They call themselves ‘Soccer Pirates.’ TSS, a team of students and aspiring pros, will take on a professional team in Winnipeg’s Valour FC.
TSS might be the underdogs, but they still have teeth. The club had been playing in the USL League 2, one of the U.S. developmental feeder leagues, for the past five seasons before switching to L1BC in 2022, where they finishing second in the regular season. They beat UBC’s Varsity FC in the championship game, qualifying for the Canadian Championship.
They aren’t all strictly students and web designers. Their roster is dotted with former pros or prospects trying to find their way back up the ladder, with players like Gabriel Escobar and Matteo Polosi, who have pro experience in the CPL, the Whitecaps and abroad. National team member and current CF Montreal fullback Joel Waterman is one player who came through their ranks, as Jordyn Huitema did on the women’s side.Article content“It’ll be a good game. We’ll be pumped up and ready to go.
And the Rovers need no better example of an underdog story than one of the ownership partners in former U.S. international and Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit. He went from making $70 a week playing for ninth-tier Southhall to playing in the English Premier League“Do hard s**t. It makes you better,” said Cromack. “That’s part of the deal, man. And as we always say, this is the opportunity. We don’t want to see you next year.”, following the example of many European clubs. The owners also got to experience the sticker shock of being forced to foot the $35,000 bill to pay for Valour’s travel, accommodation and food as the host team.
Wednesday is going to be historical in so many ways. Mighty, mighty occasion to celebrate the beautiful game.
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