Gaucho Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Does anyone know anything about this kid? UCSB announced today that he committed to play at Santa Barbara. Excerpt: Michael Nonni comes to Santa Barbara from West Vancouver, British Columbia. The 5'10" forward played at the Canadian National Team Training Centre and spent four years with the Vancouver Selects. He won a National Championship - and earned all-tournament team honors - while playing with the Selects in addition to winning a Provincial Championship and three Coastal Cup Championships. "Michael has a style of play that most resembles Pontius'. He can carry the ball, hold off defenders and is very good around the box. We are obviously hoping he is able to contribute goals right away for us," Vom Steeg said. http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/071509aab.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Wasn't he over in the Netherlands for a bit, in a youth system like Groningen's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 ^ Yes, he was at Groningen for a couple of years along with Haber and Giezen. Nonni also had a trial with Blackburn last season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigzTFC Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/fraser_reid00.html Reid Fraser from BC is there too. A team of interest for Canadian content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigzTFC Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Santa_Barbara_Gauchos_men%27s_soccer Also, produced Rob Friend and Tyler Rosenlund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaucho Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Unfortunately, Reid Fraser's name is not on this coming year's preliminary roster. I heard he had issues with his knee. In addition to Friend and Rosenlund, we also had Canadians Myles Davis and Andrew Proctor (they were in same recruiting class as Rosenlund). But, yeah, we appear to have a recruiting pipeline to our neighbor to the north I have been reading some other threads in this sub-forum, and I wonder if some of the better Canadians that would have gone to the US to play college might stay home and play at Simon Frasier now that theu intend to join the NCAA. That would keep some talent up there, but for selfish reasons, I'd like to continue getting some Canadian players. Rosenlund and Friend worked out really well for us. It looks like Nonni has some potential as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaucho Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 In our annual exhibition versus local NAIA school Westmont, Nonni scored 2 goals in a 3-1 victory and earned Gaucho of the Week honors: http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/082409aab.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaucho Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 In our season opener versus Cal State Bakersfield, Nonni scored yet another brace in a 3-1 win: http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/090209aab.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaucho Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Nonni keeps his name on the score sheet with an assist in a 2-0 win at West Virginia. His assist can be seen at about the :45 second mark here (splits two defenders): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaucho Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Nonni earned yet another assist in a 4-3 OT victory over Pittsburgh. Next up is Rutgers at home this Friday (9/11) which will be televised on Fox Soccer Channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaucho Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 Just a quick update. Nonni missed a couple matches during the season but is back. I believe he is still second on the team in points and the Gauchos have advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA's after beating Wofford at home 1-0 and at Univ. of San Diego 1-0. We go to UCLA this Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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