2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship

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.

All-Canadians edit

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.)

Nationals edit

Final edit


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David Nogaro   83' CIS Report
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  Carmine Isacco
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Manager
  Alan Alderson

Tournament XI edit

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)

Regional Conference play-offs edit

Atlantic (AUS) edit

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.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
1 UNB Varsity Reds 1 (AET)
4 Moncton Aigles Bleus 1 5 UPEI Panters 0
5 UPEI Panthers 3 1 UNB Varsity Reds 0
3 Dalhousie Tigers 1
2 SMU Huskies 1
3 Dalhousie Tigers 2 3 Dalhousie Tigers 2
Host Mount Allison Mounties 0

Quebec (QSSF) edit

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

Semi-final Final
      
Laval 3
McGill 1
Laval 0
Montreal 1
Sherbrooke 1
Montreal 4

Ontario (OUA) edit

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.

Round 1 - West
22-October-2008
Quarter-final
25-October-2008
 
6 Queen's  
3 Laurentian
Round 1 - West
22-October-2008
Quarter-final
25-October-2008
 
5 Ryerson  
4 Trent
Round 1 - East
22-October-2008
Quarter-final
25-October-2008
 
5 Waterloo  
4 Brock
Round 1 - East
22-October-2008
Quarter-final
25-October-2008
 
6 Guelph  
3 Western
Semi-final Final
      
1E  
2W  
 
 
2E  
1W  

Canada West (CW) edit

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.

Semi-final Final
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

Season Ranking edit

Top Ten rankings as published by the CIS.

Date #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
28 October 2008 Carleton UBC Montreal York Victoria Toronto McGill UNB Wilfrid Laurier St. Mary's
21 October 2008 Carleton UBC Montreal York Victoria Toronto McGill UNB Wilfrid Laurier St. Mary's
14 October 2008 Carleton UBC Victoria Montreal UNB Toronto Western Ontario McGill York Dalhousie
7 October 2008 UBC Carleton Montreal Victoria UNB Toronto Western Ontario McGill York Dalhousie
30 September 2008 York UBC Carleton Victoria Montreal Toronto UNB Laval Western Ontario Dalhousie
23 September 2008 York UBC Laval Carleton Montreal Victoria Western Ontario Toronto UNB UPEI
16 September 2008 York Carleton UBC Laval Montreal Victoria Toronto Western Ontario Cape Breton UNB
9 September 2008 York Laval Trinity Western Carleton UBC Saint Mary's Toronto Western Ontario Montreal Cape Breton
2 September 2008 UBC Laval Western Ontario York Trinity Western Saint Mary's Montreal Cape Breton Carleton Victoria

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