The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack have suffered their first set back of the young Canada West men's soccer season.
Playing their first league match on the road, the WolfPack went into Trinity Western University and fell 1-0 to the previously winless Spartans. The Spartans move to 1-2 on the year while Thompson Rivers falls to 1-1-1.

 SYNOPSIS

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

HIGHLIGHTS:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ezq3ntlf5aus5gu/1-0%20vs%20TRU.mp4?dl=0


COMMENTS BY COACH  JOHN ANTULOV:

"A tough battle against a team that really came out and played really hard. We knew they would come up big. They had a large crowd. First home match of the season and they came out really strong. We had our pockets of play for about 15 minutes in the first half. Once they scored that goal, I thought we dropped a bit. Second half, the same thing. The first 10 or 15 minutes we came out pretty slow. We made a few changes and brought in some of our young players in. I thought they gave a really good bump.  Players like Zahk Barone and Jordano Pinto, Denzel Marican and Manny Aniobe. They gave us a good opportunity to get back into the game. I thought the last 10 to 15 minutes, we were putting them under pressure. Unfortunately, it was too little too late.  First loss of the year. I think there were some good points with our young players coming in and playing solid. We need to regroup for another tough fight against UFV."


THE STATS
:
GOAL SCORING SUMMARY:

Trinity Western:
28:26: Jacob Low  (1)  from Jake Ruby


RECORD:     Trinity Western   1-2          TRU  1-1-1
 
 
GOAL KEEPERS:    TRU:Jackson Gardner 3-2: 5 saves     
                                Trinity Western: Sebastian Colyn (3^rd year, Langley, BC)   0-1: 1 save
 
SHOTS ON GOAL:    TRU:  0-1: 1          Trinity Western: 8-3 :11
CORNER KICKS:  TRU: 4-1: 5                 Trinity Western: 1-3: 4

UP NEXT:

Thompson Rivers will meet up with the University of Fraser Valley Cascades tomorrow (Saturday Sept 7) in Abbotsford while the Spartans will entertain the UBCO Heat.  The Cascades and Heat played to a 1-1 draw on Friday.
 
All of the above games can been seen on a pay per view basis on www.CanadaWesttv.