA and one representative from each of the boards founding associations (England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales).

In Canada, the sport is governed by the Canadian Soccer Association, which was established in 1912. The Canadian Soccer Association has 13 member associations (Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories), together with 7 professional clubs and league.

Soccer, often referred as the “World’s Game,” is the now widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world. 

Men’s soccer made its first appearance at the 1969 Canada Summer Games in Halifax-Dartmouth. Women’s soccer was first included in the Canada Games program at the 1993 Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, BC.

	1969	1973	1977	1981	1985	1989	1993		1997		2001		2005		2009		2013
P/T	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
AB	7	8	5	2	1	5	5	4	3	5	1	7	5	2	2	4	5	5
BC	1	1	1	1	4	6	1	1	2	1	7	2	4	1	8	1	2	1
MB	5	3	7	7	6	3	4	6	10	4	9	8	9	5	9	8	10	6
NB	6	6	8	10	7	8	9	9	8	9	10	10	2	9	6	9	8	10
NL	3	5	4	6	5	4	8	8	6	7	2	6	10	7	7	6	4	7
NT	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	-
NS	4	7	6	4	9	7	3	2	4	6	3	4	6	8	4	5	7	4
NU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ON	2	2	3	5	3	1	2	5	7	3	5	1	1	3	3	3	3	3
PE	11	10	10	9	8	10	6	10	5	10	4	9	8	10	5	10	6	9
QC	9	4	2	3	2	2	7	3	1	2	7	5	3	4	1	2	1	2
SK	8	9	9	8	10	9	10	7	9	8	6	3	7	6	10	7	9	8
YT	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11

 

Competitors: Male18      Female18    

Seeds 1 to 4 will be based on the final results of the2013 Canada Summer Games.  All others will be determined by a draw which will take place at the Canada Soccer 2017 AGM.

 

Four groups of three teams, each playing a round-robin within the group.  Teams are grouped as follows:

Men’s Competition
Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
A1 - QC	B1 - BC	C1 - ON	D1 - NL
A2 - MB	B2 - NS	C2 - AB	D2 - NB
A3 - YK	B3 - SK	C3 - PEI	D3 - NT

           

*Note:  Home Team named first

 

Day 1

Game 1:  QC          vs  YK

Game 2:  BC          vs  SK

Game 3:  ON         vs  PEI

Game 4:  NL          vs  NT

 

Day 2

Game 5:  YK                       vs  MB

Game 6:  SK                       vs  NS

Game 7:  PEI          vs  AB

Game 8:  NT          vs  NB

 

Day 3

Game 9:  MB         vs  QC

Game 10: NS         vs  BC

Game 11:  AB        vs  ON

Game 12:  NB        vs  NL

 

Day 4

Game 13:  1st Group A      vs  2nd Group D

Game 14:  1st Group D      vs  2nd Group A

Game 15:  1st Group B      vs  2nd Group C

Game 16:  1st Group C      vs  2nd Group B

 

Consolation Round (Positions 9th – 12th)

Game 17:  3rd Group A      vs  3rd Group D

Game 18:  3rd Group B      vs  3rd Group C

 

Day 5

Game 19:  Winner Game 13    vs  Winner Game 16

Game 20:  Winner Game 14            vs  Winner Game 15

Game 21:  Loser Game 13                vs  Loser Game 16

Game 22:  Loser Game 14    vs  Loser Game 15

 

Consolation Round

Game 23:  Winner Game 17 vs  Winner Game 18 (9th/10th position)

Game 24:  Loser Game 17    vs  Loser Game 18 (11th/12th position)

 

Day 6

Game 25:  Loser Game 21       vs  Loser Game 22 (7th/8th position)

Game 26:  Winner Game 21   vs  Winner Game 22 (5th/6th position)

Game 27:  Loser Game 19       vs  Loser Game 20 (3rd/4th position)

Game 28:  Winner Game 19   vs  Winner Game 20 (1st/2nd position)

 

’s Competition
Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
A1 - BC	B1 - QC	C1 - ON	D1 - NS
A2 - AB	B2 - SK	C2 - PEI	D2 - MB
A3 - NL	B3 - YK	C3 - NT	D3 - NB

           

*Note:  Home Team named first

 

Day 1

Game 1:  BC          vs  NL

Game 2:  QC          vs  YK

Game 3:  ON         vs  NT

Game 4:  NS          vs  NB 

 

Day 2

Game 5:  NL          vs  AB

Game 6:  YK                       vs  SK

Game 7:  NT          vs  PEI

Game 8:  NB          vs  MB

 

