Payback and victories will be utmost on the mind of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men's soccer team this weekend.

The WolfPack are back home to face a pair of teams who they have a score to settle with in Canada West play.   Thompson Rivers hosts the Trinity Western University Spartans on Saturday (Sept 28) and the University of Fraser Valley Cascades on Sunday (Sept 29).

The Pack suffered the first defeat of the Canada West season on September 6^th falling 1-0 to the Spartans in the home debut for Trinity Western.  One night later,  Fraser Valley scored a second half stoppage time goal to draw Thompson Rivers at 1.

DETAILS:

 Both matches this weekend are set for 2 pm on the Warner Rentals field at Hillside Stadium.  The WolfPack and the WHL Kamloops Blazers are doing a cross promotion this weekend.   The Blazers are giving away 50 TRU tickets at their game on Friday September 27^th game against the Kelowna Rockets.  The WolfPack will be giving away 15 pairs (30) tickets to the Blazers Saturday September 28 th home game against Vancouver Giants .    TRU will be running a contest at their Saturday matches (Men's Soccer vs Trinity and Women's soccer against Calgary).  Fans will be asked to take a selfie and post it with the hash tags:   #StadiumSelfie  and @gotruwolfpack.
 
RECORDS OF NOTE:

TRINITY WESTERN: The  Spartans sit in a tie with UFV for fourth place in the Pacific Division  with a 4-4 record and 12 points.Huskies were rated fifth in the Canada West men's soccer coaches pre-season poll. Coach Bryce Chapman is into his 16 th year at the helm.

FRASER VALLEY: are in a two way tie for fourth place in the Prairie division with a 3-3-3 record. They have won their last two starts.

 TRU: were ranked fourth in the Canada West Men's Soccer preseason coaches poll.  They are sixth in the Pacific Division with a 2-2-4 record.  They are 1-0-3 at home this season.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST  BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES:

Vs Trinity Western: The WolfPack gave up the lone goal in the first half as fourth year midfielder Jacob Low of the Spartans took the pass from Jake Ruby (1^st year, defender, North Vancouver, BC) and beat TRU keeper Jackson Gardner (2^nd year, Chilliwack, BC).

The WolfPack had only one shot on goal. It came from Dylan Hooper (2^nd year, midfield, Winnipeg, MB) in the second half

Vs Fraser Valley: The WolfPack opened the scoring  in the eighth minute on a goal from Josh Banton.  Banton capitalized on a UFV turnover and pounded in, moved to the right side of the box and chipped it high right side .Thompson Rivers outshot the Cascades 15-10 in the contest but were down 7-3 in that category after the first half.

The Cascades got a goal in stoppage time in the second half.  There was a loose ball in front of TRU keeper Jackson Gardner (2^nd year, Chilliwack, BC).  He dove for it and Mikael Mainsella (1^st year forward, Surrey, BC)  put it over top of him.
 
 
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
TRU:  James Fraser (4^th year, forward, Penticton, BC): leads the Canada West in goals with eight. He is tied for third in points with eight.   He has been a Canada West star of the week twice this season—first star on     and second star on ..
Jackson Gardner (2^nd year, keeper, Chilliwack, BC): is fifth in Canada West in goals against average (1.13) and saves percentage (.769).
Justin Donaldson (5^th year, middle, Kamloops, BC). Is fifth in Canada West in total shots taken with 24.

TRINITY WESTERN: Caleb Jemmott (4^th year, forward, Calgary, AB): leads his team in goals with four and five total points. He has seven shots on goal and has taken 12 this season.
Sebastian Colyn (3^rd year, keeper, Langley, BC) : has started all eight matches the Spartans have played in the regular season and has a goals against average of 1.50 and a saves percentage of .707.

 FRASER VALLEY:  Gurmaan Jhag  (5^th year midfielder, Aldergrove, BC) leads the team in scoring  with four points (3 goals)  He has taken 19 shots with 10 of them on net.  Last season, he was a first team Canada West all-star and set school records in a single season for goals (13).
Atle Koellmel (4^th year, defender, Pitt Meadows, BC) is second in Cascades scoring with three points.
Ethan Duggan (1^st year, keeper, North Vancouver, BC) has started all nine matches for Fraser Valley. He has a goals against aveage of 1.22 and a saves percentage of .788
 
COMMENTS OF WOLFPACK coach John Antulov:

https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1177077303542599680 
 
COMMENTS OF WolfPack defender Josh Banton (3^rd year Leigh-on-sea, England): 

https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1177077257367482368


Both matches can be seen on a pay-per-view basis on Canada West TV presented by Co-OP. On Saturday, the webcast crew will be James Matthews, Larry Read and Dylana Milobar. Sunday's webcast will feature Matthews, Milobar and injured TRU defender Harry Coles.  Highlights and post game interviews can be seen on the WolfPack website (www.gowolfpack.ca) , their Facebook and twitter accounts.