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Yaz Jallad

·June 2, 2026

Ruby Ambardar: The Long Run

In the spring of grade six, just after Ruby Ambardar made the Fusion FC BCSPL team, the world locked down.

Yaz Jallad

·June 1, 2026Athlete Profile

Daniella Sprauer: Take Up the Space

Daniella Sprauer was nine years old the first time she played soccer. Most of the girls she would line up against later had been on a ball since they were five or six. Daniella came from gymnastics, the only sport she had taken seriously up to that point. The first pull toward soccer was not the sport. It was a friend mentioning there was a spot on her team, and the idea of being on a team with her friends.

Yaz Jallad

·May 14, 2026Athlete Profile

Naomie Gosal: She Trusted Her Gut

The last time we wrote about Naomie Gosal, we said she was uncommitted, patient, and following her gut.

Yaz Jallad

·April 29, 2026Athlete Profile

Ben Bradshaw: Double Knot your laces

Ben Bradshaw's first memory of soccer has nothing to do with a save, a goal, or even a ball. He was five years old, lined up with every other kid on his team, and the coach went down the row checking that everyone's shoes were tied.

Yaz Jallad

·April 27, 2026Athlete Profile

Paige Morris: Hitta hem

Paige Morris's mom remembers the moment it happened. One day the walls of her room were covered in gymnastics posters. A couple of weeks later, every single one was gone. In their place: soccer posters, her dad's photos, a completely different world pinned up above her bed.

Yaz Jallad

·April 7, 2026Athlete Profile

Bennett Gosal: Just Say Yes!

Bennett Gosal is older than his twin sister Naomie by one minute. He brings it up constantly. She gets mad every time.

Yaz Jallad

·March 30, 2026Athlete Profile

Brianna Langelaan: Snacks, you ready?

Brianna Langelaan didn't grow up dreaming about the NCAA. She grew up on a dairy farm in East Richmond where milking time takes two and a half hours, twice a day, every day, and somebody always has to do it.

Yaz Jallad

·March 20, 2026Athlete Profile

Naomie Gosal: If Looks Could Kill

There is a photo of Naomie Gosal as a young kid standing on the sidelines watching her dad coach her twin brother Bennett in soccer.

Yaz Jallad

·March 12, 2026Athlete Profile

Alix Boogemans: The Girl Who Got Bribed with a Pink Chair

Alix Boogemans didn't fall in love with soccer on her own. She was bribed into it. When she was seven, her dad wanted her to play a sport. So he pointed at this pink chair she'd been obsessing over and made her a deal: start playing soccer, and the chair is yours.

Yaz Jallad

·March 2, 2026Athlete Profile

Cole Rodricks the coaching prodigy

Cole Rodricks doesn't fit the typical profile of a Canada Soccer C-License holder. For starters, he's 17. The minimum age to even apply for the certification is 18, and most coaches working through the rigorous program are established adults with years of experience.

Yaz Jallad

·February 16, 2026Athlete Profile

Kyle Losse. An angel who walked among us.

On January 23, 2018, the Tsawwassen baseball community lost one of its brightest talents. Kyle Losse, just 14 years old, passed away from complications of a massive stroke, leaving behind a legacy that would transform youth baseball in British Columbia.

Yaz Jallad

·January 20, 2026Athlete Profile