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Soccer History

Peter Pakeman played soccer in the Canadian Soccer League

Canadian Soccer League

The Canadian Soccer League is the top soccer league in Canada and is controlled by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was formerly known as the Canadian Professional Soccer League , and was officially re-branded on May 17, 2006...

with the North York Rockets

North York Rockets

The North York Rockets were a professional soccer team that competed in the original Canadian Soccer League during its existence from 1987 to 1992...

(1987).
Peter's visibility on the soccer stage began in 1974, when at the age of 14 years he won the Ontario Soccer Association

Ontario Soccer Association

The Ontario Soccer Association was founded in 1901 and is one of the oldest and largest sport organizations in Canada dedicated to providing an opportunity for Ontarians to achieve their sporting goals through soccer. The OSA provides leadership, consultation and resources to the members within...

(formerly the Ontario Minor Soccer Association) Adidas National Soccer Skills Contest for Scarborough and placed second in the Ontario finals. In the same year, he was selected to the Eastern Canada U14 Select Team (Champions). He was selected to the 1976 Ontario Provincial U16 Soccer Team (National Finalist) but did not compete because of a serious leg injury that he suffered with the team prior to the championship competitions. In 1978, he participated in the U18 Ontario Select Team Program, and briefly trained with Canada’s Youth Soccer Team. Between 1977-79, Peter played with the Toronto Jets

Toronto Jets

The Toronto Jets was a S.S. Pauline Soccer Club team that played in the Minor Division of the Canadian National Soccer League, formerly the National Soccer League between 1977-1979, and perhaps as early as 1976. The 1976 and 1979 teams were the boys under 19 Ontario Cup Champions, and the 1978...

(U19 Ontario Cup Champions, 1979), a farm team for two Canadian National Soccer League

Canadian National Soccer League

The Canadian National Soccer League, known as the National Soccer League until 1993, was a professional soccer league in Canada that existed from 1926 to 1997...

teams: the Toronto Falcons and Toronto Italia. Throughout his seasons with the Jets, he was called up as an amateur to play with the parent teams. At the age of 27 years and while playing with the Toronto Emerald, Peter was offered a professional soccer contract with the North York Rockets

North York Rockets

The North York Rockets were a professional soccer team that competed in the original Canadian Soccer League during its existence from 1987 to 1992...

in the Canadian Soccer League

Canadian Soccer League

. He declined the offer and agreed to play as a call-up, when needed. He played three games with the Rockets in their 1987 season.
Peter attended Victoria Park Collegiate Institute in North York, Ontario after which he attended Cornell University

Cornell University

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(1981–83), where he became the first player in Ivy League

Ivy League

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soccer history to earn first-team honors at three different positions (midfield, back and forward). In 1983, he was selected to play in the Annual East-West ISAA Senior Soccer Bowl

ISAA Senior Soccer Bowl

The Senior Soccer Bowl was founded in 1972 by the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America to be a forum where top college soccer players could compete in an all-star game and where professional soccer scouts could come and see America's best players.In its 12th year, Senior Soccer Bowl '83...

Classic in recognition of being one of the best senior college soccer players in the nation. He was inducted to the University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007; tapped to the Sphinx Head Society, a senior leadership honorary society, in 1983; and inducted to Cornell’s Red Key Society, an athletic honorary society, in 1981. Peter is a noted Black Athlete at Cornell.
Peter is one of three graduates from Victoria Park who attended Cornell and inducted in the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The other two graduates are Joe Mui and Sidney Nolan.

Career

Peter is an active member of the Canadian Health Information Management Association. Most of his career has been in the health care sector, where he initially consulted for firms before becoming an independent management consultant. Peter continues to work in health care, but has changed his focus from business and technology to privacy.

Personal

Peter was born in Kingston, Jamaica. His family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1969.

Peter remains involved in soccer, as player and coach. For the past 20 years, he has played with the Ottawa Falcons Soccer Club, http://www.ottawafalcons.com/ and has helped coach his son's teams over the years.

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