Day 3

Game 9:    AB        vs  BC

Game 10:  SK         vs  QC

Game 11:  PEI        vs  ON

Game 12:  MB       vs  NS

 

Day 4

Game 13:  1st Group A      vs  2nd Group D

Game 14:  1st Group D      vs  2nd Group A

Game 15:  1st Group B      vs  2nd Group C

Game 16:  1st Group C      vs  2nd Group B

 

Consolation Round (Positions 9th – 12th)

Game 17:  3rd Group A      vs  3rd Group D

Game 18:  3rd Group B      vs  3rd Group C

 

Day 5

Game 19:  Winner Game 13    vs  Winner Game 16

Game 20:  Winner Game 14            vs  Winner Game 15

Game 21:  Loser Game 13                vs  Loser Game 16

Game 22:  Loser Game 14    vs  Loser Game 15

 

Consolation Round

Game 23:  Winner Game 17 vs  Winner Game 18 (9th/10th position)

Game 24:  Loser Game 17    vs  Loser Game 18 (11th/12th position)

 

Day 6

Game 25:  Loser Game 21       vs  Loser Game 22 (7th/8th position)

Game 26:  Winner Game 21   vs  Winner Game 22 (5th/6th position)

Game 27:  Loser Game 19       vs  Loser Game 20 (3rd/4th position)

Game 28:  Winner Game 19   vs  Winner Game 20 (1st/2nd position)

 

Preliminary Round Competition

 

Each group (A/B/C/D) will be a round robin within their group. Preliminary round games are worth 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss. Teams will be ranked within their group, from 1st to 3rd, based on the number of accumulated points (see Section G for Tie Breaking Procedures).

 

Medal and Consolation Round Competition

 

The first and second ranked teams per group (based on the accumulation of points and tie breaking procedures) following the preliminary round will participate in the Medal Round.  The third ranked team in each group will participate in the Consolation Round. 

 

All Medal and Consolation round games will be a single knock-out format, but with all teams advancing to placement games to determine final rankings. All Medal and Consolation round games require a result.  Please refer to Section 8 for Tie-Breaking Procedures.

MEN’S TOURNAMENT

2013 Top Player Charles Joly

2013 Top Scorer Ajeej Sarkaria

2013 All-Star Team

GK- Marc-Antoine Chaudrey, Mario Gerges

CB- Mitchel Bringolf, Mathieu Laurent, Kamal Miller, Anthony van de Vendel

FB- Janouk Charbonneau, Toluwalope Esan

M- Corey Cadeau, Marco Dominguez, Kyle Jones, Ajay Khabra, Nico Pasquotti

F- Parker Ellis, Kallen Heenan, Charles Joly, Michael North, Ajeej Sarkaria

 

2009 Top Player Matt Stinson

2009 Top Scorer Matt Stinson

2009 All-Star Team

GK- Brad Hughes, Tyson Farago

D- Scott Gilroy, Francesco Augustin, Cole MacMillan, Serge Dinkota, Karl Ouimette, Ashley Ankiewicz

M- Matt Stinson, Sean Colvin, Alessandro Riggi, Nicholas Lindsay, Ian Greedy

F- Mitchell Lamers, Abdoulaye Sylla, Justin Maheu, Mircea Ilcu, Armel Dagrou

 

WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT

2013 Top Player Amandine Pierre-Louis

2013 Top Scorer Meghan Earle

2013 All-Star Team

GK- Maryse Bard-Martel, Julia McDonald

CB- Jordan Carvery, Aman Shergill, Natasha Tcheki-Jamgotchian

FB- Ashley Adams, Rachel Jones, Jordan Lundin

M- Vanessa Grégoire, Victoria Pickett, Carla Portillo, Sura Yekka

F- Sope Akindoju, Jasmin Dhanda, Samantha Dion, Seina Kashima, Amandine Pierre-Louis, Valérie Sanderson

 

2009 Top Player Jenna Richardson

2009 Top Scorer Adriana Leon

2009 All-Star Team

GK- Cynthia Leblanc, Dayle Colpitts

D- Shelina Zadorsky, Vanessa Legault-Cordisco, Erin Uchacz, Nicole Ambrose, Megan Belafi, Melissa Bowen

M- Natalie Boyd, Nicole Setterlund, Catherine Charron-Delage, Laura Chénard, Danica Wu

F- Julie Casselman, Adriana Leon, Jenna Richardson, Jenna Di Nunzio, Nkem Ezurike

 

 

