Adrian Cann

Adrian Cann

Personal information
Full name	Adrian Cann
Date of birth	(1980-09-19) September 19, 1980
Place of birth	Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
2000–2003	Louisville Cardinals
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004	Colorado Rapids	2	(0)
2004–2005	Montreal Impact	22	(0)
2006–2008	Vancouver Whitecaps	58	(1)
2008–2010	Esbjerg	14	(0)
2010–2012	Toronto FC	48	(0)
2014–2015	San Antonio Scorpions	38	(2)
National team‡
2002–2003	Canada U20	3	(0)
2008–2011	Canada	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 1, 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 29, 2012

Adrian Cann (born September 19, 1980) is a Canadian international soccer defender.

Career

College

Cann had a college soccer career at the University of Louisville from 2000 to 2003. Cann immediately earned a place in the Cardinals' starting lineup as a freshman, starting 20 games for the team, and was named to first-team All-Conference USA. Cann would maintain this level of performance, being named first-team All-C USA as a sophomore, junior, and senior, and being named the conference's Co-Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior. In his final year he played 15 games for them.^[1]

Professional

Upon graduating, Cann was selected 16th overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by Colorado Rapids. Cann played little for the team, however, and was released midseason because of roster restrictions limiting a team's international players. Cann then signed late in the season with Montreal Impact, but saw little playing time for the team, playing only 256 minutes over 7 games. He stayed with the Impact for the 2005 season and made 15 more appearances for them.

In 2006, Cann signed with Vancouver Whitecaps, helping the team win their first USL First Division Championship beating the Rochester Raging Rhinos 3-0 and was named the Whitecaps' Most Outstanding Defender in 2007.

On June 29, 2008 he signed a four-year deal with Danish football side Esbjerg fB. He was released from his contract in early 2010.

Cann underwent a trial with League Two Burton Albion in England before agreeing to a trial with Toronto FC of Major League Soccer in March 2010.^[2]

Cann signed with Toronto FC on April 12, 2010 after ongoing trials with the team.^[3] He made his debut for the club against Philadelphia Union April 15, 2010. Since joining fellow international Nana Attakora in the centre of defence the Canadian partnership has become one of the strongest in the league. On September 21, 2010 Cann had a stand out performance which saw him win Man of the Match against highly rated Mexican side Cruz Azul in the 2010 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, the game finished as a 0-0 away draw. This game was also the first time in which Adrian had the honour of wearing the Captain's Armband for Toronto since Dwayne De Rosario was on the bench. On November 18, Adrian was awarded the team's most valuable player of the 2010 season, taking the honour from captain Dwayne De Rosario who won the award in the 2009 season.^[4]

Following pre-season camp in Turkey and Orlando it was announced by the club on March 2, 2011 that Cann had not traveled with the team to Charleston, South Carolina for the Carolina Challenge Cup. This following Cann's rejection of a new contract offer in which he wanted to continue to negotiate, all deals were removed from the table leading Cann to retire or wait for Toronto to cancel the remaining years on his current contract.^[5] However eight days later the club announced that Cann had rejoined the team in Charleston with just over a week before the first regular season game.^[6] After a strong early 2011 season from Cann, on May 31 he tore his ACL during a practice on a turf field with the team. Coach Aron Winter confirmed that he would miss the remainder of the 2011 league season.^[7]

Cann made his return from injury on April 14, 2012 against Chivas USA, the game ended in a 1-0 home loss for Toronto.^[8]

Cann was released by Toronto on November 15, 2012.^[9] He subsequently entered the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft and became a free agent after going undrafted in both rounds of the draft.

On January 22, 2014, it was announced that Cann had signed with North American Soccer League club San Antonio Scorpions.^[10]

On August 8, 2016 he made his debut for Scarborough of the Canadian Soccer League.

International

He made his debut for Canada in a January 2008 friendly match against Martinique. By December 2009, he earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. He has so far represented Canada in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[11] Cann was also chosen in the 23-man roster for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Canada won Group A with 7 points before being knocked out by Honduras in the Quarter Finals.

Career statistics

As of 22 June 2014

Honours

Montreal Impact

• A-League Championship (1): 2004
• A-League Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2004
• USL First Division Commissioner's Cup (1): 2005

Vancouver Whitecaps

• USL First Division Championship (1): 2006

Toronto FC

• Canadian Championship (3): 2010, 2011, 2012

Individual

• Toronto FC Player of the Year: 2010
• 2002 Conference USA Co-Defensive Player of the Year
• 2002 First Team All-Conference USA
• 2002 Team Most Valuable Player
• 2002 Team Most Valuable Defensive Player
• 2002 NSCAA second team All-Great Lakes
• 2001 Conference USA Co-Defensive Player of the Year
• 2001 First Team All-Conference USA
• 2001 Team Most Valuable Player
• 2001 Team Most Valuable Defensive Player
• 2001 NSCAA second team All-Great Lakes
• 2000 First Team All-Conference USA
• 2000 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
• 2000 NSCAA second team All-Great Lakes

References

External links

• MLS player profile
• National team profile - CanadaSoccer
• Adrian Cann at Danmarks Radio (Danish)
• Profile at Model Resource
• Adrian Cann at National-Football-Teams.com

Canada squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Sutton 2 Cann 3 Klukowski 4 Hainault 5 McKenna 6 de Guzman 7 Stalteri (c) 8 de Jong 9 Gerba 10 Johnson 11 Hastings 12 Nakajima-Farran 13 Hutchinson 14 Jaković 15 Simpson 16 Jackson 17 Peters 18 Wagenaar 19 Harmse 20 Bernier 21 Pozniak 22 Stamatopoulos 23 Gbeke Coach: Hart