2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship

The 2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship Finals will be held from the 6-9 November, 2008 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. It will consist of 8 teams from the various conferences under the Canadian Interuniversity Sport. This year the breakdown is 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. Position Player 1 GK Gerardo Argento (Montreal - Montreal, QC) 2 DF Augustin Nechad (Montreal - Rueil Malmaison, France) 3 DF Graham Smith (UBC - Abbotsford, BC) 4 DF Jonathan McNeil (Saint Mary's - Halifax, N.S.) 5 MF Gerard Ladiyou (York - Burlington, Ont) 6 MF Francesco Bruno (York - Toronto, Ont.) 7 MF Olivier Babineau (Moncton - Dieppe, N.B.) 8 MF Nick Poole (UBC - Mission, B.C.) 9 FW Yannick Rome-Gosselin (Sherbrooke - St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.) 10 FW Cole McFarlane (Victoria - Calgary, Alta.) 11 FW Matthew D'Angelo (Carleton - 5 - Ottawa, Ont.)

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

Nationals

Final

York Lions v Trinity Western Spartans

9-Nov-2008 15:00

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

Ravens' Field Attendance: 600

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Tournament XI

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

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

Quebec (QSSF)

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

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.

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.

Season Ranking

Top Ten rankings as published by the CIS.

External links

• Official Site
• Go Ravens
• TWU Media Guide