Jamie Lowery
{{Short description|Canadian soccer player}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jamie Lowery
| image =
| fullname = James Matthew Lowery
| height =
| position = midfielder
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|01|15}}
| birth_place = Port Alberni, British Columbia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Coulson-Prescott F.C.
| years1 = 1987–1992
| clubs1 = Vancouver 86ers
| caps1 = 112
| goals1 =
| nationalyears1 = 1986–1991
| nationalteam1 = Canada
| nationalcaps1 = 20
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 =
| pcupdate = 27 June 2009
| ntupdate = 27 June 2009
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|CAN}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's Association football}}
{{MedalCompetition|North American Nations Cup}}
{{Medal|W|1990 Canada|}}
{{Medal|3rd|1991 United States|}}
}}
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.[http://www2.canada.com/pennyworth/news/thiswasthen/story.html?id=c2272098-a26c-4468-a55b-8a4dab9ddd98 Can you remember when our boys played soccer in Europe?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509222327/http://www2.canada.com/pennyworth/news/thiswasthen/story.html?id=c2272098-a26c-4468-a55b-8a4dab9ddd98 |date=May 9, 2012 }} - Alberni Valley Pennyworth 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/ASL/Players/L/Lowery.Jamie.htm|title=Jamie Lowery|website=www.nasljerseys.com|access-date=2020-04-24}}
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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228062747/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=53227/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA In 2009, Lowery was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame as a member of the 1986 World Cup team.{{Cite web |title=Hall celebrates 10th Induction Banquet |url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/news/hall-celebrates-10th-induction-banquet/ |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Canada Soccer |language=en-CA}}
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.
| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1 | June 30, 1991 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | {{fb|MEX}} | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
Retirement
Lowery is a transit operator for BC Transit in Victoria.
Honours
Canada
- North American Nations Cup: 1990;{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/north-am-champ90.html#sqd|title=North American Championship 1990 (Canada)-Squads|access-date=April 20, 2025}} 3rd place, 1991{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/north-am-champ91.html#sqd|title=North American Championship 1991 (Los Angeles, USA)-Squads|access-date=April 20, 2025}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Canada Soccer|1929}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110605055200/http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid=1010&gender=male archive])
- {{NFT player|21163}}
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{{Canada Squad 1986 World Cup}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Port Alberni
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Soccer people from British Columbia
Category:Canadian men's soccer players
Category:Canada men's international soccer players
Category:1986 FIFA World Cup players
Category:1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Category:Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players