Elkana Mayard

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| name = Elkana Mayard

| image = 200px

| caption = Mayard in 2007

| fullname = Elkana Mayard

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|17}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height = {{height|m=1.85|precision=0}}

| position = Defender

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| youthyears1 = 2002–2003

| youthclubs1 = Racing de Montréal-Nord

| youthyears2 = 2003–2006

| youthclubs2 = Fairleigh Dickinson Knights

| youthyears3 = 2004–2006

| youthclubs3 = SC Panellinios Montréal

| years1 = 2007–2009

| clubs1 = Trois-Rivières Attak

| caps1 = 50

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2009

| clubs2 = → Montreal Impact (loan)

| caps2 = 5

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = Chelsea Laval

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2012

| clubs4 = FC St-Léonard

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 0

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Elkana Mayard (born May 17, 1982) is a Canadian former soccer player who played as a defender.

Career

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Mayard started his career in 2002 with Racing de Montréal-Nord, and SC Panellinios Montréal in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec. In the LSEQ he was a finalist for the LSEQ Defender of the Year award for three seasons eventually winning the award in 2002.

He played college soccer with Fairleigh Dickinson University for three years. During his US college seasons, he was selected on the all-star team during the tournaments at Duke University in 2004, Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2005, and Creighton University in 2006. Finally, he was also selected on the second all-star team in 2005 and on the first all-star team in 2006.

On March 18, 2007, the new expansion side Trois-Rivières Attak of the Canadian Soccer League announced the signing of Mayard.{{Cite web|url=http://www.attakfc.com/en/nouvelles/view/18|title=THE ATTAK ADD FOUR PLAYERS TO ITS ROSTER|date=2008-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118201307/http://www.attakfc.com/en/nouvelles/view/18|archive-date=2008-11-18|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=2017-05-21}} He made his debut on May 13, 2007, against Toronto Croatia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.attakfc.com/fr/nouvelles/view/27|title=Attak FC|date=2008-07-03|access-date=2017-05-21|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703214340/http://www.attakfc.com/fr/nouvelles/view/27|archivedate=2008-07-03}} On May 18, 2007, he made history by scoring the franchise's first goal, but unfortunately the match finished in a 2–1 defeat to the Serbian White Eagles.{{Cite web|url=http://www.attakfc.com/fr/nouvelles/view/30|title=Attak FC|date=2008-07-03|access-date=2017-05-21|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703214420/http://www.attakfc.com/fr/nouvelles/view/30|archivedate=2008-07-03}} Throughout the regular season he helped Attak to claim their first piece of silverware by winning the Open Canada Cup, and finished runners-up in the National Division. During the club's playoff run Mayard scored the second goal in a 3–0 victory over the Italia Shooters in the quarterfinals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl144.htm|title=October 13, 2007 CSL Quarter Final Trois-Rivieres Attak vs Italia Shooters (from CSL media release)|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2017-05-21}} Their season came to an end when the White Eagles eliminated the Attak by a score of 2–1 in the semifinals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl154.htm|title=October 21, 2007 CSL Semi-Final Serbian White Eagles vs Trois-Rivieres Attak (by Rocket Robin)|last=Glover|first=Robin|date=|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2017-05-21}}

The following season he re-signed with the club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.attakfc.com/nouvelles/view/103|title=Attak FC|date=2008-08-28|access-date=2017-05-21|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828032132/http://www.attakfc.com/nouvelles/view/103|archivedate=2008-08-28}} He helped the Attak claim the club's first National Division title, and reached the final of the CSL Championship, where once again the Attak were defeated by the White Eagles; after a 2–2 draw, the match was decided through a penalty shoot-out, which the White Eagles won by a score of 2–1.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports08/08csl086.htm|title=October 26, 2008 CSL Final Trois-Rivieres Attak vs Serbian White Eagles (by Rocket Robin)|last=Glover|first=Robin|date=|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2017-05-21}} On March 11, 2009, the Attak announced the re-signing of Mayard for the 2009 season and was appointed the team captain.{{Cite web |url=http://www.attakfc.com/en/nouvelles/view/185 |title=THE ATTAK GOES YOUNG |access-date=2009-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707184851/http://www.attakfc.com/en/nouvelles/view/185 |archive-date=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead }}

On May 30, 2009, Mayard was loaned to Montreal Impact of the USL First Division, making his debut against the Rochester Rhinos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.impactmontreal.com/en/post/2009/05/29/impact-faces-rhinos-rochester-saturday|title=The Impact faces the Rhinos in Rochester Saturday|last=Vallée|first=Patrick|date=|website=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/elkana-mayard/|title=Elkana Mayard {{!}} SoccerStats.us|website=soccerstats.us|access-date=2017-05-21}} In January 2010 he left Trois-Rivières to join FC Chelsea Laval and FC St-Léonard in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[http://www.fcchelsealaval.synthasite.com/ FC CHELSEA LAVAL]

Personal life

Mayard is of Haitian descent, has two brothers who also play professional soccer; Josué Mayard who represents Haiti internationally, and Pierre-Rudolph Mayard.{{Cite web|url=http://www.attakfc.com/en/joueurs/view/7|title=Attak FC|date=2009-02-07|access-date=2017-05-21|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207080445/http://www.attakfc.com/en/joueurs/view/7|archivedate=2009-02-07}}