Aiden Muzio
1
Thompson Rivers TRU (0-1-0, 0-0-0)
2
Winner Calgary CGY (1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Thompson Rivers TRU
(0-1-0, 0-0-0)
1
Final
2
Calgary CGY
(1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Thompson Rivers TRU 1 0 1
Calgary CGY 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | TRU WolfPack

WolfPack fight to the final whistle in season-ending defeat to the Dinos

QUICK FIRE
  • The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men's soccer team controlled much of the game but came up just shy of extending their season to the Canada West semifinal stage in a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Calgary Dinos Friday night.
     
DIFFERENCE MAKERS
  • Lachlan Will scored the goal for TRU with Ben Finley supplying the assist.
  • Efe Udolu-Johnson and Victor Gouttin tallied for the Dinos.
     
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Dinos got on the board first, taking advantage of their first shot of the night with a goal from Udolu-Johnson in the third minute of play.
  • After going down early, the WolfPack responded almost immediately, taking control of the game and launching wave after wave of attacks towards the Dinos' net.
  • Ghasemi and Will had strong efforts towards net before the WolfPack finally found the equalizer in the in the 28th minute of play.
  • The goal came They tied it in the 29th minute on a strong individual effort from Lachlan Will, who went one-on-one with a defender and deked past him. His shot deflected off a second defender and went to the short side, and Dinos goalkeeper Hany Shafie couldn't get back to it.
  • The WolfPack outshot Calgary 8-3 in the first half but the two teams remained tied at 1-1 heading into the halftime break.
  • The second half stayed tight until Gouttin broke the deadlock. A Calgary corner kick sailed over the heads of everyone in the box and dropped to Gouttin's feet where he powered it into the back of the net.
  • With their season on the line the WolfPack threw everything they could at the Calgary net late. In the final ten minutes of play TRU had three corner kicks and three shots towards goal but were unable to find the equalizer.

NOTABLE
  • The WolfPack outshot Calgary 12-7 in the game.
  • The loss ends a great season for the WolfPack that saw them return to the Canada West postseason for the first time since 2023.

QUOTABLE (WolfPack head coach, John Antulov)
  • "I thought we were really good. After the first five minutes and definitely in the first half we really started to take over. create opportunities and were able to tie it up. In the second half the first ten minutes we were a little slow but then started coming back at them again. They got the goal and we had opportunities but that's the fine margins of these games."
  • ON THE SEASON "Definitely it was a good season. With all these new players coming in, on top of the returning players, we got some real gems. We have an amazing group of players and we are only going to get better as we play together more. It's a marathon, not a sprint and we have so many amazing building blocks moving forward. I'm really looking forward to these next couple of year and seeing where we can go."  
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