EnigMattic1 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 16 hours ago, jonovision said: For whatever it's worth, transfermarkt has him 6th (Rendon, Rea, Dyer, Romeo, Levis, Forbes). They also have Arnold Bouka Moutou next. Is he still on the books? Yeah. They also still have Soto and Barker. Speaking of websites, did anyone else notice Akio was removed from the CPL page within hours of him leaving, but Mekideche has only just been added despite arriving almost a week before Akio left? K Edgar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I was wondering why Valour FC had never recruited from U of Manitoba in the USports draft then I found there is no team... Why is there no men's Soccer teams at U Manitoba or U Winnipeg? They both have women's teams. U Manitoba should add a men's team to complement the FC Manitoba as options for development within Manitoba. This would benefit Valour. PegCityCam and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, K Edgar said: I was wondering why Valour FC had never recruited from U of Manitoba in the USports draft then I found there is no team... Why is there no men's Soccer teams at U Manitoba or U Winnipeg? They both have women's teams. U Manitoba should add a men's team to complement the FC Manitoba as options for development within Manitoba. This would benefit Valour. I attended U of M in the late nineties and there wasn't a men's team there then nor since. Honestly don't know if there ever was. I believe the U of W team ceased to exist 7 or 8 years ago which is odd as the Axworthy Recplex, a pretty impressive indoor soccer/sport complex directly attached to the university, opened in 2014. There is another full-sized indoor soccer complex on the U of M campus which opened up on 2008 and another in the north of the city which opened in 2016. So the infrastructure is there. Perhaps it's a coaching issue? All that being said, I completely agree with you. It's a shame there are no men's U-sports soccer in the city. A huge gap in development and soccer culture in general. Bison44 and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, PegCityCam said: I attended U of M in the late nineties and there wasn't a men's team there then nor since. Honestly don't know if there ever was. I believe the U of W team ceased to exist 7 or 8 years ago which is odd as the Axworthy Recplex, a pretty impressive indoor soccer/sport complex directly attached to the university, opened in 2014. There is another full-sized indoor soccer complex on the U of M campus which opened up on 2008 and another in the north of the city which opened in 2016. So the infrastructure is there. Perhaps it's a coaching issue? All that being said, I completely agree with you. It's a shame there are no men's U-sports soccer in the city. A huge gap in development and soccer culture in general. I know it's not the same thing, but I know Red River College scrapped their athletics programme last year (I believe). Something to do with focusing on other areas (don't quote me on that). I know where you are coming from though, Manitoba being as big as it is and no men's soccer at either of the universities. Agree with @K Edgar though, seems even more weird when you take into account there are women's teams at both universities, yet no men's teams. It makes you wonder though, should Valour improve, would the universities consider having a men's team? I mean, it can't be through lack of interest from students, surely? Found the article for RRC: Red River Edited July 25, 2022 by EnigMattic1 Link to article johnyb, PegCityCam and K Edgar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 12:45 PM, EnigMattic1 said: I know it's not the same thing, but I know Red River College scrapped their athletics programme last year (I believe). Something to do with focusing on other areas (don't quote me on that). I know where you are coming from though, Manitoba being as big as it is and no men's soccer at either of the universities. Agree with @K Edgar though, seems even more weird when you take into account there are women's teams at both universities, yet no men's teams. It makes you wonder though, should Valour improve, would the universities consider having a men's team? I mean, it can't be through lack of interest from students, surely? Found the article for RRC: Red River I think part of the reason for there being a women's Bisons team, but not men's, is to keep the number of athletic programs for both sexes equal, since women don't take part in gridiron football. bugsey2k and PegCityCam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, jonovision said: I think part of the reason for there being a women's Bisons team, but not men's, is to keep the number of athletic programs for both sexes equal, since women don't take part in gridiron football. Is that a thing? Makes sense if so. But U of M has Men's Football but no Women's Soccer. U of W has Women's Soccer but no Men's Football. Clear as mud Edited July 26, 2022 by johnyb Cheeta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 2 hours ago, johnyb said: Is that a thing? Makes sense if so. But U of M has Men's Football but no Women's Soccer. U of W has Women's Soccer but no Men's Football. Clear as mud I think that is the reason that uOttawa does not have a Men’s Varsity soccer team. Or rugby team for that matter too. Must keep the balance between Men and Women varsity participant numbers as close as possible. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top cheese Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I cant speak to u of W but u of m does not have a mens soccer team because of gender equity. They have a rule with varsity sport where the womens and mens program get equal funding. Where the mens side has highly funded sports in football and hockey they dont have mens soccer. Yes its an utterly stupid rule. With the number of Manitobians who are leaving the province to play usport and ncaa soccer its safe to assume that there would be a very good men's side there if there was a couple imports added. johnyb, K Edgar and PegCityCam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflower Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Well, Valour got hijacked by Manitoba ... I suspect there is a significant logistics factor - as well as other aspects such as equity - competition in southern Ontariowe is easy - lots of it within 2 hour drive; similar story lower mainland BC. Kamloops and northern universities have each other but still quite far to go for majority season games. Who would Manitoba face? What kind of logistics we talking? How much fly time, etc. As