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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

	Consolation Final 8-November-2008					Consolation Semi-final 7-November-2008					Quarter-finals 6-November-2008					Semi-finals 8-November-2008					Final 9-November-2008
											Victoria Vikes		0
											York Lions		3
						Victoria Vikes		1								York Lions		1
						Dalhousie Tigers		2								Montreal Carabins		0
											Dalhousie Tigers		0
											Montreal Carabins		2
	Dalhousie Tigers		0																		York Lions		1
	Carleton Ravens		3																		Trinity Western Spartans		0
											Laurier Golden Hawks		0
											Trinity Western Spartans		1
						Laurier Golden Hawks		1								Trinity Western Spartans		2			Third place
						Carleton Ravens		2								Laval Rouge et Or		1
											Laval Rouge et Or		4								Montreal Carabins		2
											Carleton Ravens		1								Laval Rouge et Or		1

Final

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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

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Tournament XI

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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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