Calgary soccer alumni take up vacation Offszn pro-am problem

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It’s a celebration of Calgary soccer.

How else would you describe an occasion — the second annual Offszn Professional-Am Tourney, operating Thursday and Friday on the Macron Efficiency Centre — headlined by the likes of Sam Adekugbe, Scott Kennedy, Joel Waterman, Ali Musse and Mya Jones?

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“I’m excited to be bringing again Offszn’s greatest, alongside William Akio this 12 months,” mentioned event co-host Elijah Adekugbe, a former Cavalry FC star now taking part in midfield with Canadian Premier League rival York United FC. “That is gonna be the very best one but. We’ve bought the highest professionals within the metropolis, the very best college ballers, the very best road legends .. and we’re all competing for money.”

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Specifically, they’re booting the ball round in hopes of amassing the $5,000 first-place prize.

There are 16 groups concerned within the two-day occasion, together with a pair of all-star feminine groups set to play one another in a $1,000 winner-take-all collection.

That leaves 14 males’s squads to duke it out for the massive booty.

And it’s a who-who’s of Calgary soccer alumni concerned within the footie feud.

Adekugbe’s older brother and Canadian workforce staple Sam, of Main League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps, is on the pitch Thursday.

Adekugbe himself and fellow co-host Akio are slated to play, as nicely.

So are nationwide teammates Kennedy, of Austrian Bundesliga’s Wolfsberger AC, and Waterman, a former Cavalry defender and present MLS standout with CF Montreal, for all the two days of competitors.

Others embody: Jones, a star with the NCAA’s Memphis Tigers and member of Canada’s youth ladies’s nationwide workforce; Musse, Cavalry famous person and CPL Gamers’ Participant of the Yr; Goteh Ntignee, a Cavs graduate now with France’s Ligue 2 FC Nancy; Miki Cantave, a former Cavs ahead now a member of Haiti’s nationwide workforce and CPL’s Vancouver FC; Caniggia Elva, St. Lucia nationwide workforce star and member of Germany’s Regionalliga Nordost RW Erfurt; and Sebastian Dzikowski, contemporary off his U SPORTS males’s soccer participant of the 12 months honour with the UBC Thunderbirds.

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There’s additionally cash up for grabs for the followers, with three talent challenges and a $250 money prize within the offing.

The tourney runs from 3-8 p.m. on each days.

“When you’re round, we hope to see you there,” added Adekugbe. “It connects the soccer neighborhood from prime to backside and helps us have fun Calgary soccer.”

BROOKS SIGNS WITH CAVALRY

Cavalry has signed Australian ahead Lleyton Brooks on a two-year contract with a one-year choice forward of the 2024 season.

The 22-year-old joins as a free agent following a profession in Australia’s A-League, making 32 appearances for the Melbourne Victory. All through his youth profession, Brooks performed for each Brisbane Strikers earlier than becoming a member of Brisbane Roar’s youth facet, which claimed the 2018-19 Y-League championship. The ahead then joined Melbourne in 2019, making his skilled debut for the facet in 2020. His first professional season was spectacular, having scored two objectives in 9 appearances, which led to him receiving the Victory’s Younger Participant of the Season award.
Internationally, Brooks has made three appearances and scored two objectives for the Australia under-20 nationwide facet.

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“I’m ecstatic to be becoming a member of this membership which had such immense success final season, and with such passionate supporters,” Brooks mentioned. “I do know that I’ll convey rather a lot to the workforce, and I’m hungry to convey extra trophies again to Calgary.”

“We actually like what we’ve seen in Lleyton and really feel he’s a participant who will are available and make our workforce higher,” added Cavalry GM/head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. “He’s a dynamic participant with a giant upside that likes to drive on the opposition defence and has good high quality in his taking pictures and supply. He’s at an awesome age the place he can solely get higher, and I’m sure he’ll add one other dimension to our assault.”

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