2010 CIS men's soccer All-Canadians announced
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TORONTO (CIS) - Third-year Laval University midfielder Julien Priol was named the Canadian Interuniversity Sport player of the year in men's soccer, Wednesday evening. The native of Quimper, France, became the first-ever Rouge et Or to claim the Joe Johnson memorial trophy as CIS MVP.
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Other CIS major award winners announced during the All-Canadian Banquet in Toronto were Alberta forward Marcus Johnstone of Edmonton, who was named rookie of the year; Memorial fullback Andre Le of St. John's, who received the Student-Athlete Community Service award; and St. Francis Xavier's Graham Kennedy, who earned the coach-of-the-year award, presented by Coaches of Canada.
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The 2010 CIS championship, hosted by the University of Toronto, gets under way Thursday and culminates with the national final Sunday at 4 p.m. All games from the tournament will be webcast by SSN Canada ( or )
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The all-Canadian teams were also announced on Wednesday, with defending national champion Laval leading the way with five selections overall, including three first-team nods.
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The 10 players joining Priol on the first CIS squad were conference MVPs Marousek, Pena and Northey, as well as Laval goalkeeper Vincent Cournoyer of St-Hyacinthe, Que.; Toronto's Darragh McGee of Donegal, Ireland, UBC's Jason Gill of Abbotsford, B.C., and Laval's Karim Ziouane of Mulhouse, France, on defence; Alberta's Samuel Lam of Edmonton and Saint Mary's Jonattan Cordoba of Halifax at midfield, and Toronto striker Nordo Gooden of Kingston, Jamaica.
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All of them are first-time members of the first all-Canadian unit. Northey made the second team a year ago.
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The second CIS squad for 2010 is comprised of Alberta keeper Jaswinder Gill of Edmonton as well as U of A teammate Harman Braich of Edmonton, StFX's Max Maund of Courtenay, B.C., and York's Jamaal Smith of Mississauga, Ont., on defence; Dalhousie's Ross Hagen of Calgary, Cape Breton's Andrew Rigby of Nottingham, England, Waterloo's Mohamed Aborig of Tripoli, Lybia, and Ryerson's Alex Braletic of Thornhill, Ont., at midfield; and Concordia's Matthijs Eppinga of Druchten, Netherlands, and Laval's Gabriel Moreau of St-Hyacinthe, Que., at the striker position.
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Hagen, Rigby, Braletic and Moreau were all CIS all-stars a year ago, including first-team selections for Hagen and Rigby. Hagen was also a second-team all-Canadian in 2008.
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CIS MEN'S SOCCER: 2010 AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
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Joe Johnson Memorial trophy (player of the year): Julien Priol, Laval
Rookie of the year: Marcus Johnstone, Alberta
Student-Athlete Community Service award: Andre Le, Memorial
Coach of the year, presented by Coaches of Canada: Graham Kennedy, StFX
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