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July
22, 2001
Tulis
Girls Return Home Champions!
The
Roman Tulis European Soccer School of Excellence's 13 year
old girls return home today from the Gothia Cup 2001 in
Sweden, one of the world's largest youth soccer tournaments,
and from International Dana Cup in Denmark with two
1st place trophies in hand. The girls made European
history as they were the first team to win both tournaments
in the same year in the history of these tournaments.
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Tulis
U-13 Girls
Statistics from the Gothia World Youth
Cup (Sweden):
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vs
Team
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Result
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Game
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| Floda
BolF (Sweden) |
12
- 0
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Group
Play |
| Esbo
BK (Finland) |
0
- 2
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Group
Play |
| Kortedala
IF (Sweden) |
2
- 0
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Group
Play
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The
two wins ensured the Tulis team advanced to the round of 16 ("A"
Playoffs).
"A"
Playoffs Results:
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vs Team
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Result
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Game
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| Puotinkylan
Vaitti (Finalnd) |
2
- 0
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Round
of 16 |
| TH
Midtsjalland (Denmark) |
4
- 0
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Quarter
final |
| IF
Brommapojkarna (Sweden) |
2
- 1
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Semi
final |
| Esbo
BK (Finland) |
4
- 0
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Champion
Ship
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This
past week the girls competed in the Gothia Cup 2001 in Sweden touted
in European newspapers as the "Youth World Cup" ( www.gothiacup.se
) and placed 1st in this very prestigious tournament. This was the
26th year of this tournament and it set a record with 1,252 participating
teams from over 62 nations - four of which were from Canada. Of
the 1,252 teams competing, only 14 teams left Sweden with the winner's
trophies. |
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The
final game against Esbo BK from Finland was played at the magnificent
60,000 seat Ullevi Stadium. The Tulis Canada team won 4-0 and Andrea
McLachlan from Maple Ridge and Maria-Ashley Karaliolios from Burnaby
were both selected to the girls all-star team. Players from the
girl's all-star team included 1 from Spain, 5 from Sweden, 3 from
USA, and 2 from Canada (both from the Roman Tulis team and both
from the youngest age group). |
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The
week before found the girls in Freferikshavn, Denmark competing
in the International "Dana Cup" (www.danacup.com) tournament
in which they also secured the first place cup. Andrea McLachlan
was nominated player of the match. |
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Three
other Canadian teams participated in the Gothia Cup. A U-14 Boys
team from Victoria, who were eliminated in the second round of the
playoffs and two, U-20 Girls teams; the South Nepean, Iron Eagles
from Ottawa who won three and tied one game in regular play and
won two games in the final but were eliminated in their third game
and Hollandia Int from Ontario who were eliminated in regular play. |
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If you require further information contact Maryann Lennox or
Roman Tulis at Roman Tulis European Soccer School of Excellence
at 604-937-0500.
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2001
Sweden Tour Team List
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Player |
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Plays
For |
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1
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Laura
Peake (G) |
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North
Vancouver |
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2
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Andrea
McLachlan |
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Maple
Ridge |
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3
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Nicole
Tulis |
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Coquitlam |
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4
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Brynessa
Gradley |
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Coquitlam |
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5
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Shannon
Locke |
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Port
Coquitlam |
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6
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Ashley
Odenwald |
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Port
Moody |
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7
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Tara
Lomas |
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Port
Coquitlam |
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8
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Claire
Fergusson |
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North
Vancouver |
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9
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Audree
Dionne |
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Port
Coquitlam |
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10
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Hannah
Simmons |
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Coquitlam |
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11
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Christine
Lyle |
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Port
Coquitlam |
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12
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Nicole
Gaines |
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North
Vancouver |
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13
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Erin
Pringle |
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North
Vancouver |
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14
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Maria-Ashley
Karaliolios |
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Burnaby |
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15
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Eden
Hingwing |
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Burnaby |
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