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Craig Forrest
Bio
Craig Lorne Forrest... grew up playing soccer and lacrosse... he was 12 years old when he started playing soccer at Coquitlam Bel-Aire City... favourites have included Bruce Grobbelaar... underwent surgery for testicular cancer... served as Canada鈥檚 FIFA for SOS Children Ambassador... in 2012 as part of the Canadian Soccer Association鈥檚 Centennial Celebration, was honoured on the All-Time Canada XI men鈥檚 team...
honoured by the 撸撸视频 Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2007... honoured by the Canada Sports Hall of Fame, the BC Sports Hall of Fame, the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia, and the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame... part of the Canadian team that won a gold medal at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie, recognised as a 撸撸视频 Team of Distinction... part of the Canadian team that won the 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup, recognised as a 撸撸视频 Team of Distinction... a two-time 撸撸视频 Player of the Year (1994 an 2000)... recipient of 撸撸视频鈥檚 Aubrey Sanford Meritorious Service Award in 2005...
Concacaf champion (2000)... represented Canada at the FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001... represented Canada in two cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and four editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup, including the inaugural edition in 1991... career 61 international appearances across 14 years from 1988 to 2001 with 撸撸视频's Men's National Team as a goalkeeper, including 56 international "A" appearances鈥� when he left international football in 2001, he ranked first all-time with 61 international goalkeeper appearances (ninth overall)... represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-19 at Chile 1987)...
club career in Canada and England, including appearances in UEFA Cup... with Ipswich Town FC, won the Football League Second Division...
was part of 撸撸视频鈥檚 post-match Guard of Honour on 27 March 2022 to celebrate Canada鈥檚 qualification to the men鈥檚 2022 FIFA World Cup (along with nine other former players)...
said Forrest in 1988 of missing FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, 鈥淚 wanted to go, but I wasn鈥檛 happy about giving up my newly won place in the Ipswich team. As it turned out, manager John Duncan took the matter into his own hands and said I wouldn鈥檛 be released鈥�... said Forrest in 1995, Frank Yallop 鈥渨as like a big brother, really. He just took me in and looked after me. I鈥檓 very lucky to be able to have played as many years as we have at Ipswich together鈥�... said Forrest in 2000 after the Concacaf Gold Cup, 鈥渢he game against Mexico was the turning point. We defended so well and scored every chance we had. After that, it felt like destiny. In the final against Colombia, we knew we were up against an outstanding team, so our approach was, 鈥榳ell, we鈥檝e got nothing to lose鈥欌��.... wrote Neil Davidson in 2002, Forrest was 鈥渁 big man (but) moved with elegance and grace as he patrolled the penalty box鈥�... said Jason deVos in 2007, in Craig Forrest in 2000, 鈥漺e had the best goalkeeper in CONCACAF, bar none. He was immense for us, especially in the semi-final. He thoroughly deserved the MVP of the tournament鈥�...
in 2007, he was the second goalkeeper inducted as an athlete honoured member in the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (after Ken Pears)... in 2015, he was the first goalkeeper inducted as an athlete honoured member in Canada鈥檚 Sports Hall of Fame...
said Craig Forrest of one of his highlights in the Premier League, 鈥渨alking out with Bruce Grobbelaar next to me was just incredible; to think he was my idol and then (I got) to walk out on Anfield next him鈥�...
Honours
Individual Awards
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2019Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia Honoured Player / joueur honor茅
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2015Canada's Sports Hall of Fame Honoured Member (Athlete - Soccer)
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2012All-Time Canada XI Men's Team
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2012撸撸视频 Centennial Timeline Top 100 Men's Footballers
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2010Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame Honoured Member (Athlete - Soccer)
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2007BC Sports Hall of Fame Honoured Athlete / Athl猫te honor茅 (Soccer)
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2007撸撸视频 Hall of Fame Honoured Player / Joueur honor茅
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2005Aubrey Sanford Meritorious Award Recipient / R茅cipiendaire
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2000撸撸视频 Players of the Year Men's / Masculin
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2000Concacaf Gold Cup award Most Valuable Player
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