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| Full name | Ian Christopher Bridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1959-09-18)18 September 1959 (age 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Victoria,British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1983 | Seattle Sounders | 100 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–81 | Seattle Sounders (indoor) | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 24 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Tacoma Stars | 40 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1990 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Victoria Vistas | 22 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Kitchener Kickers | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | North York Rockets | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Canada Youth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1991 | Canada | 34 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–2000 | University of Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–present | Canada (women) (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Canada U20 women (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Canada U20 women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Canada U17 women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Victoria Highlanders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ian Christopher Bridge (born 18 September 1959) is asoccer coach and former professional who played as adefender. A former player for theCanada national team, he has coached theCanada women's national team among other teams.
Bridge was born inVictoria, British Columbia. He began his pro career in 1977 and played in theNASL with theSeattle Sounders from 1979 to 1983 and with theVancouver Whitecaps in 1984, andMISL indoor soccer with theTacoma Stars. Over six NASL seasons, he played 124 games and scored 13 goals. Following the demise of the NASL Bridge played for Swiss clubFC La Chaux-de-Fonds[1] for two seasons when the club was in the Swiss league first division. Later in theCanadian Soccer League, he played for theVictoria Vistas (1990),Kitchener Kickers (1991), andNorth York Rockets (1991).[2] Ian played his youth soccer with theLakehill Soccer Association in Victoria BC, and has an annually awarded Youth Player "Inspirational" trophy named in his honour.
A defender, Bridge made his debut forCanada in an October 1981 friendly match againstTrinidad & Tobago and earned 34 caps, scoring 5 goals. He has represented Canada in 12FIFA World Cup qualification matches[3] and played all three of Canada's games at the1986 FIFA World Cup finals, the country's first appearance at a World Cup finals. Bridge also played for Canada at the1984 Olympics and at the1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. He scored a goal in the first two1982 FIFA World Cup qualifying games that he played in. His final international was a June 1991CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals match againstMexico.
Bridge was inducted into theCanadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2003.[citation needed]
Bridge was head coach of theUniversity of Victoria women's soccer team from 1990 to 2000. He became assistant coach ofCanada women's national soccer team in 1997, a position he still has. He became U-19 national women's coach[4] and chief national team assistant coach in March 2001. (The national youth women's team has since become U-20.)Bridge is also team chef of theCanada men's national youth soccer teams.[5] On 10 January 2010, Bridge resigned as head coach of the U-17 Canadian women national team[6] and is now coaching the Victoria Highlanders of the USL (United Soccer league) Premier Development League.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 12 November 1981 | Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino,Tegucigalpa, Honduras |  Honduras | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 15 November 1981 | Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras |  Mexico | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 28 March 1984 | Stade Sylvio Cator,Port-au-Prince, Haiti |  Haiti | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 25 May 1988 | Varsity Stadium,Toronto, Canada |  Chile | 1–0 | 1–0 | Matthews Cup |
| 5 | 15 October 1988 | Swangard Stadium,Burnaby, Canada |  Guatemala | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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