EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League
Vancouver Island Wave 2000 Born evaluations Victoria-Lower Island players only Boys-Thursday 1st March 6.30pm-8.00pm Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence, Interurban Road Girls-Thursday 8th March 6.30pm-8.00pm Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence, Interurban Road
Nanaimo-Upper Island players only
Boys-Tuesday 13th March 6.30pm-8.00pm Comox Field 445 Comox Road Nanaimo
Girls- Thursday 15th March 6.30pm-8.00pm Comox Field 445 Comox Road Nanaimo
Brentwood College, Mill Bay-All players to attend
Boys- Sunday 25th March 11.30am-1.00pm Brentwood College 2735 Mount Baker Road, Mill Bay
Girls- Sunday 25th March 1.30pm-3.00pm Brentwood College 2735 Mount Baker Road, Mill Bay
Registration is via the LISA website www.lowerislandsoccer.com and registration open on Monday 6th February. Registration fee $15.
Boys registration
http://lisa.soccerregistrar.com/index.php?fuseaction=league.form&id=42
Girls registration
http://lisa.soccerregistrar.com/index.php?fuseaction=league.form&id=43
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Lower Island Soccer Association and Upper Island Soccer Association are pleased to unveil the new name and logo (above) of the Vancouver Island Wave, our franchise for the EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League.
The league has recently launched a website – EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League and Technical Guidelines.
League schedule will be released on February 1st. 2012.
January 18, 2012 – Press Release – Whitecaps FC sign four players to Residency program. 'Caps add first players from EA SPORTS BCSPL. Read More
December 1, 2011 – Press Release – Starting this month, Vancouver Island Wave will begin rolling out iSoccer in order to motivate its players to spend more time individually with the ball working on developing technical skills. Read More Here
November 29, 2011 – Press Release – The EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League’s eight founding franchises recently completed their pilot mini-season as part of the next step towards the opening of the league’s first full season of competitive play in late February 2012. Read More Here
Individual player costs are $225 per month for 15 months of the program (11 months for U18s). Payments due on the 5th of each month, beginning September 5th.
COACHES
| Boys | GIRLS | |
| Mike Pawlak | U13 | Carey Gustafson |
| Stefan Fletcher | U14 | |
| Tyler Hughes and Randy Cuthbert | U15 | Janelle Smith |
| Larry Stefanek and Gary Bryan | U17 | Eddie Mukahanana |
| Nick Daniel and Steve Bottomley | U18 | Eddie Mukahanana |
EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League kicks off this weekend – Sept 17/18
VANCOUVER, BC – In preparation for the first full season of competition commencing March 2012, the EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League will kick off an inaugural “mini-season” this weekend.
“It is hard to believe that over a year and half of hard work by some of the most committed soccer minds in the province has now taken us to the opening kickoff of the new EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League,” said David Haber, interim president of the BC Soccer Premier League Board of Governors. “Particularly refreshing has been the genuine cooperation of many of the key stakeholders in British Columbia’s soccer community. We see this as a critical first step towards improving our effectiveness of talent development and delivering a clear pathway to competing on the national and international stages.”
A full weekend of league fixtures in Abbotsford, Surrey, Vernon and Victoria starts with Magnuson Ford Mariners FC taking on Surrey United Soccer Club in U-13 boys action on Saturday, September 17 at Exhibition Park in Abbotsford, BC. Kickoff is set for 10 a.m. PT. The full league schedule can be found at www.bcsoccerpremierleague.net.
“We’d like to acknowledge the huge amount of hard work that everyone involved has undertaken to get us to this point,” said Steve Allen, BC Soccer director and chair of the BC Soccer High Performance Committee. “This weekend is destined to be a real milestone in terms of soccer development in BC and the unique partnerships that were developed to get here.”
The EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League features eight founding franchises representing more than 80 per cent of the BC population with boys and girls divisions at the U-13, U-14, U-15, U-16 and U- 17 and U-18 age groups. The league is designed to support player development through increased competition for top soccer athletes. In conjunction with the club model developed by league partner Vancouver Whitecaps FC, this new structure will create a deeper talent base at the provincial, professional and national team levels, while also simplifying and facilitating scouting for colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada, as well as for Major League Soccer clubs and other professional soccer organizations from around the world.
“We’re very excited to see everyone’s hard work finally come to fruition as we get set to launch the inaugural season for the EA SPORTS BC Soccer Premier League,” said Matt Bilbey, vice president and general manager of soccer, EA SPORTS. “With Whitecaps FC preparing to move into BC Place Stadium, and FIFA Soccer 12 set to launch in a week, it’s a great time to be a soccer fan in British Columbia.”
Leading the league’s eight franchises are a number of experienced technical directors, including former Whitecaps FC players Jeff Clarke (Surrey United), Jason Jordan (Fusion FC) and Dale Mitchell (Coquitlam Metro-Ford), with Mitchell and Clarke having also represented Canada at the senior international level. Also having played for the Canadian men’s national team is Frank Ciaccia (Mountain United FC), while Greg Berry (South Fraser Soccer Club) and Ian Knight each played professionally in England. Rounding out the group are Dante Zanatta (Thompson Okanagan FC), who is a former BC Soccer and Canadian Soccer Association Training Centre staff coach, as well as Andrew Latham (Vancouver Island Wave), who has experience as an academy coach with Sheffield United Football Club in England.
“We’re thrilled to see the EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League kick off its inaugural campaign,” said Paul Barber, chief executive officer of Vancouver Whitecaps FC. “This represents another significant step in the growth of soccer throughout not only the province, but across Canada.”
For more information on the BC Soccer Premier League, please visit www.bcsoccerpremierleague.net or contact:
Paul Mullen
BC Soccer
Director of Operations
paulmullen@bcsoccer.net
604-299-6401 x 2355
604-317-9451 (cell)
EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League kicks off this weekend – September 17/18
Congratulations to the U13 Boys HPL Team recently announced (club info coming soon):
Noah Avila,, Isaac Bevis, Aiden Caldwell, Daniel Clark, Elliott Cuthbert, Jesus De la Fuente, Sam Fletcher, Rhys Foster, Peter Koltronis, Joshua Lamothe, Quinn Middleton, Sean Pearse, Simon Stacey, Sylvain Teghaoussi, Tyler Wilson, Daniel Zadravec, Nathan Zaragoza, Nathan Ziemianski
Congratulations to the U14 Boys HPL Team recently announced:
Michael Brown D GHCB
Max Branyik GK GHCB
Gareth Crisp D Lakehill
Kwasun Cook Thomas M Gorge
Andre Earthy-Find M/F unattached
Keaton Eccelston M Bays United
Mike Henman F Peninsula
Jack Hill M/F Gorge
Ryan Kamsteeg GK Prospect Lake
Ryan Nast D Campbell River
Jonah Smith M/D Gorge
Max Szczawinski D GHCB
Conner Tait F GHCB
Sean Van Gessel D GHCB
Liam Wirth F Comox
Joe Whysker D GHCB
Sebastian Yan D Port Alberni
Red Shirted list
Congratulations to the U15 Boys HPL Team recently announced:
Ben Avila (Bays), Doron Blakely (Bays), Isaac Byron (Salt Spring), Grayson Chalifoux (Comox), MacKenzie Cole (Gorge), Josh Cuthbert (Lakehill), Ryan Hicks (JdF), Rowan Jones-Pardy (Bays), Benjamin Kulkolj (Gorge), Kieran Large (Prospect Lake), Liam McManaman (GH/CB), Bilal Mohamed (Lakehill/Gorge), Callum Montgomery (Nanaimo), Ross Nieman (JdF), Darren Parsons (Gorge), Connor Phillips (Prospect Lake)
