The Thompson Rivers University men's soccer team won its first-ever U SPORTS championship on Nov. 13, 2022.
Image Credit: TRU WolfPack/Andrew Snucins
November 14, 2022 - 9:54 AM
The Thompson Rivers University men's soccer team claimed the national championship for the first time this weekend.
The WolfPack beat the UBC Thunderbirds 2-1 at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops last night, Nov. 13, in front of 2,400 fans.
"I'm glad that we can be the standard-bearer and bring this title home because it shows that you can get it done at a small school," TRU WolfPack head coach John Antulov said in a news release. "I've believed that since day one when I took over, that just because you're at a small school doesn't mean you can't get it done."
It's the first U Sports national championship in TRU history.
Local player Domineco Comita scored the winner in a penalty kick during extra time after he spent the previous two games on the sidelines.
"Domenico could have put his head down with him not playing, but he comes in, plays fantastic and hits the winning penalty kick, it just shows his character," Antulov said.
With no goals on either side during regulation time, TRU spent the last 21 minutes of the match on defence after losing a man to a yellow card.
"The guys never put their head down, they just battled and fought. They looked at each other and said let's be resilient," Antulov said. "We displayed dogged defending all the way through and for us to defend the way we did one man down against a team that scores the way they do just shows unbelievable character."
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