2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship

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The 2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship Finals were held from the 6-9 November, 2008 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. It consisted of 8 teams from the various conferences under the Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The breakdown was host (Carleton), 2 from the OUA, 2 from QSSF, 2 from Canada West and 1 from the AUS.

First Team(1-11) and Second Team(12-22) with school and hometown. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CAN Gerardo Argento (Montreal - Montreal, QC) 2 DF  FRA Augustin Nechad (Montreal - Rueil Malmaison, France) 3 DF  CAN Graham Smith (UBC - Abbotsford, BC) 4 DF  CAN Jonathan McNeil (Saint Mary's - Halifax, N.S.) 5 MF  CAN Gerard Ladiyou (York - Burlington, Ont) 6 MF  CAN Francesco Bruno (York - Toronto, Ont.) 7 MF  CAN Olivier Babineau (Moncton - Dieppe, N.B.) 8 MF  CAN Nick Poole (UBC - Mission, B.C.) 9 FW  CAN Yannick Rome-Gosselin (Sherbrooke - St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.) 10 FW  CAN Cole McFarlane (Victoria - Calgary, Alta.) 11 FW  CAN Matthew D'Angelo (Carleton - 5 - Ottawa, Ont.)

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  CAN Srdjan Djekanovic (UBC - Vancouver, B.C.) 13 DF  CAN Nicholas Persichino (Carleton - Thunder Bay, Ont.) 14 DF  CAN Paul Hamilton (Trinity Western - Calgary, Alta.) 15 DF  CAN Alex Lévesque-Tremblay (Laval - Baie-Saint-Paul, Que) 16 MF  FRA Wandrille Lefevre (Montreal - Chartres, France) 17 MF  CAN Ross Hagen (Dalhousie - Calgary, Alta.) 18 MF  CAN James Scholefield (McGill - Senneville, Que.) 19 FW  CAN Ken Morrison (UNB - Fredericton, N.B.) 20 FW  CAN Paul Craig (UPEI - Charlottetown, P.E.I.) 21 FW  CAN Brett Colvin (Alberta - Calgary, Alta.) 22 FW  CAN Pat Mroczek (Western - St. Catharines, Ont.)

9-Nov-2008

15:00

York Lions	1-0	Trinity Western Spartans
David Nogaro 83'	CIS Report

Ravens' Field

Attendance: 600

York Lions GK 1 Alim Karim {{{home2pos}}} 2 Stefan Zlatanov {{{home3pos}}} 3 {{{home3player}}} {{{home4pos}}} 4 {{{home4player}}} {{{home5pos}}} 5 {{{home5player}}} {{{home6pos}}} 6 {{{home6player}}} {{{home7pos}}} 7 {{{home7player}}} {{{home8pos}}} 8 {{{home8player}}} {{{home9pos}}} 9 {{{home9player}}} {{{home10pos}}} 10 {{{home10player}}} {{{home11pos}}} 11 {{{home11player}}} Manager Carmine Isacco

Trinity Western Spartans GK 1 Andrew Kowan {{{away2pos}}} 2 {{{away2player}}} {{{away3pos}}} 3 {{{away3player}}} {{{away4pos}}} 4 {{{away4player}}} {{{away5pos}}} 5 {{{away5player}}} {{{away6pos}}} 6 {{{away6player}}} {{{away7pos}}} 7 {{{away7player}}} {{{away8pos}}} 8 {{{away8player}}} {{{away9pos}}} 9 {{{away9player}}} {{{away10pos}}} 10 {{{away10player}}} {{{away11pos}}} 11 {{{away11player}}} Manager Alan Alderson

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CAN Andrew Kowan ((Richmond, BC)Trinity Western) 2 DF  CAN Paul Hamilton ((Calgary, AB)Trinity Western) 3 DF  MAR Hicham Aâboubou ((Morocco)Montreal) 4 DF  CAN Alexandre Lévesque-Tremblay ((Baie-Saint-Paul, QC), Laval) 5 MF  CAN Gerard Ladiyou ((Burlington, Ont.), York) 6 MF  CAN Francesco Bruno ((Toronto), York) 7 MF  CAN Philip Rivers ((Toronto), York) 8 MF  CAN Douglas Sereti ((Toronto), York) 9 MF  SUI Nicolas Suter ((Switzerland), Montreal) 10 FW  CAN Daniel Lowen ((Langley, B.C.), Trinity Western) 11 FW  CAN Peter Mangiras ((Belleville, Ont.), Carleton)

Top 6 will make the play-offs with 1 and 2 seeds getting a bye to the semi-final round. Hosted this season by Mount Allison. Other qualifiers include UNB, St. Mary's, Dalhousie, Moncton and UPEI.

Top 4 teams will make the semi-final round. McGill, Montreal and Laval have qualified.

The OUA play-off will include the top 6 from each of the east and west divisions. The top 2 will get a bye to the quarter-finals with the 1st round being #6 @ #3 and #5 @ #4. In subsequent rounds, the teams will be repositioned so that the higher seed always plays the lowest. Laurier, York, Carleton and Toronto are the top 4 seeds.

Top 4 teams make the semi-final round. The final four will be hosted by the top team. Currently UBC, Victoria and Trinity Western have clinched a spot.

Top Ten rankings as published by the CIS.

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