The Last Act of the Soccer and Settlement Program

                                      
We are now at the end of a milestone program that has left a distinct imprint on the City of Ottawa. Many community groups, cultural organizations and individuals were touched and helped develop the Soccer and Settlement program’s success. As we step back to reflect it is realized that the achievements are really in the numbers:


   
As we celebrate our many triumphs, it is understood that these accomplishments couldn't be achieved without our many partners and supporters. Their hard work  and dedication to our vision directly correlates to our many victories. A big thank you goes out to the following groups:

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)                        Eastern Ontario District Soccer Association (EODSA)

Catholic Centre for Immigrants (CCI)                                 FC Capital United Soccer Club

Somali Centre for Family Services (SFS)                           LASI World Skills

Immigrant Women Services                                               Conseil Economique & Social d’Ottawa Carleton(CESOC)

Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre (OCCSC)     Jewish Family Services of Ottawa

Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa                                      Vietnamese Canadian Federation

Pinecrest Queensway Community Centre                         Vanier Community Services Centre

Library Settlement Workers                                               Ottawa Community Housing Corporation                           

Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership (OLIP)                   Communauté camerounaise du Canada Région de la Capitale Nationale

Nepalese Canadian Association of Ottawa                       Comité d’Action Multiculturel Francophone d’Ottawa 

Patro d’Ottawa                                                                   Riverside South Community Association

Colombian Community of Ottawa-Gatineau                      Coopération Intégration Canada (CICAN)

Guatemalan Community                                                    Jaku Konbit, African Community Services

LAZO Latin American Women’s Support Organization      Muslim Multicultural Community Services

Ottawa Ethno-Cultural Coalition                                         Mexican Canadian Cultural Association of Ottawa-Gatineau

Ottawa Muslim Community Circle                                      Ottawa Orleans Somali Community Organization

Yemeni community                                                             Peruvian Ottawa-Gatineau Association

South Sudanese Community Association of Ottawa          Salvadoran Canadian Association of Ottawa and National Capital Region

Lowertown Community Resource Centre (LCRC)              Latin American Women Organization (LAZO)

Somali Relief Ottawa (SRO)                                               Sandy Hill Community Health Centre

Canadian Association of Rwandan Youth (CARY)             Hunt Club/Riverside Community Services Centre

Ottawa Orléans Somali Community Organization              Overbrook-Forbes Community Resource Centre

Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre              Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization(OCISO)

Lowertown Community Resource Centre                           Bhutanese community           

Association Culturelle et Sportive des Afars d’Ottawa        YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region

Haiti en Fête                                                                        Latin American Cultural Institute

Michele Heights Community Centre                                   Ottawa Carleton District School Board

Ottawa Catholic School Board                                            Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario

Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est



Tino Musampa arrived in Canada in March 2011 and soon connected to soccer in his new home, Ottawa.

With professional experience at the 2010 World Cup in his native South Africa, Musampa soon did extensive research on Canadian soccer in his ambition to become a professional coach. “I read about the Soccer and Settlement Project on the OSA website. This project has given me the foundation to build my career upon by providing the basic knowledge about the Canadian sports culture,” he stated.

His first contact with Canadian soccer came in June 2011 when he volunteered for the Ottawa Fury as a Field Assistant Manager.

Under the OSA project, he attended his first coaching courses following the Canadian Soccer Association’s Long Term Player Development (LTPD) mode. In January 2012 he met Edgar Musonda, who introduced him to Ottawa Internationals club. With his soccer expertise from his native country and the LTPD qualifications, Tino took the position as coach for the club’s U12 Boys Red Bulls in the local EODSA League.

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“Canadian youngsters are for more receptive because they want to learn and they understand that they are behind compared to South Africans and other countries. I worked extensively on the fundamental aspects of the game and took my players back to the basics,” he commented on his first season as a coach in Canada. A former tennis and soccer player, Tino was born to a soccer family. His older brother played in the second division for his University of Pretoria team from 2004 – 2010. A cousin, Kiki Musampa has played for Ajax Amsterdam, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City and Malaga. Tino admits that if it was not for his involvement in the sport, he would have booked his flight back to South Africa a long time ago.

“Coaching is far beyond a passion for me and being connected to these youngsters has given a greater purpose to stay a while longer,” he added. “My short term goals are to acquire the licenses needed to become an established coach in Canada within the next five years,” added Tino, who completed a Sports Management degree at Algonquin College. In the long-term he aims to acquire the UEFA B and A licenses, “which may open the door for me to coach in Europe or the Middle East on a professional level.”

Like Tino, more than 130 newcomers have taken coaching courses under the Soccer and Settlement project. Some have connected to other clubs in Ottawa and others expect to do the same in 2013.

Funded by the government of Canada through Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the OSA`s Soccer and Settlement Project aims to facilitate the integration of newcomers to Canadian society, connect them with sanctioned soccer in the Ottawa area and promote a healthy lifestyle and a lifelong passion for sport.

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