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 | Dedication to Excellence Pays off:
Gianni Patino, 9, signs with Barca! |
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Gianni Patino
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Gianni Patino who has trained with the Tulis program since 2006 is like almost every other nine year old boy; he loves sports, plays basketball, has a brown belt in karate, enjoys hanging out with his friends, is an avid reader (having read entire collections of kids books), and he absolutely loves his PSP, DS, and PS3 (but he insists that if he had a trampoline and pool in his backyard, he would not play any video games at all). But there is one thing that separates Gianni from other 9 year old boys; Gianni has been selected for the elite Barca under–12 soccer team.
Barca is part of the phenomenally successful Barcelona soccer stronghold in Spain. For Gianni, who has practiced for many hours a day since he was first introduced to a soccer ball at age four - practicing tirelessly to a point where he can make it look absurdly easy to keep a ball off the ground for 300 touches with his knees or 200 touches with his feet and who aspires to one day play professional soccer; it is a dream come true.
“There are kids from all over the world trying to get into Barca,” says Gianni’s proud dad, Juan Carlos Patino. “His tryout in Barcelona was a gamble that paid off. The soccer is at another level over in Europe. But he took a ball, went through two defenders, took out the goalie and scored. The coach came right over and said, ‘We’ll see you in September.’”
It just goes to show you that hard work and dedication to excellence does eventually pay off.
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| Tulis Players in the News ~ 2007 |
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Brandon Bonifacio signed a professional contract in June 2007 with SC Cambuur, a professional club in Holland
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Kevin Harmse, earned a starting position on the L.A. Galaxy roster this past season which also includes world famous David Beckham. On Wednesday, November 7, 2007: The Los Angeles Galaxy and the Vancouver Whitecaps battled to a scoreless draw at BC Place Stadium in an international friendly game in front of 48,172 fans. Two Tulis alumni suited up for opposite sides: Kevin Harmse playing with the Los Angles Galaxy and Alfredo Valente with the Vancouver Whitecaps. After the game Alfredo Valente said that there was no plan to get Beckham's jersey in a post-game swap. "None of us was going to chase after the guy," he says. “I got the one I wanted (fellow Vancouverite Kevin Harmse)." Kevin Harmse was the Tulis School Boy recipient in 2000 and Alfredo Valente received the award in 1995.
Six year Tulis player, Brandon Bonifacio signed a professional contract in June 2007 with SC Cambuur a professional club in Holland that currently plays in the First Division. Brandon has recently moved into the starting lineup and at 18 is one of the youngest players in the league. Brandon signed with reserve team of SC Cambuur a year earlier and in a remarkably short period has worked his way up to the pro ranks and is currently deemed a “young talent” in Holland and is very highly rated. Brandon is in the National pool and has played for both the U-18 and U-20 Canadian National teams
The Canadian Soccer Association announced the list of nominees for its 2007 player of the year awards. Coaches from all across the country will select four young stars from Canada’s World Cup squads; two Canadian Youth (U-20) and two Canadian Junior (U-17) players. In the running for the Canadian Junior Player of the year award is Tulis’ many time School Girl recipient, Paige Adams.
1999 Tulis School Boy, Santiago Fernandez, is currently playing for Club América in the Mexican First Division. Santiago was a starting player in the 2007 Copa Libertadores Tournament of South America (equivalent to the Champions League in Europe) and scored 3 goals in the tournament.
2001 Tulis School Boy, Nathan Li who is currently attending The University of Kentucky on a soccer scholarship has been awarded the 2007 “Mr. Wildcat Award” for his all-around excellence in athletics, academics, character, and service.
Tulis alumni, Nigel Marples who recently graduated from Towson University, was named in 2007 to the NSCAA/Adidas College Scholar All-America team. A first team All-CAA defender, Marples was named to the second all-star team. He had attended Towson on a soccer scholarship.
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| Tulis “SOCCER SHORTS”
Sunday, December 9, 2007 |
By all accounts our 14th Annual Tulis Christmas Party was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who attended and for your all your kind donations for the Pan Pacific Hotel’s “Christmas Wish Breakfast.
Our School Boy Award for 2007 was presented to Jovan Blagojevic and the School Girl Award for 2007 went to Kendra Williams (both pictured above with Roman).
Special thanks to our four time recipient of the School Girl Award, Paige Adams (above right) and our first year (1994) recipient Russel Huggon (above left) who were both on hand to present the awards to this years winners.
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| U13 Tulis Boys Earn Gold at Dana Cup! |
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The 2007 U13 Tulis Boys
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July 14, 2007, Frederikshavn, Denmark: In a hard fought final at Frederikshavn Stadium, the Roman Tulis U13 boys team won the Dana Cup “A” final and earned the gold trophy as best U13 boys team. The win marked the first time ever that a Tulis boys team and, in fact, any Canadian team, has won gold at this prestigious youth tournament.
The path to victory had a number of challenges. During round robin play, the Tulis boys defeated teams from Sweden and Norway including a youth team from FK Bergen Nord, a major Norwegian football club. The Tulis boys dominated play with intelligent and creative football, often maintaining possession for long periods of time. When the ball was lost, the team defended with ferocious tenacity and permitted very few goal scoring opportunities despite the physical aggressiveness of their opponents. The U13 boys completed round robin play with a 3-0 record and 8 goals for and none against.
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| U13 Tulis Boys Earn Bronze at Gothia Cup! |
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The 2007 U13 Tulis Boys
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July 20, 2007, Gothenburg, Sweden: The U13 Tulis Boys completed their Scandinavian Tour today after earning a bronze medal at the Gothia Cup. The result represents the first time that a Canadian boy’s team has ever medaled at this tournament. It is one of the largest youth tournaments in the world with over 35,000 players and coaches representing 66 countries. The U13 boys’ class was a particularly competitive group with over 120 teams from countries such as Argentina, Colombia and Italy.
In group play, the Tulis boys were placed alongside teams from Sweden and Germany. Continuing with the dominating style of play demonstrated during their recent Dana Cup victory, the team easily swept their round robin games, racking up 7 goals and allowing none in 3 matches. However, the playoffs provided a marked increase in the intensity of the competition, both in the quality of teams and the number of matches per day.
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| TULIS SOCCER SCHOOL HOLDS THEIR OWN AGAINST EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL YOUTH TEAMS |
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2007 Holland Tour Team
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The Roman Tulis European Soccer School of Excellence took on Europe’s best last week competing against players from some of the top youth teams in Europe at the 22nd Annual U-16 Invitational International OSM ’75 tournament in Maarssen, Holland. The Tulis team, comprised of mainly U-15 players, placed 8th out of 12 teams and found themselves up against such teams as Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), Feyenoord Rotterdam (Holland), Holland’s U-15 National Team, Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany), Malmo FF (Sweden) Luton Town (England) and others.
The Tulis boys, who were also awarded the tournament Fair Play Award, finished the preliminary rounds with a 0-0 tie game against Feyenoord Rotterdam, a 2-0 victory over home team OSM ’75, a 1-0 loss to Sporting Lisbon, 2-1 loss to Malmo FF, and a 2-1 loss against AZ Alkmaar. They then found themselves battling it out in the semi final game against the U-15 Holland National Team who after a hard fought battle won the game with a 2-1 victory over Canada. This put the Tulis team in an 8th place finish coming out ahead of Feyenoord Rotterdam and Luton Town England. Considering that the Tulis boys had never played together as a team before this tournament and was pitted against some of Europe’s top professional youth teams, these were fantastic results!
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