Congratulations to the U16 Boys HPL Team recently announced:
Michael Baart (Bays), Jeremy Smith (Bays), Tom Norman (GH/CB), Jyotish Khanna (Bays/GH/CB), Evan Stefanek (Oceanside), Sam Montalbetti (Salt Spring), Marshall Henson (JdF), Bryce Marinus (Comox), Darien Atkinson (Oceanside), Kurtis Dennison (Nanaimo), John Pickering (Salt Spring), Matthew Tanton (Cowichan), Juan Carlos Gallegos Dupuis (JdF), Fabian De La Fuente (Lakehill), Kaelan Colbourne – GK (Cowichan), Faelan Prentice – GK (Bays)
Congratulations to the U18 Boys HPL Team recently announced (club info coming soon):
Kodi Archbold, Rene Bieberdorf, Etienne Boisvert, Matt Giroday, Giordano De Paolis, Leo Falzon, Aaron Fisher, David Gain, Daikl Hashimoto, Shane Henning, Parm Johal, Mitchell Johansen, Scott Jones, Georgios Ikonomou, Brodi Keefe, Eric Lam, Ryan Postle, David Romero, Nick Woodcock
Congratulations to the U13 Girls Team recently announced:
Payton Bray (Nanaimo), Julia Coulson (Peninsula), Sophie de Goede (Bays), Emma Fraser (Gorge), Nicole Gaul (Bays), Janessa Lane (Lakehill/Gorge), Chyna Maltby (Nanaimo), Kaesha Milne (Nanaimo), Charlotte Mohtadi (Comox), Eyla Payne (Comox), Kayla Pow (Lakehill/Gorge), Megan Reist-Millward (JdF/Gorge), Sydney Saunderson (Nanaimo), Amber Swithin (Nanaimo), Maya Von Schilling (Gordon Head/Cordova Bay), Sophie Weaver (Nanaimo), Julie Wood (Nanaimo)
Red-Shirted U13 Girls - Kelsea Bissenden (Peninsula/Prospect Lake), Brea Christie (JdF), Dari Cote (Gorge), Amara Sparks (Nanaimo), Laura Stear (Gordon Head/Cordova Bay), Olivia Sullivan (Prospect Lake)
Congratulations to the U14 Girls Team recently announced:
Kelsey Boudreau (Peninsula), Ashley Cathro (Prospect Lake), Amelia Kazanowski (Nanaimo), Mackenzie Lacon (JdF), Sarah Lundy (Nanaimo), McKenna Haz (Peninsual/GH/CB), Becky McTaggart (JdF/Prospect Lake), Katica Rados (Lakehill) , Shayla Ripley (JdF), Kaitlyn Rufh (JdF), Emma Steadman (JdF), Renee St. Godard (Peninsula), Tate Stevenson (JdF), Andrea Van Dyck (Sooke/JdF/Prospect Lake), Ashley Volk (Prospect Lake), Meaghan Wallden (Gorge), Jenna Wild (Lakehill)
Congratulations to the U15 Girls Team recently announced (club coming soon):
Kelsey Almendares, Leanne Babcook, Taniesha Bramley, Jenna Brown, Natalie Cavallin, Alexa Davidson, Lee Fanelli, Lindsay Hargreaves, Brooklyn Mayoh, Emily Robertson, Madeleine Whiting, Clare Joyce, Breeanna Keefe Call ups Morgan Darke, Kiara Kilbey, Madison Savoie-Velos
Congratulations to the U17 Girls Team recently announced (club info coming soon):
Sabine Boisvert, Elise Butler, Jaymie Cawley, ,Michaila Frawley, Ceilidh Glennie,Georgia Grzybowski, Brittany King, Paige Mann, Chloe Mead, Kate Payter, Vanessa Perrin, Justine Randhawa, Katie Rodgers, Ava Scott-Montcrief, Olivia Swinton, Garnet Van Dyck, Kendra Zadravec
Congratulations to the U18 Girls Team recently announced (club info coming soon):
Rosie Beale, Taylor Briche, Abby Carfantan, Sanja Dodos, Kathleen Doherty, Sarah Douglas, Veronica Hackett, Rachel Jones, Katie Kraeutner, Samantha Lee, Sarah Lefebvre, Jocelyn Parra-Razazule, Nicole Turner, Annie Walters-Shumka, Heather Van Tassel
U18 Girls Blog – http://u18vancouverislandwavesoccer.blogspot.com/
For more information on the Island’s premier league team please contact LISA head coach Andrew Latham
Evaluation Sign Up: http://lisa.soccerregistrar.com/index.php?fuseaction=league.form&league=BCPL_Evaluation&season=2012
BC Soccer's Premier League website: http://www.bcsoccerpremierleague.net/
Coach entry into Soccer Registrar: http://lisa.soccerregistrar.com/index.php?fuseaction=login.show_login
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BC Soccer Award HPL Franchise to Lower Island Soccer Association/Upper Island Soccer Association
The eight founding franchises for the League are:
- Magnusson Ford Mariners (Abbotsford Soccer Association);
- Mountain United FC (Burnaby/ North Shore);
- Coquitlam Metro Ford Soccer Club;
- Vancouver Island Wave (LISA and UISA)
- South Fraser Soccer Club;
- Surrey United Soccer Club;
- Thompson Okanagan Football Club;
- Fusion FC (Vancouver/Richmond).
Seasons:
Evaluation dates in May, teams to be picked in June.
Pre/Mini-Season is September to November 2011 (training to begin in August, first game September 17).
Full Season is March 2012 to November 2012.
Players will stay in the same age category through November 2012.
We believe that because of this league's links to the provincial and National team programs and the Vancouver Whitecaps the league will offer our athletes the best opportunities. There are many rumours about the league but everyone in the game agrees that this is a positive change to the landscape of elite soccer in our province. We have had many conversations with college coaches and current and past National team players about this league and here are some of the things they have to say:
I feel this new league will be the top place to recruit talent for University level soccer players and the league can only help to prepare players for the jump to the next level. Bill Merriman, Head CoachVancouver Island University
I believe that players who are looking to continue developing for opportunities at the Provincial, National or University level should be playing and training at the highest level possible which the BCPL has been created to provide. Mark Rodgers, Head Coach UBC Women
The standard will be raised and it will be a great vehicle in the recruiting process. I will definitely be watching games to keep my finger on the pulse. Alan Errington, Head Coach Men's Soccer University of Fraser Valley
If you want to be the best you have to compete with the best. I think this league gives players an opportunity to play at an elite level in BC and to train with and against some of the top players in the province. Emily Zurrer, Canadian National Women’s Team and LISA Alumni
I always want to play at the highest level possible and this league gives girls the best chance to play with and against the best in the province. Abigail Raymer, U17 National Team player of the Year 2009, and LISA Alumni
What we are excited to explain:
- Balanced travel so our teams are not at a disadvantage. Play every 2 of 3 weeks. Travel only half of the schedule (this is because mainland teams have to travel to us more). NOW CONFIRMED
- Break in August, family can still take normal summer vacations. NOW CONFIRMED
- Anticipated fees have not changed since our meetings, approx $1100 for mini-season and $2500 for full season (March 2012 to November 2012)
- Much stronger Vancouver based teams and therefore excellent competition (see Emily Zurrer's quote above)
- Anticipate two training sessions for most teams in mini-season
We intend to reveal the new club name and logo along with he coaches at the Metro banquet on May 4. It is our intention to announce the evaluation schedule shortly after and to try to have the teams selected by the end on May. The first games in the new league are scheduled to take place on the weekend of September 17 and we will begin our pre season preparation 4 weeks prior to that date and continue our programming through to the end of November.
Travel:
Full season is 21 games, with 12 home games and 9 away games. This is an improvement over travel with Super Y and Metro combined.
Past FAQ's for the HPL League – click here
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