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Men's Soccer Sign Five

The Douglas College Men's soccer program is pleased to announce the signing of five recuits for the upcoming 2010/11 season. Coach Ormerod is thrilled to add 5 outstanding recruits to an already strong returning group of players that won a provincial title and finished third at CCAA nationals last season.

	Sahil Sandhu (Princess Margret Sec.) is a 5'10 165 lbs forward/ attacking midfielder who spent a year with the Whitecaps Residency program before being loaned out to Junior Bundesliga side of FC Energie Cottbus U19 on a season-long loan. As a former U15 and U16 national team player he has gained invaluable experience. In 2007 Sahil was named Male Youth Player of the Year by BC Soccer. Sahil possesses incredible speed and is deadly in front of the net.
	Marinko Maras is a 5'9 midfielder/ defender from Pitt Meadows who spent a year and a half with German club U-19 FC Kaiserslautern. He is a former U17 national player at 15 and 16 years of age and currently a member of Croatia SC of the VMSL . A complete player who can play both sides of the ball, incredible work rate, blazing speed, dead ball specialist, heavy shot, and mature beyond his years.
	Colin Soo (Burnaby Central Sec.) is a 5'8 160lbs midfielder. A form member of the Junior Whitecaps U14-U16. He is a former BC high school and club provincial champion and was named to the Commissioner 11 at 2008 BC high school championships. Colin possesses incredible speed, excellent vision and shines in big games.
	Nick Baronian (Sands Sec.) is a 6'0 165 lbs Forward. A former member of the Washington Crossfire. Nick lead the Crossfire to a state championship in 2008 and more recently led Sands Senior secondary to a BC high School AA provincial championship scoring 8 goals in 4 games. Nick is a power forward with excellent finishing, a fierce dead ball striker and a work rate rareley matched.
	Adam Staschuk (North Delta Sec.) is a 5'10 150 lbs Defender/ Midfielder. Currently he is a member of the Whitecaps Prospects. He was a member of the 2009 BC team and the 2008 Mountain WFC North American Championship team. He is a very versatile player who can play multiple positions on the back line or midfield. Adam is a very tenacious player who plays much larger than his size and his ability to move the ball in tight areas is a rarity found in a defender.

Men capture Bronze at CCAA Nationals

Team with the Bronze and Trophy

All-Canadian Reynold Stewart had the lone marker for the Douglas College Royals serving as the game winner defeating the Mount Royal University Cougars 1-0 to take home the Bronze Medal at the Big Kahuna/adidas CCAA Mens Soccer National Championships.

Douglas goalkeeper Gyrish Kaniah, who was outstanding throughout the tournament, was named Player of the Game for the Royals. Teammates Donald Kambere and Devlin Pereira were named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Game, respectively. The Bronze Medalist Royals finish the tournament with a 2-1 record and a 13:1:3 win-loss-draw league season record.

Douglas College was also awarded the Fair Play Trophy and striker Owen Sinclair was named to the all-tournament team. Kaniah, for his efforts, was awarded the top goalkeeper award.

Reynold Stewart wins BCCAA Player of the Week

Reynold Stewart
photo by Jerald Walliser

Reynold Stewart is a Second year athlete from South Delta Secondary that has become an integral part of the Royals’ soccer team. His ability to play three different positions at an exceptional level has been key in the team’s success thus far. Stewart has had tremendous personal success this season being named BCCAA Player of the Year, 1st team all star, and lead the league in scoring.

This past weekend was an exceptional weekend for Stewart as he propelled the Royals to key victory’s over nationally ranked Capilano University on Saturday in the Provincial Championship Semi-Final and then again on Sunday against Vancouver Island University in the Provincial Championship Final. Saturday’s game saw Stewart set up the eventual game winner, and was continually causing havoc for the Blues defenders on route to a Royals 3-0 win over Capilano. Sunday’s Provincial Championship saw Stewart turn in yet another solid performance setting up the second goal on route to a 2-0 Royals win over VIU to win the Provincial Championships and send the Royals to Nationals in Ontario. Reynold was named Tournament MVP for his efforts. All games at Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario, November 4-7th, 2009.

