Elkana Mayard

Elkana Mayard
Personal information
Full name Elkana Mayard
Date of birth (1982-05-17) May 17, 1982
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
2002–2003 Racing de Montréal-Nord
2003–2006 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
2004–2006 SC Panellinios Montréal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Trois-Rivières Attak 50 (4)
2009Montreal Impact (loan) 5 (0)
2010 Chelsea Laval 10 (0)
2012 St-Léonard 14 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Elkana Mayard (born May 17, 1982) is a Canadian soccer player.

Career

College and Amateur

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

Mayard 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.

Professional

On March 18, 2007 the new expansion side Trois-Rivières Attak of the Canadian Soccer League announced the signing of Mayard.[1] On May 18 he made history by scoring the franchise's first goal, but unfortunately the match resulted in 2-1 defeat to the Serbian White Eagles.[2] Throughout the regular season he helped Attak to claim their first piece of silverware by claiming the Open Canada Cup, and finished runners-up in the National Division. During the club's playoff run Mayard scored the second goal in 3-0 victory over the Italia Shooters in the quarterfinals.[3] But their season came to an end when the White Eagles eliminated the Attak by a score of 2-1.

The following season[4] Mayard helped the Attak claim the club's first National Division title, and reached the final of the CSL Cup, where once again the Attak were defeated by White Eagles which ended in 2-2 draw and decided through penalties by a score of 2-1. On March 11, 2009 the Attak announced the re-signing of Mayard for the 2009 season and was appointed the team captain.[5]

On May 30, 2009, Mayard was loaned to Montreal Impact of the USL First Division, making his debut against the Rochester Rhinos.[6] In January 2010 left Trois-Rivières Attak of the Canadian Soccer League and joined to FC Chelsea Laval.[7]

Personal

Mayard is of Haitian heritage, has two brothers who also play soccer; Josué Mayard who represents Haiti internationally, and Pierre-Rudolph Mayard.

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