{"id":241495,"date":"2025-10-26T14:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/241495\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:14:08","slug":"lufo-earns-canada-west-all-star-nod-two-wolfpack-womens-soccer-players-named-to-all-rookie-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/241495\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufo earns Canada West All-Star nod; two WolfPack women\u2019s soccer players named to All-Rookie team"},"content":{"rendered":"

With 12 goals and 21 points to her name, the Albanian striker also holds the WolfPack career goals and points record. The previous goals record (11) was held by Kamloopsian Ainsley Grether, while the previous points record (17) was held by Camryn Curts.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLufo is a top-quality player,\u201d WolfPack head coach Mark Pennington said. \u201cThis year she really came into her own and we saw her take some real steps after adjusting to the level and speed of play in Canada West.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHer ability has shone through and that\u2019s a testament to the work she has put in the gym and on the training field that has lifted her to the next level.\u201d <\/p>\n

As for the two rookies, Kuusimaki, from Finland, started all 14 matches for the WolfPack in 2025 and she scored one goal in her first appearance<\/a>. Ursem, who started 13 matches this year, tied a program record with four clean sheets in a single season.<\/p>\n

The Dutch netminder made 46 saves on 66 shots on target. <\/p>\n

The WolfPack women finished the 2025 season with five wins, eight losses and one draw, good for 16 points in 14 matches. They finished fifth in the Pacific Division, just three points shy of the University of Victoria for the fourth and final Canada West playoff spot. <\/p>\n

The 4-11-1 WolfPack men\u2019s soccer team did not receive year-end Canada West honours in 2025. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With 12 goals and 21 points to her name, the Albanian striker also holds the WolfPack career goals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-241495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}