Tag: Soccer

By Sean Nyilassy

As the bitter cold mornings warn us that the next mini ice age is close, I am reminded of a tale passed down through generations and generations of my family since before the last glaciation. The story tells of soccer playing Dinosaurs who won their first ever conference title and put on a decent enough… Continue reading Women’s Soccer: Dinos battle Cougars, Bison

By Aneesha Birk

The Dinos men’s soccer team played its first home games earning a 4-3 victory against the University of Victoria Vikes Sat., Sept. 23 and a 1-1 draw against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Sun., Sept. 24. The second Dinos point of Saturday’s game against Victoria was mistakenly headed in by a Vikes player. Backdropping… Continue reading Men’s Soccer: Dinos win, draw in weekend set

By Sean Nyilassy

Aren’t we working towards a world where inequality has been virtually abolished? Perhaps instead of looking to help the third world, we should be examining the animal kingdom. In a recent clash between dinosaurs and pronghorns, the prehistoric beasts netted nine times their opponents’ total earnings. Imagine if this were acceptable in our society. Look… Continue reading Women’s Soccer: Dinos demolish dastardly Pronghorns

By Jon Roe

The men’s soccer team assaulted B.C. over the weekend, returning with two wins and a sixth overall national ranking. The Dinos started Fri., Sept. 15 in Abbotsford taking on the University College of Fraser Valley Cascades. A scoreless tie was broken in the 68th minute by midfield Mazin Tabsh. Tabsh scored on a shot from… Continue reading Dinos make weekend trip to B.C.

By Jon Roe

In a cross-province trip over this past weekend, the women soccersaurs went 1-0-1, dropping two spots to seventh in the national rankings. Fri., Sept. 15 saw the Dinos march into Abbotsford and steal a 2-0 victory from the University College of Fraser Valley Cascades. The Dinos scored in the 43rd and the 65th minute by… Continue reading Women’s Team Also Goes to BC!

By Jon Roe

After 28 minutes, the Dinos held a two to nil advantage on the University of Saskatchewan Huskies Fri., Sept. 8, but they did much more to open their season with the 4-0 win. The game against the Huskies in Saskatoon was the first of two on the road to begin the season for the Dinos… Continue reading Soccersaurs split weekend road trip

By Gareth Williams

This summer Germany will host the most exciting of sporting events, and the whole world will be wrapped up in all the action of the soccer World Cup. For a month, Canadians will neglect their significant others to watch games, discuss Beckham’s latest hair style and get caught up in the upsets, amazing goals and… Continue reading World Cup is hockey right?

By Amanda and Krista VanSteelandt

TalentDespite losing 12 veteran players from last year’s roster, those that remained stepped up and the rookies pulled their own weight. Adam (A-Mac) MacDonald moved from the front lines to support the team at the back and got himself named a Canada West First-Team All-Star. Carlos (Hot Karl) Cruz was named to the Second-Team and… Continue reading Midterm Review: Men’s Soccer

By Selnes and Bogle

TalentThere was no shortage of talent on the Dinos’ lineup this year. They were anchored by Canadian national team goalie Taryn Swiatek, who was a Canada West First-Team All-Star. The Dinos boasted several other standouts, including the elusive defenseman Renae Hunter and the marvelous midfielder Jessica Horning, both of whom also received CW recognition.EffortThe Dinos… Continue reading Midterm Review: Women’s Soccer

By Selnes and Bogle

The Dinos women’s soccer squad drove north to Edmonton as Canada West champions and returned home Sun., Nov. 13 disappointed. They had an amazing run, but in the end a Canadian Interuniversity Sport Women’s Soccer Championship was just out of reach. The Dinos began nationals Thu., Nov. 10 facing the St. Francis Xavier University X-Women,… Continue reading Dinos fail to survive bronze age