Canadian Men’s Jr. Team Wins Final Match 5 – 0
November 16, 2010
Canada – 5 USA – 0
The Canadian team pressed into the USA zone giving the USA athletes less time to make decisions. This caused some problems for the USA defence and paid high dividens for the Canada with three quick goals. Two field goals; James Kirkpatrick – # 16 at the 3 minute mark and Josh Brown – # 3 at the 11 minute mark followed by a hard hit into the corner off a penalty corner by Sam Jones – # 13 at the 16 minute mark. Canada continued on with the quick rotation up front, keeping the forwards fresh. The USA team was able to fend off the Canada pressure for the rest of the half.
The score at the end of the 1st half was Canada 3 – USA 0.
The USA team came out recharged in the second half, giving them some ball possession in the Canada zone earning them six penalty corners. Canada was able to defend this pressure with a well structured penalty corner unit. Canada was able to have several counter attacks, which were rewarded with two more field goals: Josh Brown – # 3 second goal of the match at the 45 minute mark and Brenden Bissett – # 11 at the 50 minute mark. The second half presented great scoring opportunities for both teams.
Canada objective was to play with intensity and a high work rate for the full 70 minutes and the Canada athletes achieved that giving the best team performance of the series.
The score at the end of the 2nd half was Canada 5 – USA 0.
Canada Starting Line-up:
# 3 – Brenden Bissett
# 15 – Arsh Buttar
# 9 – Spencer Curran
# 7 – Taylor Curran
# 8 – Jeremaiah Henriques
# 16 – James Kirkpatrick
# 6 – Tyler Klenk
# 4 – David Loy
# 1 – Kevin Pereira (G)
# 12 – Nicolas Roggeveen
# 18 – Paul Wharton
1st Half
Goals: Canada – 3 USA – 0
Penalty Corners: Canada – 2 USA – 0
Cards: Canada – Green – 2 USA – Green – 1, Yellow – 1
2nd Half
Goals: Canada – 2 USA – 0
Penalty Corners: Canada – 0 USA – 5
Cards: Canada – Green – 3, Yellow – 2 USA – none
Alvin Bissett
Team Manager
Men’s Junior National Team
