Personal information | |||
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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. 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.
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. In 2009, Lowery was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame as a member of the 1986 World Cup team.
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 |
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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.
References
- Can you remember when our boys played soccer in Europe? Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Alberni Valley Pennyworth
- "Jamie Lowery". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
- "Hall celebrates 10th Induction Banquet". Canada Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- Team Canada 1986: Where are they now? Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Vancouver Sun
External links
- Jamie Lowery at the Canadian Soccer Association (archive)
- Jamie Lowery at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- People 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