Royals take home the Gold at Provincial Championships

Locker room celebration

Amidst a downpour of rain and heavy winds, the Douglas College Royals men's soccer team defeated the Vancouver Island University Mariners 2-0 to take home the gold medal in the 2009 BCCAA Provincial Soccer Championships.

The Royals headed into the championship tournament with a 9:1:2 win/loss/draw record and an outstanding 42:10 goals for/goals against average placing several athletes on the Provincial All-Star team. Among them was #11 Reynold Stewart who was also selected as 2009 Male BCCAA Soccer Athlete of the Year.

After a scoreless first half, the Royals came out of the locker room determined to not let their hopes of an appearance in Toronto for the CCAA Soccer National Championships be washed away with the rain. The deadlock was broken at the 9 min. mark in the second half by #20 Vito Iacobellis giving Douglas a 1-0 lead. Vito's day wasn't done as he added another goal shortly after, sealing the victory for the Royals.

Up next for Royals is an appearance at the 2009 CCAA National Championships where they look for a repeat performance of their 2005 National Championship win.

BCCAA Provincial Soccer Awards Announced

Reynold Stewart

The BCCAA announced the award winners for this years first and second team all-stars as well as the player of the year award. Congratulations to our athletes who are honored to be selected.

• Women
• Second Team All-Star
• Stephanie Walker

• Men
• First Team All-Star
• Donald Kambere
• Owen Sinclair
• Reynold Stewart


• Second Team All-Star
• Vishal Chand
• Ivan Estrada

BCCAA Male Soccer Player of the Year Reynold Stewart

View the BCCAA press release

BCCAA Male Soccer Athlete of the Week

Reynold Stewart

Reynold Stewart is a 2nd year athlete from South Delta Secondary. He has become an integral part of the Douglas College men’s soccer team. His ability to play three different positions at an exceptional level has been key in the Royals’ success thus far.

This was an outstanding weekend for Stewart as he propelled the Royals to key victory’s over number 1 Nationally ranked Capilano University on Saturday and Kwantlen University on Monday with the Royals continuing to battle for provincial playoff seeding. Stewart finished the weekend off with 4 goals and 5 assists. On Saturday vs the Blues, Stewart brought is “A Game”, scoring a goal, setting up 2 others, and was unlucky not score a second in a 4-0 victory. On Monday, Stewart capped the weekend off by scoring a hat trick and setting up 3 others in a Royals 9-0 romp over the hapless Eagles.

The Royals enter the last weekend of play in 1st place in Pool A and a secured playoff berth. They head into this weekend vs UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University.

Lace Up the Boots, Soccer is HERE!

Ivan Estrada
Photo by Jerald Walliser

The Douglas Royals soccer teams boarded the bus on Saturday morning for the long trip to Prince George to take on the UNBC Wolves in season opener of BCCAA league action.

The Men's team were looking to build on the 2008 BCCAA bronze medal and have been hard at work since early in the summer. "We have been training very hard and are undefeated in pre-season, the team looks very good and we are doing things now that we couldn't do by mid season last year" stated veteran striker Ivan Estrada.

Meanwhile on the Women's side the Royals are looking to challenge for a playoff spot and can count on returning players Michelle Candusso, Stephanie Walker, Lia Romanelli as well as international student and Goalkeeper Andrea Echiverria to lead the way.

A few hours outside of Prince George the Teams came to their first roadblock – a flat tire. This problem caused them a 3 hours delay arriving late into the night. The next road block was the UNBC Timberworlves who came out with fire at their home opener. In the end the Royals Women team came out on the sort end by a score of 1 – 0. The Men’s team scored first and then settled in, eventually losing 3 – 2. Despite the result the coaching staff saw many things positive. "We are sure that we can make a few changes during practice this week and we will be rady for the return match at Douglas.” stated head coach Joe Omerod

The Royals open up at home on Saturday, September 12th with the Women kicking off at 12noon and the Men at 2pm verses the same UNBC Wolves. All home games are played at the Coquitlam Town Centre