TSS FC Rovers

TSS FC Rovers
Full name TSS FC Rovers
Founded 2017 (2017)
Stadium Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia
Capacity 5,288
General manager Will Cromack
Head coach Colin Elmes
League USL League Two
2018 4th, Northwest Division
Playoffs: DNQ
Website Club website

TSS FC Rovers is a Canadian soccer team based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 2017, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.

History

Established for the 2017 PDL season by general manager Will Cromack and head coach Colin Elmes, the Rovers are the under-23 team of the TSS Academy, one of the largest soccer schools in British Columbia's Lower Mainland.[1]

The team has a stated policy of fostering Canadian talent, or players eligible for the Canadian men's national teams.[2]

2018 saw the founding of the women's side to play in the WPSL, notable signings included Canada WNT players Jordyn Huitema and Julia Grosso.[3]

The men's side saw the team's first truly non-Canadian signing in Dutch, former Toronto FC midfielder Nick Soolsma as a player-coach.[4]

Year-by-year

Year League Regular season Playoffs Top scorer
2017 USL PDL 6th, Nothwest Did not qualify  Canada Daniel Davidson - 5
2018 USL PDL 4th, Northwest Did not qualify  Canada Zach Verhoven - 5

[5][6]

Team

Players

First team squad

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of May 16, 2018.[7]

No. Position Player Nation
01 Goalkeeper Luciano Trasolini  Canada
1 Goalkeeper Andrew Hicks  Canada
2 Defender Janko Vong  Canada
3 Midfielder Erik Edwardson  Canada
4 Defender Eric de Graaf  Canada
5 Defender Connor Guilherme  Canada
6 Midfielder Rahid Rahiem  Canada
7 Forward Connor Glennon  Canada
8 Midfielder Zach Verhoven  Canada
9 Forward Daniel Davidson  Canada
10 Forward Matteo Polisi  Canada
11 Midfielder Aidan Moore  Canada
12 Defender Omar Rostant  Canada
13 Forward William Raphael  South Sudan
14 Midfielder Daniel Sagno  Canada
15 Defender Chris Gurreiro  Canada
16 Defender Brendan Skinner  Canada
17 Defender Alejandro Varela  Canada
18 Midfielder Nick Soolsma  Netherlands
19 Defender Danylo Smychenko  Ukraine
20 Forward Riley Pang  Canada
21 Midfielder Marcello Polisi  Canada
22 Midfielder Patrick Metcalfe  Canada
23 Midfielder Nike Azuma  Canada
24 Midfielder Thomas Gardner  Canada
30 Goalkeeper Mario Gerges  Canada
— Forward Victory Shumbusho  Democratic Republic of the Congo

Notable players

The following players have either moved on to the professional ranks after playing for the club, or played professionally before joining the club.

Staff

General manager Will Cromack
Head coach Colin Elmes
Player-coach Nick Soolsma

Reference

  1. ↑ "About TSS Academy".
  2. ↑ "How Two Friends Launched Their Own Football Club".
  3. ↑ "Canadian National Team players Jordyn Huitema and Julia Grosso headline first TSS Rovers WPSL roster – AFTN". aftn.ca. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "TSS Rovers new addition Nick Soolsma looking to "help the team with my experience" – AFTN". aftn.ca. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ "TSS FC Rovers - 2017 Regular Season - Statistics". www.uslpdl.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ "TSS FC Rovers | uslpdl.com". www.uslpdl.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ "TSS FC Roster - 2018 Regular Season".
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