Sports July 2004

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Kevin Welsh

OP Contributor

After crashing out of the 2003 Gold Cup at the once again excited to play for Canada. Even Radzinski,
are few who would have argued that Tez our lone ‘lass, striker who traditionally has had a fragile rela-

Outgoing coach Holger Osieck did a tionship with Cana , has committed to be involved in all of
2000 Gold Cup Championship in the 2002 G Canada’s qualifying game is a good thing as
Cup; qualification to the up; an invitation to th Canada’s road to Germany bout to get a lot tougher. While
Copa America; results 2 nations, including Brazil (0- © final qualification round by
0), Mexico (0-0 and ; ea (2-1), Costa Rica (1-0), ini Tobago, St. Vincent and
Colombia (2-0) a revamping of our technical _ i wnada will have to face a
and Provincial rough Osieck’s impressi i : Costa Rica, Honduras,
network of c inst Germany, Scotla i ent of players to

al round are high
numero hockey play-
Bircha etc. am uld was solid
iron fis ’
side ta, Estonia, and Cuba.

Wi ar the former Canadian, Ipswich y holding
Tow ay M f k for the
posi i i most crushing of the

in t witnessed over the years. Having the Canucks look to but done,
with Ed Jovonovski in the or two minutes, goal, the
remaining seconds ticking qu fF t
- game with six freaking sec
This sweet high lasted ex: of hockey
ime, until yet another g any hopes
9 to a roller
ter season that saw 1ouse (leading
Watson, af ‘the NHL in points two m the outhouse
clicking wi (multi-game losing streaks t), back to the
and Iain Hu penthouse (winning the divis a f the season), only
against Belize. to settle for a fourth floor apart i alley, with the same
inated an oppon i F
their level of comp er chance to make like
Yallop’s solid plan hat is, unless labour strife
Canadian players. A serie ockey. When the puck does
British clubs Millwall and ing, “Go’Nucks!”
resented by domestic A-League p
shine for Whitecaps players such as N
. Davide Xausa, Jason Jordan, Jeff Clarke, and

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