BC Soccer announces Team BC selections for Western Canada Summer Games

Vancouver BC July 20, 2015 – Western Canada Summer Games Male and Female Head Coaches Luca Dalla Pace and Gary Moody, have named their 18 player rosters that will assemble August 1, 2015.

The Western Canada Games take place Aug 7-16, 2015 in Wood Buffalo Alberta but BC Soccer’s Western Canada Summer Games team will meet a week in advance for preparation.

“The Western Canada Games is a unique opportunity for players to be part of a large multisport event and be a part of Team BC with all the other sports athletes,” said Luca Dalla Pace, Western Canada Games Head Coach, “The Western Canada games happen every four years and we hope all of the players will have an experience that will both be memorable and which will aid in their overall development.”

Both the male and female selection camps took place from July 3-13 for 1999/2000 born players. The following 18 male and female players were picked for the Western Canada Games Team BC Roster.

 

Female Western Canada Games Team- Head Coach, Gary Moody

CLUB	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME
Coastal FC	Jessica	Williams
Coastal FC	Harneet	Dadrao
Mountain United FC	Jamie	Foot
Mountain United FC	Nadia	Hakeem
Fraser Valley Premier	Katie	MacEwen
Fusion FC	Tess	McRae
Mountain United FC	Janika	Sangha
Vancouver Island Wave	Aislinn	Shinomura
Vancouver Island Wave	Anna	Slang
Coastal FC	Danielle	Steer
Mountain United FC	Anna	Stephenson
Mountain United FC	Sophie	Weaver
Surrey United SC	Priya	Gillan
Vancouver Island Wave	Ashley	Cathro
Surrey United	Brittany	Costa
Mountain United FC	Kaela	Hansen
Mountain United FC	Teagan	MacKay
Vancouver Island Wave	Trinity	Kettyls

Male Western Canada Games Team- Head Coach, Luca Dalla Pace

 

CLUB	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME
Vancouver Island Wave	Mitchell	Whittla
Mountain United FC	Dylan	Defer
Surrey United SC	Liam	Robinson
Thompson Okanagan FC	Sam	McDonald
Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC	Burhan	Waisy
Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC	Cooper	Courvoisier
Vancouver Island Wave	Sean	Pearse
Coastal FC	Charandeep	Rangi
Surrey United SC	Nicholas	Fussell
Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC	Suhail	Baresh
Coastal FC	Brady	Hughes
Surrey United SC	Jora	Saran
Thompson Okanagan FC	Connor	Glennon
Surrey United SC	Daniel Da Hyung	Lee
Coastal FC	Anthony	Vega
Coastal FC	Nick	Alie Day
Mountain United FC	William	Bundy
Mountain United FC	Gurinder	Nijjar

The females will take on Northwest Territories in their first match and the male team will open up with a match vs Yukon. Both of the opening matches will take place on Thursday August 13, 2015. The last Western Canada Summer Games was in Kamloops in 2011, where the Women’s team captured gold and the Men’s Team came away with the silver medal.

For more information on the games, please visit the website: http://2015woodbuffalo.com/home.html

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