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    Saying Goodbye to Wonderful People

    This week we are saying farewell to two coaches who have become TSS Rovers legends in their time at our club. Chelsey Hanneson came to us for our inaugural season in League 1 BC and immediately took the culture of TSS Rovers. With her credentials and experience, she was a natural to head up our women’s team. Listen to her on Footy Prime podcast back in 2022 or in this interview that she did with The Third Sub. She brought her deep belief in the women’s game and the women players to our team and was met by our deep belief in her. When the club rallied all of our…

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    Island Times: A Quick-Strike Visit to Harbourside Sets Up a Big Finale in Victoria

    Most don’t get away days like we do. One of the coolest things about supporting local football here in BC is the relative proximity of each ground and the beautiful scenes between them. With MLS and the CPL, hitting the road to support your team might mean flying thousands of miles across the continent. League1 BC, on the other hand, offers stunning day trips. There’s nothing quite like sailing by ferry through the shimmery Salish Sea, glorious mountain peaks all around, en route to invade one of the intimate grounds on Vancouver Island. Rovers and their supporters, fresh off a successful trip to Nanaimo’s Harbourside FC, are now preparing for…

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    Rovers Hunt for Points & Playoff Positioning in Their Last Lower Mainland Match, Look Ahead to Harbourside

    Rovers are a-roving this July, off on the road for the last five matches of the 2023 League1 BC season, but this ain’t no Summer vacation. Both the men’s and women’s teams have work to do to ensure they make the playoffs, and to stay in contention for the Juan de Fuca Plate. Chelsea Hannesson’s side are in the fourth and final playoff spot, but only by one point over Harbourside FC, their next opponent. First-year head coach Darren Russcher has his men in first place, though they’re technically tied with the Victoria Highlanders for points and therefore lead thanks to goal differential. The Juan de Fuca Plate is awarded…

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    Club Update

    Summary This Week’s OpponentMatch week 11: July 8, 2023 We returned from Kamloops last weekend with 3 points from the men’s team and a tough loss from the women’s team.  With three weeks left in the season, the men’s team sits joint top of the league (first on goal difference) but we need results to stay there.  Our final game against Highlanders on the last weekend is looking more and more like it will settle the league championship.  The women’s team is in fifth place, 2 points out of a playoff spot. The season is still far from over but there are games to play before then and this week, we are…

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    Home Sweet Home: Rovers’ Say Goodbye to Beloved Swangard Stadium for the Year

    The most bittersweet of days arrived; it was time for the season finale at Swangard, our beloved little home and supporter-group namesake. Work is being done on the stadium track, so TSS Rovers must live up to their own name and roam the road for five-consecutive away matches this July (plus the playoffs) to end their 2023 League1 BC campaign. Joining fellow supporters on tour is a special experience, but nothing can replace a sun-soaked day shared on the natural Swangard grass. Our own bit of paradise. The idea of now waiting nine to ten months for another is agonising. This final home match also came on a Wednesday, sandwiched…

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    Club Update

    Summary This week’s opponent(S)Match week 9: Wednesday, June 21 & 24 Well, THAT was satisfying! Four matches over the last two weeks in the Ironworker’s Derby against Altitude and we came away with 10 points overall.  Our women’s team held on for a 3-2 victory while the men’s team, after a slow start, put 5 past Altitude for a 5-1 win in the bright sunshine of North Vancouver. The matches come fast now and the business end of the season is upon us. We have two games this week, including our last home game of the season on Wednesday against the Whitecaps and a crucial away match in Langley against Unity…

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    The 2023 Ironworker’s Derby, Game 2 Recap Executive Summary [Parody]

    I could never replace the writing super powers of our own Kyrsten Downton and James Siddall but they were off doing important things for our little club so you are all stuck with me 🙂 Unfortunately the only type of writing I know how to do is status reporting so with that in mind; I present you the Match Day 8 recap – Ironworker’s Derby Leg 2. TSS Rovers Women TSS Rovers Men Summary It was a nice sunny day that happened to also be fathers days and Chris Corrigan’s birthday. The TSS Rovers came and took all the Altitudes points (6 specifically). Swangardians helped by drinking all the beer.…

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    The 2023 Ironworker’s Derby, A Two-Legged Affair: Game 1 Recap + Game 2 Preview

    Our sun-soaked Rovers gamedays at Swangard are already winding down for the year, sadly – the last five matches of the season are all on the road as work is being done to the track that surrounds our grass pitch. Sunday’s home tilt against Altitude FC, the first leg of the this year’s Ironworker’s Derby, was the penultimate chance to root for the home team in 2023. The League1 BC season is already short enough, running for only three full months of the year, May thru July; most of our Rovers are also collegiate athletes, and thus their window of playing time outside of school is short. It’s tough to…

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    Rovers League1 BC Matchweek 6 – The Tides Are Turning

    On Saturday, June 3rd, our TSS Rovers returned home to Swangard Stadium after a short trip away in enemy chartered waters at UBC. It was a mixed-result adventure, as the men were unable to gain the coveted victory, falling 1-0 against the Whitecaps.  However, despite the enemy striking first, the women were able to come from behind and beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1, earning their first win of the season. Our goalie Camellia Xu was an incredible standout of that game, making beautiful saves throughout the match and being the final defense against the Whitecaps attacking players.  The Swanguardians were also very happy to return home to Swangard after their…

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    A Spirit of the Rovers Spotlight: Aaryn Vivian Finds Her Football Home

    I arrived at the side entrance of Swangard Stadium on a sunny Saturday, ready to assist my fellow Swanguardians with setting up; this isn’t some big-league operation, where everyone can stumble in right at kickoff to start the party. Nope, here at TSS Rovers the supporters are part of the family, and that means there’s work to be done. While the players are in their locker rooms getting stretched out and taped up, a handful of Swanguardians pitch in and make the colourful in-game display what it is. And, unlike with MLS or even the CPL, each League1 BC matchday is a double-bill; first the women’s team play, and then…