National Teams FIFA UNDER 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP When Canada takes the field against Chile at BMO Stadium in Toronto in July of this year, it will be the eighth time that Canada has appeared in the finals of the FIFA U-20 World Championship. Canada first qualified in 1979 and produced an upset in the first game by beating Portugal in Kobe, Japan. Canada turned in another fine performance in 1987 in Chile, when Tony Taylor’s team tied with Italy and Nigeria before being narrowly beaten by Brazil. Ten Years later in Malaysia, Bruce Twamley’s squad were the first to reach the second round, while in 2003 Canada were eliminated in the second round by Spain. While in the run up to the 2007 tournament some of the world class stars who have played in the tournament have been mentioned, Canadian teams have also produced some very good players of their own. In 1979 for example Canada had Ian Bridge, Mike Sweeney, Gerry Gray and Branko Segota, all Hall of Famers. From the 1985 squad Alex Bunbury went on to greater things in Portugal. Two of Canada’s finest goalkeepers were in the 1987 squad in Craig Forrest and Pat Onstad, as also was the late Domenic Mobilio a prolific striker. The 1997 squad included Paul Stalteri, Dwayne de Rosario, Jason Bent and Richard Hastings, while in 2001 it was Julian de Guzman, Atiba Hutchinson and Iain Hume. Hume and Hutchinson were back in the team in 2003 and were joined by David Edgar and Josh Simpson. Two years ago Jaime Peters, Ryan Gyaki and David Edgar again made the squad. One member of the 1985 squad, Peter Sloly is now a Toronto police officer, while Nick de Santis of the 1987 team has gone on to become a highly successful coach of the Montreal Impact. Japan – 1979: Coach Barrie Clarke (Sardis, B.C.), Manager: John McMahon (Toronto) Squad: Chris Turner, Carlo Alberti, Danny Lenarduzzi, Michael Sephton, Ian Bridge, David McGill, Gaspard D’Alexis, Brent Barling, David McCaig, Graham Hatley, Michael Sweeney, Paul Roe, Gerry Gray, Chris Chueden, Ross Ongaro, Louis Nagy, Branko Segota, Carlos Almeida. Aug 25, 1979 Canada 3: Portugal 1 in Kobe, Japan Aug 27, 1979 Canada 0: South Korea 1 in Kobe, Japan Aug 29, 1979 Canada 0: Paraguay 3 in Kobe, Japan. Soviet Union – 1985: Coach: Bob Bearpark (Hamilton) Squad: Brian Rosenfeld, Larry Houle, Lino Tomasetti, Peter Gilfillan, John DiPasquale, Brian Bullen, Peter Sloly, Gregory Young, Jeff Cambridge, Rod Scott, Doug McNaught, Franz Simon, Dave Phillips, Pierre-Richard Thomas, Alex Bunbury, Lucio Ianiero, Pat Cubellis, Larry Pretto. Aug 24, 1985 Canada 0: Nigeria 2 in Minsk Aug 27, 1985 Canada 0: Australia 0 in Minsk Aug 29, 1985 Canada 0: U.S.S.R. 5 in Minsk Chile – 1987: Coach: Tony Taylor (Toronto) Squad: Craig Forrest, David Angelini, Pat Onstad, Peter Sarantopoulos, Steve Jansen, Burke Kaiser, John Vairo, Guido Boin, Ian Carter, Marco Rizi, Rick Celebrini, Nick De Santis, Tony Pignatiello, Neil Wilkinson, Frank LoFranco, Doug McKinty, John Fitzgerald, James Grimes, Billy Domazetis, Domenic Mobilio, Vito Serafini. Oct 12, 1987 Canada 2: Italy 2 in Concepcion Oct 15, 1987 Canada 2: Nigeria 2 in Concepcion Oct 17, 1987 Canada 0: Brazil 1 in Concepcion Malaysia – 1997: Coach: Bruce Twamley (Victoria): Manager: Les Wilson (Burnaby) Squad: Taki Vohalis, Jeff Clarke, Richard Hastings, Bryan Devenney, Stephen McCauley, Jason Bent, Paul Stalteri, Robbie Arristodemo, Chris Stathopoulos, Steve Kindell, Jeff Skinner, Joe Scigliano, Jason Mathot, Eric Munoz, Neal Yeung, Jason Jordan, Dwayne DeRosario, Michael Franks. June 18, 1997 Canada 0: Australia 0 in Kangar June 20, 1997 Canada 1: Argentina 2 in Kangar June 23, 1997 Canada 2: Hungary 1 in Kangar June 26, 1997 Canada 0: Spain 2 in Kuantan. Argentina – 2001: Coach: Paul James Squad: Pieter Meuleman, Bernard Ouassa, Terry Dunfield, Victor Oppong, Miles O’Connor, Mike Klukowski, Tam Nsaliwa, Maycoll Canizalez, Wyn Belotte, Julian DeGuzman, Gaspare Borsellino, Justin Thompson, Chris Pozniak, Chris Williams, Atiba Hutchinson, Rob Friend, Iain Hume, Wojtek Zarzycki. June 17, 2001 Canada 0: Iraq 3 in Cordoba June 20, 2001 Canada 0: Germany 4 in Cordoba June 23, 2001 Canada 0: Brazil 2 in Cordoba United Arab Emirates - 2003 Coach: Dale Mitchell Squad: Alim Karim, Winston Marshall, Nik Ledgerwood, Kevin Harmse, Waldemar Dutra, Andres Arango, Jason DiTullio, Gordon Chin, Iain Hume, Wyn Belotte, Chris Lemire, Francesco Bruno, Atiba Hutchinson, David Edgar, Josh Simpson, Elliott Godfrey, Sita-Taty Matondo, Richard Asante, Tom Lindley, Josh Wagenaar. Nov 28, 2003 Canada 0: Brazil 2 Dec 1, 2003 Canada 1: Australia 2 Dec 4, 2003 Canada 1: Czech Republic 0 Dec 8, 2003 Canada 1: Burkina Faso 0 Dec 12, 2003 Canada 1: Spain 2 Netherlands - 2005 Coach Dale Mitchell Squad: Joshua Wagenaar, Graham Ramalho, Nikolas Ledgerwood, Andrew Hainault, Brad Peetoom, Carlo Schiavoni, Jaime Peters, Tyler Rosenlund, Ryan Gyaki, Will Johnson, Marcel De Jong, Riley O’Neill, Matthew Britner, David Edgar, Vince Stewart, Franco Lalli, Andrea Lombardo, Tomasz Charowski, Asmir Begovic, Robert Giacomi, Simon Kassaye. June 12, 2005 Canada 1: Syria 1 in Tilburg June 15, 2005 Canada 0: Colombia 2 in Tilburg June 18, 2005 Canada 1: Italy 4 in Kerkrade For more information contact Colin Jose, Historian - colinjose@rogers.com - Tel 519-204 2942 or visit www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca