Pat Onstad

FOR COUNTRY:
finished first with Canada at the 1986 CONCACAF Youth Tournament in Trinidad & Tobago (Canada qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship)... represented Canada at the FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987... he won his first cap with Canada's senior team on 18 February 1988 in Hamilton, Bermuda (an 0:0 draw with Bermuda)... played for Canada’s World Cup Qualifying team in 1992-93 (Canada failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup final)... helped Canada win the 2000 Football Confederation Gold Cup after a 2:0 win over Colombia in the final (he did not feature)... represented Canada in FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers in 2000 (Canada reached CONCACAF semifinal round)... he represented Canada at the FIFA Confederations Cup Japan 2001 (he did not feature)... represented Canada at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (he did not feature; Canada did not advance beyond the group phase)... represented Canada in FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers in 2004 (Canada reached CONCACAF semifinal round)... he helped Canada reach the semi-final stage of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Canada was eliminated by USA)... represented Canada in FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers in 2008 (Canada reached CONCACAF semifinal round)...

FOR CLUB:
played for West Point Grey... played for Marpole United... played for Westminster Meto-Ford... played for the Vancouver 86ers... played for the Winnipeg Fury... played for the Toronto Blizzard... played for the Toronto Rockets... played for the impact de Montréal... played for the Edmonton Drillers (indoor)... played for the Toronto Lynx... played for the Rochester Raging Rhinos... played for Dundee United... played for the San Jose Earthquakes... won the 2003 MLS Cup with the San Jose Earthquakes after a 4:2 victory over the Chicago Fire (11/23/2003)... he was named to the 2003 MLS Best XI... he was named to the 2005 MLS Best XI... played for the Houston Dynamo... won the 2006 MLS Cup with the Houston Dynamo after a 2:1 victory over the New England Revolution (11/12/2006)... was the oldest opening-day player on any MLS roster in 2007 (39 years)...

OFF THE PITCH:
his full name is Patrick Stewart Onstad... favourites have included Vancouver Canucks, Wayne Gretzky... grew up playing hockey (until age 15)... he was a physical education teacher in 1995-96 in Vancouver...