MSOC: CW announces 2021 all-stars
VANCOUVER - With the conference post-season set to begin on Friday, the Canada West honoured its top performers from the regular season with the announcement of its 2021 men's soccer all-stars and all-rookies.
The Alberta Golden Bears saw all three of their student-athletes crack the Canada West first all-star team, the most of any program.
Noah Cunningham (goalkeeper), Carlos Patino (defensive), and Ajeej Sarkaria (attacking) were all named to the fist team after their performances on the pitch this season helped Alberta to a 4-1-5 record.
The Victoria Vikes, Mount Royal Cougars, and Calgary Dinos all had two players selected as first team all-stars.
The Mount Royal Cougars led the overall all-star tally, having six players selected as all-stars or all-rookies. Two Cougars appear on each of the conference's first team, second team and all-rookie teams.
The Cougars were led by Mohamed El Gandour, who made the Canada West first team for the second straight season. The third-year forward led the conference in scoring this season with eight goals.
The all-star and all-rookie teams were selected by the conference's 12 men's soccer head coaches.
Player / School / Year / Hometown / Program
- Goalkeeper
- Jake Ruschkowski / Calgary / 4 / Calgary, AB / Engineering
- Defending players
- Evan Libke / Victoria / 5 / North Vancouver, BC / Education
- Justin Anderson-Louch / Mount Royal / 5 / Calgary, AB / Business
- Jan Pirretas Glasmacher / Thompson Rivers / 4 / Barcelona, ESP / Business
- Adam Huskic / Calgary / 4 / Cazin, BIH / Engineering
- Noah Cunningham / Alberta / 5 / St. Albert, AB / Grad Studies & Research
- Attacking players
- Mohamed El Gandour / Mount Royal / 3 / Calgary, AB / Business
- Isaac Koch / Victoria / 5 / West Kelowna, BC / Education
- Ajeej Sarkaria / Alberta / 5 / Edmonton, AB / Agriculture, Life, and Env. Sciences
- Trevor Zanatta / Fraser Valley / 3 / Coquitlam, BC / Criminal Justice
- Carlos Patino / Alberta / 3 / Tulua, COL / Arts
Player / School / Year / Hometown / Program
- Goalkeeper
- Nicholas Reitsma / UBC Okanagan / 4 / Kelowna, BC / Medicine
- Defending players
- Ryan Donald / Fraser Valley / 5 / Surrey, BC / Business Admin
- Christopher Lee / UBC / 1 / West Vancouver, BC / Kinesiology
- Caden Rogozinski / Mount Royal / 1 / Calgary, AB / Business
- Brandon Torresan / Trinity Western / 1 / North Vancouver, BC / GENBA
- Aaron Hidalgo-Mazzei / Saskatchewan / 2 / Winnipeg, MB / Kinesiology
- Attacking players
- Christian Rossi / Trinity Western / 1 / Surrey, BC / HKIN
- Nikolas Baikas / Saskatchewan / 3 / Saskatoon, SK / Business
- Tristan Torresan / Trinity Western / 2 / North Vancouver, BC / BUSBA
- Dane Domic / Mount Royal / 2 / Calgary, AB / Communications
- James Fraser / Thompson Rivers / 5 / Penticton, BC / Business
Player / School / Hometown / Program
- Christian Rossi / Trinity Western / Surrey, BC / HKIN
- Kundai Dziwa / Calgary / Calgary, AB / Engineering
- Akwasi Agyekum / Thompson Rivers /
- Caden Rogozinkski / Mount Royal / Calgary, AB / Business
- Brandon Torresan / Trinity Western / North Vancouver, BC / GENBA
- Alvin Mazaheri / MacEwan / Copenhagen, DEN / Commerce
- Tobias Spiess / Fraser Valley / Nuremburg, GER / Business Admin
- Gareth Smith-Doyle / Calgary / Science
- Bennett McKay / UBC / Delta, BC / Arts
- Ethan Keen / Mount Royal / Calgary, AB / Business
- Christopher Lee / UBC / West Vancouver, BC / Kinesiology
The Canada West post-season begins Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. with the Alberta Golden Bears (Central No. 2 / 4-1-5) hosting the Fraser Valley Cascades (West No. 3 / 4-3-5) in quarter-final action.
On Saturday, the Mount Royal Cougars (Central No. 1 / 6-1-3) play host to the Thompson Rivers WolfPack (West No. 4 / 4-3-5) at 1:00 p.m., while the Victoria Vikes (West No. 1 / 6-3-5) welcome in the MacEwan Griffins (Central No. 4 (4-4-2) at 6:00 p.m.
The fourth quarter-final matchup between the UBC Thunderbirds (West No. 2 / 4-2-6) and Calgary Dinos (Central No. 3 / 4-2-4) is set for 1:00 p.m. Sunday in Vancouver.
All four quarter-final matches will be available on Canada West TV presented by Co-op.
MEN'S ALL-STARS AND ALL-ROOKIES BY TEAM
School / First Team All-Stars / Second Team All-Stars / All-Rookies = TOTAL
- Mount Royal Cougars: 2 / 2 / 2 = 6
- Calgary Dinos: 2 / 0 / 2 = 4
- Trinity Western: 0 / 3 / 2 = 4
- Alberta Golden Bears: 3 / 0 / 0 = 3
- Fraser Valley Cascades: 1 / 1 / 1 = 3
- Thompson Rivers WolfPack: 1 / 1 / 3
- UBC Thunderbirds: 0 / 1 / 2 = 3
- Victoria Vikes: 2 / 0 / 0 = 2
- Saskatchewan Huskies: 0 / 2 / 0 = 2
- UBC Okanagan Heat: 0 / 1 / 0 = 1
- MacEwan Griffins: 0 / 0 / 1 = 1