Concordia Women's Soccer Squad Win Two at the Alberta Cup
August 23 2010
The 2010 version of the Concordia Thunder Women's Soccer Team look to be picking up right where the 2009 squad left off. In an early season exibition tournament hosted by Mount Royal University this past weekend, the defending CCAA national champions won a pair of games against a pair of 'Cougars'. On Saturday, Concordia took to the pitch to face the CIS Canada West division's University of Regina Cougars, handing them a convincing 3-1 defeat. Fifth-year Forward Alesha Weicker led the way with two goals and second-year Midfielder Briony Buchanan chipped in for one. On Sunday, the Thunder matched up against the 2009 ACAC Silver Medalist Mount Royal Cougars. Once again, Weicker and Buchanan struck for one counter each overcoming their ACAC South division rivals, 2-Nil. Over the next three weeks, the Thunder will be participating in team tryouts and training camp before kicking off the regular season on September 11th against the MacEwan University Griffins.
 Alesha Weicker |
 Briony Buchanan |
Tryout Dates Set for Thunder Women's Soccer
August 20 2010
The tryout dates for the Concordia Thunder Women's Soccer team have been set. Tryouts will be held on Sunday, August 29th at 7:30 PM, Monday August 30th at 7:00 PM and Tuesday, September 7th at 4:45 PM. All tryouts will be held on the Concordia University College soccer pitch located immediately south of the Ralph King Athletic Centre on 112 Ave and 73 St. All players should arrive 30 minutes prior to the starting times. Anyone interested in trying out or requiring further information can contact Coach Dean Cordeiro at deancordeiro@gmail.com or dean.cordeiro@concordia.ab.ca.
NOTE: Women's Thunder Soccer tryouts have been extended to include Wednesday September 8th and Thursday September 9th (at 4:45).
Concordia Thunder in Hawaii
At the beginning of August, the Concordia Women’s Soccer team enjoyed a successful trip to Hawaii, playing against several local teams there. The Thunder played a Hawaiian women’s team, defeating them 1-0 with the goal scored by new recruit Victoria Gull. The second game was against an NCAA All-Star team. It was a tough battle ending in a 1-1 tie with a goal from new recruit Jordan Staples. The final game saw the Thunder up against the youth team Leahi, with a final score of 1-1 and again, the lone goal was scored by a new recruit, Kristina Dong. It was an amazing week of sun and surf. The girls returned suntanned/burned with a few weeks off until the 2010-2011 season tryouts begin.
