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Konye named to Team Canada for Summer Universiade
Matt Gutsch with files from the CIS
(June 3, 2009) John Konye, of the University of Alberta Golden Bears soccer team, has been named to the squad that will represent Canada at the upcoming 2009 25th Summer Universiade in Serbia, July 1-12, 2009.
2009 Summer Universiade website: www.universiade-belgrade2009.org
Team Canada website: www.universitysport.ca/belgrade
The 5’7” Edmonton native had a very distinguished and successful career with the Golden Bears, winning one CIS championship (2006), as well as being named the Canada West Rookie of the Year in 2004. In five years with the Bears, the forward/midfield player, notched 21 goals which puts him second all-time in Golden Bears history. His best season was 2006-07, when Alberta won the national championship on home turf, when he recorded six goals, four assists and a conference leading four game winning goals in Canada West 13 games. The two-time Canada West all-star assumed the captain’s role in his final season (2008-09), and also adopted a more defensive-minded midfielder role, helping the Bears to the post-season and a fourth place finish in the playoffs.
Canada is coming off its best performance in history at the Universiade in men’s soccer with a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Prior to 2007, the Canadians had never advanced past group play in four previous appearances at the tournament.
“We showed the last time around we can be competitive at that level,” said UBC head coach Mike Mosher, who will lead the national side in Belgrade after serving as an assistant under Montreal’s Pat Raimondo two years ago. “We see the fourth-place finish from 2007 as a real positive, as motivation, not as extra pressure.”
The 2009 edition of Team Canada is comprised of 15 players from CIS schools and three from NCAA universities.
Team Canada flies out of Montreal on June 21 and will hold a one-week training camp in Belgrade before kicking off the 16-team Universiade tournament with Group B contests against the Czech Republic on June 30, Morocco on July 2 and the Ukraine on July 4.
The quarterfinal round is set for July 6, the semi-finals for July 8, and the bronze and gold-medal games for July 10.
The Canadians are in tough in Group B as the Ukraine is reigning Universiade champion, while Morocco and the Czech Republic claimed bronze medals in 2005 and 2003, respectively.
TEAM CANADA ROSTER
Position Name University Eligibility * Hometown
Goalkeeper Haidar Al-Shaibani Western A London, Ont.
Goalkeeper Gerardo Argento Montreal 4 Montreal, Que.
Defence Alexandre Tremblay Laval 4 Baie-Saint-Paul, Que.
Defence Paul Seymour Western 4 Ottawa, Ont.
Defence Jason Gill UBC 2 Abbotsford, B.C.
Defence Jamaal Smith York 3 Mississauga, Ont.
Defence Graham Smith UBC 4 Abbotsford, B.C.
Midfield Guillaume Couturier Montreal 3 Candiac, Que.
Midfield Branko Gavric Charleston 3 Kitchener, Ont.
Midfield Francesco Bruno York 3 Toronto, Ont.
Midfield Alexander Marrello Buffalo 3 Burnaby, B.C.
Midfield Josh Northey Sask 2 Saskatoon, Sask.
Midfield James Scholefield McGill 5 Pointe-Claire, Que.
Mid. / Forw. John Konye Alberta 5 Edmonton, Alta.
Forward Jerson Barandica Saskatchewan 2 Saskatoon, Sask.
Forward Matthew D’Angelo Carleton + 5 Ottawa, Ont.
Forward Cole McFarlane Victoria 4 Calgary, Alta.
Forward Daniel Revivo Winthrop 4 Richmond Hill, Ont.
* Indicates year of eligibility used in 2008 CIS / NCAA season;
A - Al-Shaibani used his fourth year of eligibility in 2007. He did not play university soccer in 2008 but is eligible for the Universiade as he graduated from Western in the Spring of 2008;
+ D’Angelo played four years at Saint Mary’s before suiting up for Carleton in 2008.
STAFF
Team leader: Randy Bardock, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alta.
Head coach: Mike Mosher, UBC, Vancouver, B.C.
Assistant coach: Allan Errington, University of the Fraser Valley, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Assistant coach: Pat Raimondo, University of Montreal, Pointe-Claire, Que.
Physiotherapist: David Fleming, Prince George, B.C.
CANADA’S SCHEDULE AND DRAW:
June 30 Preliminary Group B: Canada vs. Czech Republic
July 2 Preliminary Group B: Canada vs. Morocco
July 4 Preliminary Group B: Canada vs. Ukraine
July 6 Quarterfinals
July 8 Semi-finals
July 10 Bronze & Final
Group A: Serbia, Mexico, Great Britain, Ghana
Group B: Ukraine, Canada, Czech Republic, Morocco
Group C: Italy, Uruguay, Ireland, Korea
Group D: Thailand, Japan, France, Brazil
CANADA’S RESULTS IN MEN’S SOCCER AT PAST SUMMER UNIVERSIADE:
2007 (Bangkok, Thailand): 4th
2003 (Daegu, South Korea): 15th
1995 (Fukuoka, Japan): 15th
1993 (Buffalo, USA): 16th
1979 (Mexico City, Mexico): 12th
About the Summer Universiade
The Summer Universiade is an international multi-sport event that takes place every two years, and is second only to the Olympic Games in the number of participating athletes and countries. The Universiade is open to competitors between the ages of 17 and 28 in the year of the Games who are full-time students at a post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from a post-secondary institution in the year preceding the event.
About Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-two universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. The CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, and 32 World University Championships. For further information, visit www.universitysport.ca.
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