U Sports championships loom for fall sports football, rugby and soccer
As the leaves continue to fall from the trees in much of Canada, the seasons too are changing on the U Sports landscape.
In the meantime, let's look at the biggest happenings from championship season in the U Sports world, featuring women's soccer and rugby, and men's football.
The Ottawa Gee-Gees women's soccer team defeated Universidade Paulista of Brazil 2-1 in the gold-medal match of the FISU Americas tournament on Sunday, held in Merida, Mexico.
The tournament featured four squads: Ottawa, Paulista, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), and University Salgado de Oliveira (Brazil). Ottawa has already qualified for next year's tournament, which will take place in China.
Soumaya Bouak of Newmarket, Ont., gave Ottawa the lead in the deciding match in the 13th minute of play by roofing a shot with her left foot past the Brazilian goalkeeper.
The left foot of Soumaya Bouak gives Ottawa the lead! Katie Brzozowski and Nibo Dlamini contributing to the build up ⚽️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GGnation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GGnation</a>
