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Making the cut: List of trialists on Vancouver Island to advance to Day 2 of the Open Trials

Day 1 of the Canadian Premier League’s #GotGame Open Trials on Vancouver Island has come to an end, with former Canadian international striker Alex Bunbury leading the tryouts while data analytics company Kinduct gathered crucial stats on each of the participants.

Now, only 57 of the more than 220 trialists will be invited back for Day 2 in Calgary, to play in full-fielded 11-v-11 matches.

Pacific FC president Josh Simpson was impressed with the talent on display in Victoria, particularly with the character of the trialists, explaining to CanPL.ca that the reason behind that strength is due to the weather: “Almost all year round, you’re playing outdoors. You get strong as a player and you fight through the cold. Resilient and tough is an island trait, and we’re excited about the talent that’s out there today. You can see in the warmups, guys are ready to go. There’s a lot of excitement and we’re here. We’re ready to take a look.”

Having had an initial viewing, the CPL’s head coaches have weighed in with their thoughts and extended a return invite to 57 trialists for Day 2 of the Open Trials in Victoria – who might those trialists be? Here’s the first cut list:

Tayjon Campbell Goalkeeper
Jordan Hadden Goalkeeper
Yuniel Lopez Mena Goalkeeper
Cody McVie Goalkeeper
Liam Collens Goalkeeper
Aly Adeeb Defender
Genio Cisternino Defender
Ivan Colin Defender
Daibhid Corish Defender
Mark Cottrell Defender
Matt Eronemo Defender
Elie Gindo Defender
Drai Gordon Defender
Brodi Keefe Defender
Seihun Kim Defender
Brennen Mccleary Defender
Kayden Miner Defender
Kalen Park Defender
Shane Satar Defender
Christopher Suta Defender
Petros Vasilos Defender
Josh Vickers Defender
Nathan Walters Defender
Brandon Bangambee Midfielder
Alberto Cirac Midfielder
John Dodd Midfielder
Yehia El Karsh Midfielder
Kazushiro Hamaguchi Midfielder
Takahiro Hidaka Midfielder
Lucas Hodges Midfielder
Mohamednur Ibrahim Midfielder
Hamadoun Issabre Midfielder
Alberto Ivone Midfielder
Kohei Kishimoto Midfielder
Wataru Murofushi Midfielder
Hamish Ogden Midfielder
Kazuteru Okamoto Midfielder
Jordano Pinto Midfielder
Sam Prette Midfielder
Scott Robson Midfielder
Gerson Andres Sanchez Acevedo Midfielder
Christian Alberta Vazquez Romero Midfielder
Tetsuya Yoshinaga Midfielder
Daniel Pulido Caravez Midfielder
Hayahide Abe Forward
Devon Austin Forward
Nicolas Budisa Forward
Erik Edwardson Forward
Benjamin Frans Forward
Rahim Kasem Forward
Brede Kidd Forward
Bohdan Riabets Forward
Logan Rutherford Forward
Daiya Shigemoto Forward
Simon Stacey Forward
Sidrit Vukaj Forward
Rungano Kanyepi Forward