Niagara Falls Soccer Club would like to CONGRATULATE and announce the 10 NFSC - NIAGARA FC OPDL players that have been invited to attend the Ontario Soccer Provincial XCEL Screening Competition!

The following players should be commended for their hard work and efforts and embrace the achievement and experience of being invited to compete for the Provincial teams.

U14 Girls

Adelaide Dearborn - Striker

Sophie Vaughan - Center Midfield

U14 Boys

Sami Nezali - Striker

Xavier Nicolazzo - Attacking Midfielder

U15 Girls

Maggie Bell - Goalkeeper - U14 Girls 2023 Provincial XCEL Team

U15 Boys

Gianluca Arghittu - Striker

U16 Girls

Scarlett Steele - Goalkeeper

Sophie Costantini - Right Back

U16 Boys 

Liam Armstrong - Goalkeeper - U15 Boys 2023 Provincial XCEL Team

U17 Boys

Matthew Schirru - Striker

ABOUT THE PROVINCIAL XCEL PROGRAM

The Provincial Xcel Program is available to all Ontario Soccer registered players who are eligible to compete at either an U14, U15, U16, or U17 age groups.

The Ontario Player Development League (OPDL) is the primary venue in which potential Provincial Team Players are detected. There are however, alternative player detection options for those Ontario Soccer registered players who do not compete within the OPDL.

The Provincial Program will focus on player screening, talent identification and benchmarking of players through competition.

The U14, U15, U16 and U17 Provincial Screening Competitions will take place from March and April.

It is at the U15 and U17 Boys and Girls inter-Provincial Competition in May where the Canada Soccer Excel Technical Staff will be present to scout the players for potential invite to Canada Soccer National Excel Environments.

GOALS:

1. To provide players with an inspirational experience in the Provincial program to ignite their ambition to represent Canada at the international level
2. Talent Identification and benchmarking of player performance through quality competition 
3. Provide the opportunity for possible new Ontario players to be selected for future Regional & National EXCEL Environments
4. Provide opportunity for the top Ontario players to be exposed to more post-secondary opportunities, locally and abroad, in a best with best environment

The Provincial Screenings will be held on the following dates;

U16 & U17 Girls - March 2nd and 3rd 

U16 & U17 Boys - March 9th and 10th

U14 Boys - March 23rd

U15 Boys - March 24th

U14 Girls - April 6th

U15 Girls - April 7th

We wish these players the best of luck and go show them the talent that Niagara's got!

To learn more about the Ontario Soccer Provincial XCEL Program and competitions dates please CLICK HERE