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{{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 (football)|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 men's national soccer team|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 North American Nations Cup|1990 Canada]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1991 North American Nations Cup|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.<ref>[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</ref> A [[midfielder (football)|midfielder]], Lowery played for the [[University of Victoria]] and after graduation also played club soccer for the [[Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992)|Canadian Soccer League]] team, the [[Vancouver 86ers]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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 men's national soccer team|Canada]] in a January 1986 friendly match against [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] and earned a total of 20 caps, scoring 1 goal. Lowery was on Canada's playing roster for the [[1986 FIFA World Cup squads|1986 FIFA World Cup]] and played in the country's first game against [[France national football team|France]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228062747/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=53227/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA</ref> In 2009, Lowery was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame as a member of the 1986 World Cup team.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

His final international game was a June 1991 [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] finals match against [[Mexico national football team|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.
<ref>[http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=9acf05cf-b2d3-4c98-a9ec-226385d97d49&k=67463&p=4  Team Canada 1986: Where are they now?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509222117/http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=9acf05cf-b2d3-4c98-a9ec-226385d97d49&k=67463&p=4 |date=May 9, 2012 }} - Vancouver Sun</ref>

==Honours==
'''Canada'''
*[[North American Nations Cup]]: [[1990 North American Nations Cup|1990]];<ref>{{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}}</ref> 3rd place, [[1991 North American Nations Cup|1991]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[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]]
[[Category:Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]]