my son went through BC lower mainland university soccer, I noticed scheduling got a lot smarter so that by his end of studies, double header weekends in same location were happening. Logistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 58 minutes ago, wallflower said: Well, Valour got hijacked by Manitoba ... I suspect there is a significant logistics factor - as well as other aspects such as equity - competition in southern Ontariowe is easy - lots of it within 2 hour drive; similar story lower mainland BC. Kamloops and northern universities have each other but still quite far to go for majority season games. Who would Manitoba face? What kind of logistics we talking? How much fly time, etc. As my son went through BC lower mainland university soccer, I noticed scheduling got a lot smarter so that by his end of studies, double header weekends in same location were happening. Logistics. Same teams the women play I assume? Canada West: https://canadawest.org/standings.aspx?standings=134 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top cheese Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 same teams play in Canada West. personally speaking, its just common sense that u of m would have a men's team that was linked to FC Manitoba and Valour. Seems like there is a lot of politics in MB Soccer lots of groups trying to control the market rather then doing whats best for the players. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflower Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, PegCityCam said: Same teams the women play I assume? Canada West: https://canadawest.org/standings.aspx?standings=134 You are missing the point. The budget is X. Can't do both women's and men's in all sports. Very expensive travel budget for Manitoba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 7 hours ago, johnyb said: Is that a thing? Makes sense if so. But U of M has Men's Football but no Women's Soccer. U of W has Women's Soccer but no Men's Football. Clear as mud Does U of M no longer have women's soccer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 8 hours ago, jonovision said: Does U of M no longer have women's soccer? UWpg, UManitoba, URegina, USask ALL have womens soccer teams, of those ONLY USask has a mens soccer team. johnyb and PegCityCam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 There is a team in Zone 12 of the AAA Varsity Boys Soccer division of the Manitoba High School Soccer Association called the University of Winnipeg Collegiate Wesmen. I have no idea what that is though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, EnigMattic1 said: There is a team in Zone 12 of the AAA Varsity Boys Soccer division of the Manitoba High School Soccer Association called the University of Winnipeg Collegiate Wesmen. I have no idea what that is though. U of Winnipeg Collegiate is a high school within the UofW... so this is a high school team johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 5 hours ago, K Edgar said: U of Winnipeg Collegiate is a high school within the UofW... so this is a high school team So there is a high school IN the university? Or does the university run the high school? I'm in the UK and that just confuses the hell out of me. K Edgar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, EnigMattic1 said: So there is a high school IN the university? Or does the university run the high school? I'm in the UK and that just confuses the hell out of me. Both -- the high school is run by the university and the high school uses building(s?) within the university campus. https://collegiate.uwinnipeg.ca/about/index.html Edited July 28, 2022 by K Edgar johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 About Billy Forbes https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/im-excited-to-be-here-and-excited-to-see-how-we-move-forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 I know he's not with us anymore but this is pretty cool video about his voyage from Winnipeg to Ross County. Dingwall is a TINY (5500) town in the absolute northern most part of Scotland. I imagine he's probably still in shock lol. Good on him for taking this step and good luck young man! Obinna, Cheeta, johnyb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 There's still quite a bit of Scotland north of Dingwall and that helps increase the population of the catchment area they draw fans from. By Scottish standards it's a long way from Edinburgh and Glasgow but it's about the same in driving terms as something like Kingston to Toronto that Canadians are less daunted by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 7 minutes ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: There's still quite a bit of Scotland north of Dingwall and that helps increase the population of the catchment area they draw fans from. By Scottish standards it's a long way from Edinburgh and Glasgow but it's about the same in driving terms as something like Kingston to Toronto that Canadians are less daunted by. Cool thanks. The northern most quarter of Scotland then? Still, seems to be buttfuck nowhere lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 "Forward Walter Poncé was at Monday’s training session working on skills on his own and is questionable for Wednesday’s match. But aside from that knock, Valour is healthy heading into what could be a season-defining stretch of games." https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/thats-what-i-was-asking-them-today-how-hungry-are-we-how-much-do-we-really-want-it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damaaster Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Not really Valour related - but I figured this is the best place to reach other Winnipeg Football fans: If anyone else is a fan of the premier league - and fantasy football - please feel free to join our Winnipeg league. It is run through the official Premier League site/app and is free to play. There are prizes through the site. We've been running this league for quite a few years and always looking for more football fans from the Peg. Joining the league couldn't be easier. Simply use the link below and you'll be added automatically after you've entered the game. https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/pxzct8 League Code: pxzct8 johnyb and Cheeta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigMattic1 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 What does Gutierrez have on the back of his shirt? It definitely wasn't "Gutierrez". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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