Trinity Western University women Spartans
All three of the pro teams had questions. TFC's finish to the MLS season, along with its inability to score against Puerto Rico, eliminates the Reds.
Montreal won the USL-1 title, but its performance in the Canadian championship makes it impossible to select the Impact.
Vancouver, although rightfully peeved about the V-Cup, didn't actually win anything this year (still, they would be my second choice).
So, I'm going with a program that few outside of the B.C. lower mainland, or among hardcore women's soccer supporters, would be aware of. TWU won its third national university championship in six years in November. A 21-2-1 record (not including the win highlighted above against NAIA program Simon Fraser), demonstrated just how good this program has become. When you factor in the tiny size of the school (just 4,000 students) and that it is a private, Christian school (Canadians don't really do the private, Christian thing) it really is impressive to see just what the Spartans have accomplished.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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3 comments:
why not include Laval mens team in this 13-2-2 in league play this year...3-0 in CIS championships...not bad for a team that was not ranked until their last week
since when did they let Women play sports?
Very nice call on this.
I've wached Trinity Western play at the CIS nationals, though sadly only online as I live in Halifax, N.S.
I cover AUS/CIS soccer at Dalhousie in Halifax and TWU are by far the best team I've seen so far, in women's soccer, at that level. They are organized, play possession football, and they like to attack. Fun stuff to watch.
They deserve this award--thanks for thinking of them.
--Dylan
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