Three McGill men merit soccer all-star status
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MONTREAL - Three members of the McGill Redmen have merited all-star honours by the Quebec University Soccer League, Thursday.
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Midfielder Yohann Capolungo, a 21-year-old native of France, and forward Gareth Pugh of Ottawa each earned a berth on the first team, while defender Graeme Tingey of North Vancouver, B.C, was selected to the second squad.
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Capolungo, a finance sophomore who made the QUSL second team last year, led the Redmen with four goals and added one assist in nine regular seasonÌýgames despite missing three contests with an ankle sprain. He started in every game and in five of those, played the full 90 minutes, earning player-of-the-game honours three times. In 15 games overall heading into playoffs, he scored eight goals and three assists for 11 points.
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Pugh, 22, is a speedy 5-foot-10, 185-pound striker and a fifth-year history major. He started in 10 of his 11 games played and finished third in the conference scoring race with nine points, including three goals.
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Tingey, who measures Ìý6-foot-2 and 176 pounds, bounced back strong from an early season injury that kept him out of the lineup for the first five contests. Upon returning to the lineup, the 20-year-old finance junior started in six of his seven matches, setting up two goals from his defender position.
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2009 QUSL MEN'S ALL-STARS & MAJOR AWARDS
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Alhassane Fox, U. de Montréal, Arts et sciences, Conakry (Guinée)
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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Cristian Adolfo Nunez Lopez, U. de Montréal, Arts et sciences, Montréal
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MOST SPORTSMANLIKE PLAYER
Marc-André Bonenfant, U. de Montréal, Polytechnique, Génie industriel, Montréal
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CITIZENSHIP, ACADEMICS & ATHLETICS AWARD Nicolas Benoît, UQTR, Doctorat en médecine, Greenfield Park
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COACH OF THE YEAR
Samir Ghrib, Laval
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FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
Position, Name, University, Academic Major, Hometown
GOALIE: Gerardo Argento, U. de Montréal, Droit, Montréal
DEFENDER: Alexandre Lévesque-Tremblay, U. Laval, Certificat en droit, Baie St-Paul
DEFENDER: Bohneur Aubey UQAM Cert. Administration Mantes la Jolie France
DEFENDER: Peter Thierry Eustache, U. de Montréal, Arts et sciences, Limbé, Haïti
DEFENDER: Nicolas Benoît, UQTR, Doctorat en médecine, Greenfield Park
MIDFIELDER: Alhassane Fox, U. de Montréal, Arts et sciences, Conakry (Guinée)
MIDFIELDER: Yohann Capolungo, U. McGill, Management (Finance), Vallan, France
MIDFIELDER: Abdoulaye Cisse, UQAM, Économie et gestion, Dakar, Sénégal
MIDFIELDER: Cristian Adolfo Nunez Lopez, U. de Montréal, Arts et sciences, Montréal
FORWARD: Gabriel Moreau, U. Laval, Sciences géomatiques, St-Hyacinthe
FORWARD:, Gareth Pugh, U. McGill, Arts (History), Ottawa, Ontario
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SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
Position, nom, université, programme d'études, ville natale
Gardien, Vincent Cournoyer, U. Laval, Éducation physique et santé, St-Hyacinthe
Arrière, A.Graeme Tingey, U. McGill, Management (Finance), North Vancouver, C.-B.
Arrière, Marc-Olier Boudreau-Daigle, U. Laval, Kinésiologie, Taïwan
Arriière, Marc-André Bonenfant, U. de Montréal, Polytechnique, Génie industriel, Montréal
Arrière, Aly Sarr, UQTR, Administration, Moulins, France
Milieu, Guillaume Salamin, U. Laval, Kinésiologie, Sierre, Suisse
Milieu, Wandrille Lefevre, U. de Montréal, HEC Montréal, Administration, Chartres (France)
Milieu, Mourad Bentouati, UQAM, Maîtrise Gestion, Noisy le sec, France
Milieu, Tewfik Belkahla, UQTR, Génie mécanique, Alger, Algérie
Attaquant, Paul Darboux, UQAM, Administration, Abidjian, Côté d'Ivoire
Attaquant, Louis-Charles Laliberté, U. Laval, Éducation physique et santé, Lasalle
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca