26 Oakville may have League1 women’s team next season Pictured from left to right, Courtney Evans, Friday, February2015 | 6, Friday, | continued from p.25 Amanda Bailey and time we’ve had six months to prepare,” Wilde said, not- Paige Culver signed ing the Blue Devils have signed a long-term agreeement their NCAA letters of with League1. intent Wednesday at The CPSL/CSL also featured older players, includ- Oakville Soccer Club. ing former professionals who had played in Europe. League1 limits teams to 10 players over the age of 23 | photo by Eric Riehl OAKVILLE BEAVER on their roster, and just three imports (non-Canadians). — Oakville Beaver Teams have to declare themselves as professional (such — @Halton_Photog as last year’s League1 champs, the Toronto FC Acad- emy) or amateur, and professional clubs are not permit- ted to use NCAA players. Though this year’s Blue Devils are a relocation of the Lynx, Wilde said there will be plenty of openings on the roster. The Lynx carried the PDL maximum of nine imports last season, so six of those players will not be www.insideHALTON.com | www.insideHALTON.com eligible to suit up in League1. “No one is under contract who’s not pro,” Wilde said, “so all amateur players can take a look at this cans think about staying in Oakville and playing here. We’ll have a Three OSC products to play NCAA soccer at Ohio schools core of 6-8 players from the PDL (Lynx) last year… and we will look at what Oakville has at the U18 and U21 Oakville Soccer Club’s Amanda Bailey, Bailey, who has played with the OSC the W-League’s Toronto Lady Lynx. The levels to form our U21 affiliate and senior teams.” Paige Culver and Courtney Evans will all since 2009, committed to the University midfielder won two national titles and an League1 Ontario is also adding a six-team women’s play university soccer at Ohio schools af- of Toledo. She will play goal for the Rock- Ontario Cup crown during her 13 years division this year. Wilde said Friday that the Blue Devils ter signing their NCAA letters of intent ets and study exercise science. with the OSC. hope to enter a women’s team into the league for 2016. Wednesday, a day known in the U.S. as Culver will attend Kent State Univer- Evans is bound for Miami University — Jon Kuiperij can be followed on Twitter @Beaversports National Signing Day. sity after playing this past season with after playing with the OSC since age four. Swimmer’s Strait of Magellan crossing attempt falls short Madhu Nagaraja will have to wait at least two hour and 53 minutes. The Chilean navy more years to swim across Chile’s Strait of pulled me out and I was very cold. When Magellan. the wind picked up... 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