McGill soccer's Chrétien merits U SPORTS All-Rookie honours

SYDNEY, NS – Matisse Chrétien of the McGill University men's soccer team merited All-Rookie honours at the U SPORTS All-Canadian awards gala, Thursday, on the eve of the national championship, hosted by Cape Breton University.

Chrétien, a 6-foot-3, 177-pound defender from Quebec City, dressed in 11 of the team's 12 regular season games. The 20-year-old physical and health education freshman scored one goal. He enrolled at McGill this year after graduating from Collège Ahuntsic and played for CS St. Hubert last summer in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.

Sebastian Dzikowski, a third-year striker from UBC, was named the U SPORTS soccer player of the year. Dzikowski, who hails from Calgary, is the fourth Thunderbird to capture the Joe Johnson Trophy, following Aaron Richer in 2002, Kevin Hearne in 1993 and Rob Reed in 1991.

Other national award winners announced during the All-Canadian Banquet held in Sydney, N.S., were UBC midfielder Brennen Fuerst, who won the Lou Bilek Award for rookie of the year; Luke Berryman of Dalhousie, who won the Student-Athlete Community Service Award; and Montréal Carabins head coach Pat Raimondo, who prreviously coached at McGill, won Fox40 coach of the year honours.

The 2022 U SPORTS championship gets underway Thursday at the Ness Timmons Field and culminates Sunday with the gold medal game at 3 p.m. Atlantic Time. All 11 games from the eight-team tournament will be webcast live on CBC Sports digital platforms in English, along with RadioCanada.ca/Sports and USPORTS.ca in French.

2023 U SPORTS MEN'S SOCCER ALL-CANADIANS & MAJOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Joe Johnson Memorial Trophy (player of the year): Sebastien Dzikowski, UBC
Lou Bilek Award (rookie of the year): Brennen Fuerst, UBC
Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Luke Berryman, Dalhousie
Fox40 Coach of the year: Pat Raimondo, Montréal

First Team All-Canadians
Pos	Name	School	Yr	Hometown	Academic Program
GK	Kevon Grant	Ontario Tech	4	Oshawa, Ont.	Criminology
D	Zé Cunha	Cape Breton	3	Cascais, Portugal	Arts Community Studies
D	Eric Lajeunesse	UBC	2	Ottawa, Ont.	Science
D	Caden Rogozinski	Mount Royal	3	Calgary, Alta.	Business
D	Kareem Sow	Montréal	5	Sherbrooke, Que.	Mechanical Engineering
MF	Gregory David	UQAM	3	Ste-Julie, Que.	Psychology
S	Kyle Cordeiro	StFX	3	Oakville, Ont.	Business
S	Sebastian Dzikowski	UBC	3	Calgary, Alta.	Applied Science
S	Omar Marzouk	Ontario Tech	5	Cairo, Egypt	Education
S	Owen Sheppard	Cape Breton	3	St. John's, N.L.	Business
S	Christian Zeppieri	York	1	Maple, Ont.	Liberal Arts & Prof. Studies

Second Team All-Canadians
Pos	Name	School	Yr	Hometown	Academic Program
GK	Bennett McKay	UBC	3	Delta, B.C.	Arts
D	Cole Fernandez	Guelph	3	Hamilton, Ont.	Sociology
D	Raphaël Garcia	Carleton	3	Ottawa, Ont.	Law
MF	Mahdi Abbassi	UQTR	1	Montreal, Que.	Nursing
MF	Quentin Paumier	Montréal	3	Marseille, France	Economics
MF	Logan Rieck	StFX	3	Cambridge, Ont.	Human Kinetics
S	Luke Rosettani	UNB	3	Ottawa, Ont.	Recreation & Sports Studies
S	Timothé Makanzu-Tinadio	UQAM	3	Montreal, Que.	Human Resources
S	Kevin Espiro	Waterloo	3	Mississauga, Ont.	Pharmacy
S	Marcus Velado-Tsegaye	Alberta	2	Edmonton, Alta.	Business
MF	Javier Sagaste	Victoria	4	Victoria, B.C.	Humanities

All-Rookie Team
Pos	Name	School		Hometown	Academic Program
GK	Matteo Blanc	Moncton		Flavin, France	Physical Education
D	Matisse Chretien	McGill		Quebec City, Que.	Physical & Health Education
D	Tarek Ghamraoui	UQTR		Brossard, Que.	Physical Education
D	Ibrahim Saadi	Western		London, Ont.	King's College
MF	Maxime Bourgeois	Sherbrooke		Granby, Que.	Free Studies
MF	Jacob Cabral	Guelph		Mississauga, Ont.	Arts
MF	Brennen Fuerst	UBC		Calgary, Alta.	Arts
MF	Augustine Opouro	Memorial		St. John's, N.L.	Unspecified
MF	Isaac VanWychen	StFX		Middle Musquodoboit, N.S.	Human Kinetics
S	Michael Maslanka	Toronto		Mississauga. Ont.	Political Science
S	Philip Masri	MacEwan		Edmonton, Alta.	Open Studies
S	Kian Proctor	UFV		Delta, B.C.	Qualifying Studies