BORI ! One of our SWU Graduates was announced today as the Canada-West CIS Rookie of the Year! Huge success for Bori Falaye (98) for earning the prestigious yearly award. Well done Bori! “Congrats to Bori on a fantastic achievement. A great ambassador of the game on & off the field!” -Ramon Mifflin, Technical Director #PROUD See the full story here.
Many thanks to all of our coaches who made it out to our Coaches Indoor Kickoff info night. As discussed, coaches content will be going up in chunks over the coming weeks so keep an eye out!
Over the weekend, the ACAC was finishing up their provincial finals. SAIT made it to the final which gives them entrance to Nationals which is held next week! Among their roster we have 4 SWU Graduates putting in serious work helping the team substantially. Congrats to: Bryan Johnson (97) Darel Ejikeme (97) Matt Verge (98) Ethan Holmes (98) Best of luck to SAIT (also coached by one of our friendly club coaches John Talerico & former club coach Grant Stevens!) @ Nationals! Proud!
With CIS season hitting playoffs, a lot of our SWU Graduates continue to grind! Bori Falaye (98) scored twice today to lift the Dinos to the Canada West Final 4. Also in the photo is another SWU Graduate Cristiano De Carvalho who rung 4 shots in the match as well. Well done boys. Proud! Read the original article here.
Positive Change at SWU – Beginning the Journey to the New South West United… The Board of Directors of South West United Soccer Club is excited to announce some important changes to our club structure, club academy program and the appointment of several key staff as we begin the process of positioning the club for future success. The SWU Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Ramon Mifflin to the position of Technical Director for South West United. Ramon’s appointment is the first of a number of important steps toward a new direction for the…
Roman Gourdeau-Paul, Keeper for the SWU Selects 01 Tier II team, participated in a ID Camp for Team Saskatchewan ahead of the upcoming North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) to be held in Toronto, July 2017. There were 80 individuals, including 10 keepers vying for a spot on the U19 Men’s roster. Roman, who is First Nations, has been playing with SWU for the last 5 years. He is a member of the One Arrow Cree Nation, SK. “The games first began in 1990. It is an opportunity for Indigenous people from Canada and the United States to compete in various…
Proudly, we announce these SWU players below who have been selected for the REX & WHITECAPS program! Congratulations to.. REX Program Sydney Slater (Premiers 03) Josie Claypool (Premiers 02) Hannah Duguid (Premiers 02) Allison Remington (Premiers 02) Shezan Samanani (Premiers 02) Emma Schenider (Premiers 02) Jayden Tanner (Premiers 02) Andersen Williams (Premiers 02) Hannah Engdahl (Premiers 01) Rebecca Morgan (Premiers 01) Caileigh Boeckx (Premiers 00) Caley Leask (Premiers 99) WHITECAPS Program Alex Pomfrett (Premiers 98) Amiel Cabayao (Premiers 00) Mohamed Elgandour (Premiers 00)
[a message from our board of directors] The South West United Board of Directors has been engaged in a significant effort of strategic planning over the past 7 weeks. Specifically, we have undertaken a thorough organizational review and evaluation and the Board is in final preparations to announce important changes to the club structure that will set the direction for the future of SWU in Calgary. In addition, the groundwork has been laid for development of a club communication plan and a member engagement strategy to ensure future transparency and accountability for everyone at SWU. We are thoughtfully…
Our office received an email this week and we wanted wipe our shoulders and share it. This compliments our camp staff (Cody, Damiane, Nick, CoCo & others) for a job well done. It really is #swuproud season! To whom it may concern, My son Jack (7yrs) attended the South West United summer camp 2016 each and every day and I have to say enjoyed every minute of it. His only gripe was not being old enough to attend the all day sessions! The training was consistent, age appropriate and great fun for all the kids. Damian and Nick did a…
