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Members of the women’s soccer team, wearing red uniforms with white lettering, celebrate with a group embrace.
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This Week at SFU: November 7 – 10

Peak Web November 6, 2024

Home games: Thursday, November 8: women’s basketball vs. Vanguard Lions at West Gym at 3:15 p.m. SFU’s first home matchup of the season  Live video, live stats, and tickets available online  Saturday, November 9: women’s basketball vs. Westmont at West Gym at 3:15 p.m. Makenna Gardner, playing guard, had 31 game points in the 2023–24 season Saturday, November 9: women’s soccer vs. Seattle Pacific at SFU Stadium at Terry Fox Field at 5:00 p.m.Soccer - W - Simon Fraser University Athletics SFU’s last home game ended in a 6–1 victory against Idaho  Live video and tickets available  Away games: Thursday,…

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A player with a red uniform on and a maple leaf in the top corner kicks the ball around multiple players in white.
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SFU women’s soccer is off to a red-hot start

Peak Web October 30, 2024

The SFU women’s soccer team is off to a fleeting start this season with a .731 winning percentage as of October 25. The Peak interviewed the two senior captains on the team, Katie Richardson and Kate Cartier, to discuss their…

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Four costumes for one SFU sports team. Volleyball is a girl with orange hair wearing all black and a Pac-Man costume. Track and Field is a girl dressed in X-Men’s Wolverine costume, with a yellow jumpsuit and blue boots gloves, shoulderpads, and shorts. Wrestling is dressed in a Sonic costume that is blue with spiky hair. Soccer is dressed in a gray astronaut costume while kicking a ball.
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Your Red Leafs Halloween costumes

Peak Web October 28, 2024

Halloween is the perfect opportunity for groups to coordinate costumes. If you’re part of a team, discussing what to wear for this holiday can be a great bonding experience, but picking from the endless possibilities can be overwhelming. The Peak…

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a pink soccer ball sitting in green grass. In the corner, the frame of a soccer net can be seen.
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How my goalkeeping dreams began

Peak Web October 22, 2024

I have a low tolerance for pain and hardship. Somehow, I managed to become the sole goalkeeper on my high school’s girl’s soccer team, the only position that I was half decent at. I took a few balls straight into…

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A large stadium decked out in red, white, and blue. A jumbotron hanging from the ceiling screens “GOAL” in white against a red background. Players gather on a grassy field.
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Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Wrexham AFC

Peak Web October 9, 2024

Vancouver may be home to the Whitecaps of Major League Soccer (MLS), but on July 27, Wrexham AFC ran our beloved West Coast city. Conflicting colours of Whitecaps’ white and blue, as well as Wrexham’s red and white, washed over…

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A hockey player skating away from the camera with his name plate written in Cree syllabics.
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Indigenous athletes of past and present

Peak Web October 2, 2024

Ethan Bear — Hockey In 2020, Bear became the first NHL player to wear a jersey with Cree syllabics on the nameplate. Bear, who is from the Ochapowace Nation in Kisiskâciwan (Saskatchewan), was playing for the Edmonton Oilers at the…

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A player wearing blue and white runs down a grassy field with his arms outstretched like a flying bird.
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Vancouver Whitecaps eyeing third straight Voyageurs Cup title

Peak Web September 23, 2024

For the third time in as many years, the Vancouver Whitecaps are headed to the Canadian Championship finals. This annual tournament is organized by Canada Soccer and is played between the three Canadian Major League Soccer (MLS) teams, the eight…

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In black and white, Canadian soccer legend Christine Sinclair stands with an outstretched scarf covering her face. The scarf reads ‘stronger by nature.’
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The Rundown: End of summer headlines

Peak Web September 18, 2024

August 26 — Introducing Vancouver Rise FC Women’s professional soccer has a new home in Vancouver. The Northern Super League (NSL), which begins play in April 2025, will have teams playing in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver. At…

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BC place as seen from across False Creek at night
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Vancouver isn’t prepared to host the FIFA World Cup

Peak Web July 23, 2024

The FIFA World Cup will be hosted by Canada, the US, and Mexico in 2026, with Vancouver hosting seven of the 13 games being played in Canada. Vancouver has had some experience with major international sporting events in recent years,…

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Minnesota Wild’s hat trick scorers Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov smiling after the hockey game.
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The Rundown

Peak Web March 19, 2024

February 15: Caitlin Clark sets NCAA women’s all-time scoring record Clark scored 49 points in the Iowa Hawkeyes’ 106–89 defeat of the Michigan Wolverines. She took less than three minutes to score the eight points needed to surpass Kelsey Plum’s…

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