wretchedguy Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Hi all, I'm the co-owner of the fan blog for Sengkang Punggol FC, a professional team in Singapore's S.League, or better known as the current home of ex-Toronto Lynx players Murphy Wiredu and and Jordan Webb. Both of them have started the season real well and has recently helped the club achieved 3rd place in the League Cup. In the league where we've played four matches thus far, Jordan leads the team goalscoring (three goals in the first three games) while Murphy puts his combative nature to great use in an all action defensive midfield role. Needless to say both have already earned quite a bit of fan following over here. Here comes my question. In our match last night, we came upon a new Canadian import in the form of Ryan Fante who came out of nowhere and replaced our other foreign signing. I'm doing a research on him in the hope of doing a writeup about the player but other than a Youtube clip and that he is a friend of Jordan, not much else about the guy can be found. So here I am, requesting your help on any info regarding his playing career, stats and accolades if any. Any info would be much appreciated. http://fishoutofwaterspfc.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/s-league-2010-match-4/#more-2874 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I've never heard of this guy, but did some digging. Not a huge resume. Hasn't been part of our national youth setup as far as I can tell. Got on the bench for the Toronto FC Reserves for a match or two in 2007, and appeared for the Italia Shooters of the Canadian Soccer League in 2008-09. His career has seemingly been entirely spent in Ontario, so we may want to wait for one of the Eastern experts to chime in. Doesn't seem to be a very distinguished signing, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 This young man is likely a friend/ex-teammate of Murphy and Jordan, who both played for Vaughn Italia Shooters in the CSL at some point in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wretchedguy Posted March 20, 2010 Author Share Posted March 20, 2010 Seems like a relative unknown. Guess we'll have to wait and see how he performs over the next few months. Thanks both for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigilante Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Yes, I know who Ryan Fante is, and im pretty sure I have played against him. How they all know each is other through the top Ontario amateur team G.S United in the Ontario Soccer Leagie whom Murphy and Jordan used to play for. Fante played for last year in 2009 Summer G.S is pretty much a factory and gets the top amateur players in Ontario. Against Peterborough, a team last year, Ryan had 6 goals, 5 before the 1st half! He is a very good finisher/ Beyond G.S, I believe he is a former guest player with Toronto FC (MLS) reserves and played just one game (wore #30) and came in at 60 minutes to replace Andrea Lombardo, a former TFC player. Before going to G.S, he played for Hearts Azzuri in 2006 and 2007 and won leading goal scorer as well as Rookie of the Year in OSL Provincial East. He tried the semi-pro waters that year playing/training for Portuguese Supra (now Toronto FC) His accolades include: HONOURS: 2007 OSL Provincial East Rookie of the Year 2007 Toronto FC (Major League Soccer, MLS) Preseason Training Camp 2006 OSL Central Region East Leading Goal Scorer 2004 North York Hearts Azzurri S.C U18 League, Ontario Cup and National Champions 2003-2004 Pine Ridge S.S Sr. Boys Soccer MVP 2001 Sporting Lisbon Training, Portugal 1999 Sporting Toronto, League Leading Goal Scorer 1998 Stadium Newspaper Portuguese Cup MVP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wretchedguy Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 That's a great of info. I'll expand my post on him over at my blog. Thanks a lot Vigilante! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryces Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Played with ryan one of the best players i have ever played with very dangerous striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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