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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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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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Club Update
Summary This week’s opponentMatch week 5: May 27, 2023 We head out on the road! Join us at Ken Woods Park at UBC for our first League away game of the season. Whitecaps FC Location: Ken Woods Field, UBC.TV: Streamed as the League 1 BC match of the weekTickets: Admission is $5 at Ken Woods Park. This is always a tasty matchup. Many of our players, at one point or another, trained in the Whitecaps Academy on the men’s side or the REX on the women’s side. Last year, two of our spiciest matches were played on Ken Woods field, and our players will be up for the challenge. currently…
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Rovers League1 BC Matchweek 3 – Striking Hot Against Harbourside
BC weather is not the only thing heating up the Swangard Stadium pitch this month. This past Saturday featured another anticipated League1 BC double-header for the TSS Rovers, facing Harbourside FC, the brand-new addition to League1 BC for this year. It was the first face-off between the two teams for both the men and women and both sides were looking to leave an impression. For the women, Rovers are slowly building their starters back into the line-up as they return from the US with their college seasons ending. They have not won a game this season and with last week’s game ending in a 1-1 tie, the women were hungry…
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Club Update
Summary This week’s opponent Victoria Highlanders Saturday, May 6 Buy your tickets here TSS Rovers has a long rivalry with Victoria Highlanders dating back to our inaugural season in the PDL and later USL2. Rovers and Highlanders were the last two combatants for the Juan de Fuca Plate in the USL. In 2017, Highlanders bested us for that trophy, but we came back and won it in 2018 and 2019. Technically, the oldest team in League 1 BC, the Highlanders began play in 2009 and have had many notable men’s players come through their side, including former Whitecaps Brett Levis, Caleb Clark, and current Pacific FC captain Josh Heard. Highlanders…
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