Men's Soccer News
Nicholas Pavao: September's Zueike Male Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Nicholas Pavao of Blazers Men's Soccer on being selected the CMU Zueike Male Athlete of the Month for September. The rookie midfielder was a standout scorer and distributor during the entire month, and a key contributor to the Blazers' hot 6-1 start.
A major late-summer signing, Pavao is new to the collegiate soccer scene, but not at all to top-level competition in Manitoba and across North America. Pavao was a part of Major League Soccer's FC Dallas Academy, but the Winnipeg native is back in Manitoba in hopes of challenging the best of the CCAA. Pavao has joined an incredible class of incoming recruits and a solid returning core on the Blazers men's soccer squad that is already turning heads across the conference and and country. He joins a number of teammates in the MCAC's top offensive categories through a month of play, and sits tied in second with teammate Romaine Francis for the league lead in goals with six, third in shots, and tied for third in points with teammates Tristen Holfeld and Mahamat Khamis with 12.
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2025/26 Men's Soccer Roster Preview
Blazers men's soccer has been one of the more active programs this off-season, with recruiting for the 2025/26 squad beginning back in November, and it continued to add pieces throughout the winter and spring. The Blazers were back in the MCAC playoffs this past October, and are hoping to compete for the MCAC title once again, last captured by CMU in 2018.
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Blazers Men's Soccer & Futsal Head Coach Anderson Pereira Passes on the Torch
Blazers Men's Soccer and Futsal Head Coach Anderson Pereira has made the tough decision to step back from the team and say his farewells after seven years at the helm of the program.
An instant success with the team, Pereira captured the program's first and only soccer title of the MCAC era in his first season in 2018, a special moment as both men's and women's Blazers squads came out on top that year. A noted futsal aficionado, Pereira's teams have been perennial contenders in the Copa de la Paz Futsal Championships, taking home the title most recently in 2020, and featuring in the finals several times during his tenure.
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Romaine Francis: October's Zueike Male Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Romaine Francis of Blazers Men's Soccer on being selected the CMU Zueike Male Athlete of the Month for October. The veteran attacker finished the season strong, scoring in the final two regular season matches, helping CMU secure a spot in the MCAC playoffs.
As the weather started to cool in October, the Blazers' Jamaican-born offensive star started heating up on the pitch, notching two goals in the late stages of the season, including the all-important game-winning goal over the Assiniboine Cougars on October 19th, securing CMU's spot in the MCAC semi-finals. His ability to make strong plays with the ball at his feet and at high speed often made him the most threatening attacker on the field, drawing defenders and opening up space for teammates to join in on the offence, making him a dual threat in the attack of both a scorer and distributor. His game-winning goal over the Cougars also helped earn Francis MCAC Athlete of the Week honours, as well as the CCAA Athlete of the Week spotlight for Manitoba. His offensive talents on the pitch didn't go unnoticed by the rest of the league as well, as Francis was named an MCAC All-Conference selection heading into the MCAC playoffs.
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Tristen Holfeld: September's Zueike Male Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Tristen Holfeld of Blazers Men's Soccer on being selected the CMU Zueike Male Athlete of the Month for September. The rookie central midfielder has had a hot start to the season patrolling the middle of the pitch and producing goal-scoring chances.
Holfeld has begun his MCAC career at a Blazing pace, now sitting near the top of the conference in a number of offensive statistical categories, including fourth in the league in goals with four, fifth in points with eight, and tops the conference in shots, proving that the offseason signing is both proficient on set pieces, and factors heavily in controlling the middle of the pitch with an ability to create his own shot that makes him a dangerous offensive weapon as well as a playmaking threat. He has factored in some big results for the Blazers, having scored the ninetieth-minute equalizer in their first league game against Providence to secure the draw, the game-winner in their 2-1 defeat of the Assiniboine Cougars in their first meeting of the season, and leveled the score this past weekend with Assiniboine, getting the ball rolling on the Blazers' comeback win.
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