Jamie Lowery
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| Full name | James Matthew Lowery | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | January 15, 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Port Alberni, British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Coulson-Prescott F.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1992 | Vancouver 86ers | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1991 | Canada | 20 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 June 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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James Matthew Lowery (born January 15, 1961) is a former professional soccer player from Canada.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, Lowery joined the Coulson-Prescott Football Club.[1] A midfielder, Lowery played for the University of Victoria and after graduation also played club soccer for the Canadian Soccer League team, the Vancouver 86ers.[2]
International career
[edit | edit source]Lowery was a member of Canada's Olympic team which failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics, making one appearance in qualifying. He made his debut for Canada in a January 1986 friendly match against Paraguay and earned a total of 20 caps, scoring 1 goal. Lowery was on Canada's playing roster for the 1986 FIFA World Cup and played in the country's first game against France.[3] In 2009, Lowery was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame as a member of the 1986 World Cup team.[4]
His final international game was a June 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals match against Mexico in which he scored his only international goal.
International goals
[edit | edit source]- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 30, 1991 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
Retirement
[edit | edit source]Lowery is a transit operator for BC Transit in Victoria. [5]
Post-playing career
[edit | edit source]Following his playing career, Lowery returned to Vancouver Island, where he works as a transit operator for BC Transit in Victoria.[6] He has also remained involved in soccer, serving on the Organizing Committee for FIFA 2026 Activities in the Alberni Valley to help establish Port Alberni as a potential pre-tournament training base for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, leveraging his status as a former Canadian national team player.[7]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Canada
- North American Nations Cup: 1990;[8] 3rd place, 1991[9]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Can you remember when our boys played soccer in Europe? Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Alberni Valley Pennyworth
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- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
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- ^ Team Canada 1986: Where are they now? Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Vancouver Sun
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jamie Lowery at Canada SoccerLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (archive)
- Jamie Lowery at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Port Alberni
- Men's association football midfielders
- Soccer people from British Columbia
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players
- Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen