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    Consolation #1: Ottawa sends STFX home with consolation semifinal victory Courtesy of U Sports and Queens University Photo Credit Robin Kasem / Queen's Gaels: https://usports.ca/en/sports/soccer/f/news/2023/11/3696481278/wsoc-csf1 The following story is from U Sports by Sarah Maat November 10, 2023. The Ottawa Gee-Gees defeated STFX 2-0 in the first consolation semifinal on Friday morning at the 2023 U SPORTS Women’s Soccer Championship in Kingston, Ont. After a scoreless first half the Gee Gees scored twice in the second to take the win...

    Courtesy of the CCAA Courtesy of the CCAA: https://ccaa.ca/sports/wsoc/2023-24/releases/2023_wsc_day_3 MATCH 11: Holland Hurricanes 1, UKC Blue Devils 0 Day three of the 2023 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) National Women’s Soccer Championship took place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island on Friday. Three matches were contested in total, as the focus of the day was on determining our National Bronze Medal finalists. The hosts from Holland College won the battle of the Atlantic in our final bronze medal semi-final match of the...

    Courtesy of the CCAA Courtesy of the CCAA: https://ccaa.ca/sports/msoc/2023-24/releases/2023_msc_day_3 Match 11: St. Clair Saints 2, VIU Mariners 1 St. Clair opened the scoring at the 12-minute mark of the second bronze medal semi-final, capitalizing on the penalty shot that was awarded to them. Massimo Pollard calmly stepped up and sent the goalkeeper the other way. Right before the end of the half, a seemingly routine goal kick from the Saints was quickly countered by the Mariners. The team skillfully moved the...

    When the U Sports seeding committee set the seeds for the 2023 U Sports Men's Soccer Championships in Sydney, NS, they set things up to be turned on it's head with the lower ranked seeds possibly being the more successful teams at this year's championships. This was coupled with some very good teams not winning their conferences as expected, (I'll let you decide, and no, this is not any disrespect to those that did win), but...

    Day number 1 of the U Sports 2023 Women's Soccer Championships did not disappoint with excitement and surprises at Queen's University's Richardson Stadium in Kingston, Ontario. The seeding may have had something to do with this year's parings for the games and the results in the final conference games has turned the seeding on its head to create exciting first round match ups that would normally be later on in the competition, and eliminating all...

    Courtesy of the CCAA Conestoga Advances: Video Credit Julian Carr Match 8: Douglas College Royals 1, St. Clair Saints 0 In the final match of the night, the host St. Clair Saints faced the Douglas College Royals with both looking to meet the Conestoga Condors in the gold medal match. Neither team could gain an edge early on but that all changed in the 20th minute. Douglas played the ball into the Saints, sneaking it past the goalkeeper toward the goal, but...

    Courtesy of CCAA Courtesy of the CCAA: https://ccaa.ca/sports/wsoc/2023-24/releases/2023_wsc_day_2 MATCH 8: Cégep Sainte-Foy Dynamiques 1 (PK), Holland Hurricanes 1 It was a dramatic evening at the Credit Union Place in Summerside as the Dynamiques and Hurricanes battled for the final berth to the CCAA National Championship match. An opening half with scoring opportunities at both ends of the pitch amounted to zeroes on the score sheet entering the break as the host, Holland Hurricanes, had their supporters behind them in the cold...

    Courtesy of the Norther Tribune: https://northerntribune.ca/canadian-premier-league-expansion-quebec-2023/ Excerpts of the following story is from John Jacques of the Northern Tribune from November 8, 2023 https://northerntribune.ca/canadian-premier-league-expansion-quebec-2023/. Canadian Premier League Commissioner Mark Noonan revealed plenty of positives during his state of the league address last month, including the revelation of a new buyer for York United and expansion plans to see two new clubs in 2025 and at least a further pair in 2026, hitting his goal of 12 teams by the time Canada...

    Courtesy of U Sports:https://usports.ca/en/championships/soccer/m/news/2023/11/3629183015/sebastian-dzikowski-named-2023-u-sports-men-s-soccer-player-of-the-year In his 30th season at the university level, Pat Raimondo has once again shown that he is one of the elite coaches in the country. The Carabins skipper has led his squad to a regular season record of 9-0-3. The Bleus scored 26 goals, and only gave up nine, as they finished the season with 30 points and atop the RSEQ table. This is the ninth time that Raimondo has won the award at the conference...

    Courtesy of U Sports: https://usports.ca/en/championships/soccer/f/news/2023/11/207952144/katalin-tolnai-named-2023-u-sports-women-s-soccer-player-of-the-year STFX X-Women head coach Graham Kennedy has been selected as the Fox40 Coach of the Year in Women’s Soccer. This is his first win in women’s soccer, but his second overall, as he won the national honour in men’s soccer in 2010. In his eleventh season as head coach of the X-Women program, Kennedy led them to an undefeated 12-0-0 record, a first-place finish in the regular season standings and an AUS Championship. The...