Jamie Lowery

Jamie Lowery
Personal information
Full name James Matthew Lowery
Date of birth (1961-01-15) January 15, 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Port Alberni, British Columbia
Position(s) midfielder
Youth career
Coulson-Prescott F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Vancouver 86ers 112
International career‡
1986–1991 Canada 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2009

James Matthew Lowery (born January 15, 1961) is a former professional soccer player from Canada.

Club career

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

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

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  Mexico 1–2 1–3 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Retirement

Lowery is a transit operator for BC Transit in Victoria. [5]

References

  1. ^ Can you remember when our boys played soccer in Europe? Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Alberni Valley Pennyworth
  2. ^ "Jamie Lowery". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  4. ^ "Hall celebrates 10th Induction Banquet". Canada Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  5. ^ Team Canada 1986: Where are they now? Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Vancouver Sun