 | Annoucement: Players in the News |
 
3 year Tulis player Gianni Patino was selected for the elite Barca U-12 soccer team, part of the phenomenally successful Barcelona soccer stronghold. There were kids from all around the world vying for one of the few spots on this team. During the one week try outs back in April 2008, Gianni took a ball, went through two defenders, took out the goalie, and scored. The coach then came right over and said, “We’ll see you in September!” Gianni is doing very well at FC Barca. “He is demonstrating Canadians do indeed have skills,” says his mother, Hannah.
Back in February 2008 the Toronto FC acquired Canadian midfielder Kevin Harmse from the Los Angeles Galaxy and announced that he also had been named to the Canadian Men's National Team roster that will compete in the qualifying games for the World Cup for 2010. Harmse, 24, will be seeking his 9th cap after making his last appearance for the Canadians on October 15 in Edmonton, as the team faced Mexico in group play with an end result of 2-2. This will be the third call-up in 2008 for Harmse, having played in Honduras on October 11 in another qualifier as well as a friendly against Martinique in January of 2008. The Toronto FC midfielder started 13 of 16 games for the club this past season logging 1077 minutes.
Paige Adams who this past September obtained a full scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Madison won a gold medal at the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Puebla, Mexico after a 1:0 victory over the United States in the final. She also participated with this team at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile.
Brandon Bonifacio who was voted 2nd for CSA Canadian U-20 Player of the year award in 2008 along with Tulis teammate Marcus Haber are currently preparing for 2009’s CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago (5-16 March). The top-four teams in the tournament will qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009. Canada has already participated in eight of 16 FIFA U-20 World Cups and is looking to advance for the fifth-straight time. The FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 runs 25 September to 16 October. Twenty-four teams will participate in the tournament, of which host Egypt and European nations Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Spain have already qualified.
The three Tulis players who signed on with foreign professional teams in the same year continue playing in the Netherlands in 2008: Brandon Bonifacio (Cambuur-Leeuwarden), Marcus Haber (FC Groningen), and Michael Nonni (FC Groningen).
Another former Roman Tulis player and U-23 Mexico National team forward, Santiago Fernández, has joined Mexican Premier Puebla FC to continue his professional soccer playing career in Mexico after playing for Barcelona FC’s reserve team.
We wish these players all the best of luck in their soccer careers and are very thankful to each and every one of them for representing the Roman Tulis program so very well and for being an inspiration to our up and coming Tulis hopefuls!
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