Men's Soccer Team Info

The WolfPack men’s soccer program is experiencing another crossroads in its evolution. Although the team has a number of returnees from 2010, a number of key components are missing. 2010 BC College Athletic Association Rookie of the Year Justin Wallace, defenders Lee Bauer, Kyle Fertile and Charles Noftall along with midfielder Kyle Fertile (all Kamloops, BC) have moved onto other institutions to continue to play soccer or pursue their academic careers. Starting keeper Ethan May (Kamloops, BC) suffered a broken tibia before the start of the regular season and will be lost for the year.

But those absences will give others the chance to shine. Fifth year players Conor Doherty and Adam Dodgson (Kamloops, BC) are BCAA All-Stars. Brynden Swint (Kamloops, BC) returns to the back line after a year on the injury list. He, too is a fifth year player.

Jacob Kaay, Darcy Geldart, Braeden Burrows and Justin Smeaton (all Kamloops, BC) are bound to flourish with more playing time.

Key newcomers Oriol Torres (Barcelona, Spain), Ashley Raynes (Manchester, UK) and Brandon Mendez (Calgary, AB) are going to be counted on to provide offense. Torres was the leading scorer in the Pacific Coast Soccer League this past summer with the Kamloops Excel. He had 11 goals. Raynes is a former player with Douglas College. Both have great offensive capabilities.

Co-head coaches Sean Wallace and John Antulov have a number of highly touted rookies coming into the fold this year. Among them: defender Corey Wallis (Enderby, BC), Scott Lively (Langley, BC) Cam Kamensek (Delta, BC) and Hans Schranz (Pemberton, BC).

The International flavour on the WolfPack in 2011 not only includes England and Spain - but also players from Mexico (Keeper Arthuro Ortiz-Silva) and Turkey (Can Boluk).

There are two new assistant coaches with the ’Pack in 2011: Wayne Girodat and former TRU captain and CCAA All-Canadian Defender James Byra.