CCAA 50th Anniversary: Men's Soccer
The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association is highlighting history, programs and student-athletes in each sport during the association's 50th anniversary season.
Men's Soccer got its start in 1983 with a six-team invitational tournament hosted by Capilano College (now University). Malaspina College (now VIU) defeated Seneca College to be crowned the first CCAA Men's Soccer Champion.
The very next year Seneca became the first host institution in any sport to win a CCAA National Championship. The win on home soil marked the first of three consecutive gold medals for Seneca College who dominated the sport during its initial championship years.
Capilano, Langara and Humber emerged as the leading programs through the turn of the Century which was followed by a decade in which Algonquin College was the only program to win two Championships. The OCAA, led by Humber's seven titles, has dominated the sport since 2012, with VIU and Douglas being the only non-Ontario champions in that span.
At the launch of the CCAA’s 25th Anniversary, the Association recognized a unique honour – Sport Supremacy. This award was a calculation of the aggregate number of points earned by a member institution’s varsity athletics program, based on their performances at CCAA National Championships. This season, we are revisiting the idea of CCAA Sport Supremacy by acknowledging the cumulative achievements of the member varsity programs in each CCAA Sport from 1974 through 2024.
CCAA 50th Anniversary – Men's Soccer Programs
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1 |
Humber College |
26 |
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology |
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2 |
Capilano University |
27 |
Conestoga College |
|
3 |
Seneca Polytechnic |
28 |
Collège Montmorency |
|
4 |
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
29 |
University of the Fraser Valley |
|
5 |
Vancouver Island University (Malaspina) |
30 |
Canadian Bible College |
|
6 |
Algonquin College |
31 |
St. Clair College |
|
7 |
Douglas College |
32 |
University of New Brunswick - Saint John |
|
8 |
Mount Royal University |
33 |
Briercrest College and Seminary |
|
9 |
Langara College (VCC) |
34 |
St. Thomas University |
|
10 |
Collège Ahuntsic |
35 |
Medicine Hat College |
|
11 |
Sheridan College |
36 |
Brandon University |
|
12 |
Cégep Garneau |
37 |
Cape Breton University |
|
13 |
John Abbott College |
38 |
Mount Saint Vincent University |
|
14 |
Durham College |
39 |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University |
|
15 |
Thompson Rivers University (Cariboo) |
40 |
Trinity Western University |
|
16 |
Dawson College |
41 |
Lethbridge College |
|
17 |
Champlain College Saint-Lambert |
42 |
Red Deer Polytechnic |
|
18 |
Holland College |
43 |
Université de Saint-Boniface |
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19 |
University of King's College |
44 |
George Brown College |
|
20 |
Keyano College |
45 |
Royal Military College of Canada |
|
21 |
Fanshawe College |
46 |
Cégep de Granby |
|
22 |
Concordia University of Edmonton |
47 |
Cégep de Sainte-Foy |
|
23 |
MacEwan University |
48 |
Cégep de Saint-Laurent |
|
24 |
Mohawk College |
49 |
Cégep de Thetford |
|
25 |
Vanier College |
50 |
Dalhousie Agricultural Campus (NSAC) |
CCAA Fun Fact / Trivia de l'ACSC
The 2007 Men's Soccer National Championship gold medal game, hosted by MSVU in Halifax, was halted at half-time after several inches of snow were dumped on the field courtesy of Hurricane Noel. The game was suspended and replayed in its entirety one week later at Trent University in Peterborough. Champlain Saint-Lambert defeated Algonquin College in overtime in the only CCAA National Championship to be played on two different days, in two different cities and two different provinces.
Note: The CCAA 50 for 50 – Programs were calculated using an aggregate scoring system.