ALL-TIME WINNERS

1969 Men – 1.British Columbia, 2.Ontario, 3.Newfoundland Labrador

1973 Men – 1.British Columbia, 2.Ontario, 3.Manitoba

1977 Men – 1.British Columbia, 2.Québec, 3.Ontario

1981 Men – 1.British Columbia, 2.Alberta, 3.Québec

1985 Men – 1.Alberta, 2.Québec, 3.Ontario

1989 Men – 1.Ontario, 2.Québec, 3.Manitoba

1993 Men – 1.British Columbia, 2.Ontario, 3.Nova Scotia

1997 Men – 1.Québec, 2.British Columbia, 3.Alberta

2001 Men – 1.Alberta, 2.Newfoundland Labrador, 3.Nova Scotia

2005 Men – 1.Ontario, 2.New Brunswick, 3.Québec

2009 Men – 1.Québec, 2.Alberta, 3.Ontario

2013 Men – 1.Québec, 2.British Columbia, 3.Ontario

 

1993 Women – 1.British Columbia, 2.Nova Scotia, 3.Québec

1997 Women – 1.British Columbia, 2.Québec, 3.Ontario

2001 Women – 1.Ontario, 2.British Columbia, 3.Saskatchewan

2005 Women – 1.British Columbia, 2.Alberta, 3.Ontario

2009 Women – 1.British Columbia, 2.Québec, 3.Ontario

2013 Women – 1.British Columbia, 2.Québec, 3.Ontario

 

Centre Backs – The central defenders.

Centre Circle – A circular marking with a 10-yard radius in the “centre” of the field from which kickoffs are taken to start or restart the game. Purpose: Simply a reference line for the referee and defenders. Defenders must be as least 10 yards away from the ball prior to start or restart.

Centre Mark – The “centre” of the centre circle from which kickoffs are taken to start or restart the game.

Corner Arc – An arc or quarter-circle with a radius of 1 yard located at each of the 4 corners of the soccer field. Purpose: Also a reference line, the ball must be kicked from inside this arc on a corner kick.

Corner Flag – The flag located at each of the 4 corners of the soccer field, inside the corner area.

Goal Line – The boundary line extending from corner to corner along its width at each end.

Forwards – Players who are responsible for most of a team's scoring. They play in front of the rest of their team (or in the attaching third of the field) where they can take most of the shots.

Field (or pitch) – The rectangular area where soccer matches are played.

Fullback (Left back and right back) – Outside defenders or wingbacks.

Goalkeeper – I bet you know this one. The player positioned directly in front of the goal who tries to prevent shots from crossing the goal line; the only player allowed to use their hands and arms, though only within the 18-yard penalty area.

Midfielders – Players generally positioned in the middle third of the field between the forwards and defenders. Their job is to link the defense and the offense through ball control and passing. They play both an attacking role and a defensive role.

Penalty Arc – The arc at the top of the penalty area. Purpose: Designates how far back all players must be away from the ball while a penalty kick is being taken.

Penalty Mark – The mark on the soccer field from which penalty kicks are taken.

Six-yard Box – The goal area.

18-yard Box – The larger rectangle (18 x 44 yards) in front of the goal that includes the six-yard area. Purpose: Marks both where the goalkeeper is allowed to touch the ball with his hands AND the area where fouls committed by the defending team result in penalty kicks.

Stopper – The player that defends or guards the best scorer on the attacking team, often the opposition's striker.

Touchline – The line that runs along the length of each side of the field. Commonly called the sideline in other sports.

Wingers – The outside forwards and midfielders who play on the sides of the field.

Win 3 points                              Draw 1 point                                 Loss 0 points

Medal and Consolation Round Competition

The first and second ranked teams per group (based on the accumulation of points and tie breaking procedures) following the preliminary round will participate in the Medal Round.  The third ranked team in each group will participate in the Consolation Round. 

All Medal and Consolation round games will be a single knock-out format, but with all teams advancing to placement games to determine final rankings. All Medal and Consolation round games require a result. 

Tie-Breaking Rule – Competition

In all games beyond the Preliminary Round a result is needed.   The game will go directly to the taking of kicks from the penalty mark at the end of regulation time except in the Final game.

In the Final game when the score is tied at the end of regulation time, extra time shall be played as follows: two (2) 15-minute halves. If the score is still tied at the end of extra time, the winner shall be decided by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark, in accordance with the FIFA Laws of the Game.

Tie-Breaking Rule – Round Robin Competition (Days 1 to 3)

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:

1. Greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:

1. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Drawing of lots.

Tie-Breaking Rule – Medal and Consolation Round

All games will be completed and a result recorded.

Each match is controlled by a team of match officials lead by the Referee who has full authority to enforce the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which they have been appointed.

Athletes in this U-18 category must be born on or after 1 January 2003