Bio

1993 X-Men Soccer Team

Featuring a tight-knit and talented line-up that boasted a distinct Maritime flavour, the 1993 X-Men Soccer team captured the program’s first ever AUAA championship banner, kicking off a run of supremacy that included representing the conference at the CIAU national tournament in three out of five years, along with two more AUAA berths (1994 and 1997). Coming off a one-win season, the 1993 X-Men skyrocketed to the top of the competitive conference with an AUAA-best record of 7-2-3. By defeating Memorial in a shootout in the conference semifinal, the X-Men went on to capture the AUAA banner with a thrilling 2-0 victory over Dalhousie in front of a hometown raucous crowd of over 1500 in Antigonish. At the CIAU championship tournament, they dropped a close 2-0 decision to eventual champion Sherbrooke, and fell 1-0 to Queen’s in penalty kicks.

Team members include:  Mark Bekkers, Ian Bilek, Jacques Boudreau, Jacob Chuwa, Kyle Frizzle, Brad Gillis, Paul Keating, Derek Knoechel, Joey MacCormack, Carl MacGillivray, Karl MacNeil, Cashel Meagher, Chris Nolan, Mike O’Brien, Chad Power, Randy Reardon, Trevor Reddick, Jorge Rodriguez, Brad Thompson, Richard Tobin, Rob Whalen, Lou Bilek (head coach), Rob Canning (assistant coach), Ron Nugent (trainer), Jeff Earl (manager) and Aaron Steeghs (assistant manager).