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

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 Canada CAN Gerardo Argento (Montreal - Montreal, QC)
2 DF France FRA Augustin Nechad (Montreal - Rueil Malmaison, France)
3 DF Canada CAN Graham Smith (UBC - Abbotsford, BC)
4 DF Canada CAN Jonathan McNeil (Saint Mary's - Halifax, N.S.)
5 MF Canada CAN Gerard Ladiyou (York - Burlington, Ont)
6 MF Canada CAN Francesco Bruno (York - Toronto, Ont.)
7 MF Canada CAN Olivier Babineau (Moncton - Dieppe, N.B.)
8 MF Canada CAN Nick Poole (UBC - Mission, B.C.)
9 FW Canada CAN Yannick Rome-Gosselin (Sherbrooke - St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.)
10 FW Canada CAN Cole McFarlane (Victoria - Calgary, Alta.)
11 FW Canada CAN Matthew D'Angelo (Carleton - 5 - Ottawa, Ont.)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Canada CAN Srdjan Djekanovic (UBC - Vancouver, B.C.)
13 DF Canada CAN Nicholas Persichino (Carleton - Thunder Bay, Ont.)
14 DF Canada CAN Paul Hamilton (Trinity Western - Calgary, Alta.)
15 DF Canada CAN Alex Lévesque-Tremblay (Laval - Baie-Saint-Paul, Que)
16 MF France FRA Wandrille Lefevre (Montreal - Chartres, France)
17 MF Canada CAN Ross Hagen (Dalhousie - Calgary, Alta.)
18 MF Canada CAN James Scholefield (McGill - Senneville, Que.)
19 FW Canada CAN Ken Morrison (UNB - Fredericton, N.B.)
20 FW Canada CAN Paul Craig (UPEI - Charlottetown, P.E.I.)
21 FW Canada CAN Brett Colvin (Alberta - Calgary, Alta.)
22 FW Canada CAN Pat Mroczek (Western - St. Catharines, Ont.)

Nationals

Final


York Lions1-0Trinity Western Spartans
David Nogaro 83' CIS Report
Ravens' Field
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Canada Carmine Isacco
Trinity Western Spartans
GK1Andrew Kowan
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Canada Alan Alderson

Tournament XI

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 Canada CAN Andrew Kowan ((Richmond, BC)Trinity Western)
2 DF Canada CAN Paul Hamilton ((Calgary, AB)Trinity Western)
3 DF Morocco MAR Hicham Aâboubou ((Morocco)Montreal)
4 DF Canada CAN Alexandre Lévesque-Tremblay ((Baie-Saint-Paul, QC), Laval)
5 MF Canada CAN Gerard Ladiyou ((Burlington, Ont.), York)
6 MF Canada CAN Francesco Bruno ((Toronto), York)
7 MF Canada CAN Philip Rivers ((Toronto), York)
8 MF Canada CAN Douglas Sereti ((Toronto), York)
9 MF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Suter ((Switzerland), Montreal)
10 FW Canada CAN Daniel Lowen ((Langley, B.C.), Trinity Western)
11 FW Canada CAN Peter Mangiras ((Belleville, Ont.), Carleton)

Regional Conference play-offs

Atlantic (AUS)

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)

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)

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)

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

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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