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Thompson Rivers University player selected from 2016 WFC2 Open Tryout

BURNABY, BC - This past weekend, a collection of players assembled at Simon Fraser University Fox Field for the 2016 WFC2 Open Tryout presented by adidas.

In the end, the coaching staff selected Oriol Torres to join WFC2 preseason. Torres (pictured above) is an attacking player who played at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops after moving to Canada from Barcelona in 2010.

The Spanish-born Torres was part of a diverse group at the tryout. In addition to the many local players who attended, there were also entrants from countries such as Botswana, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Iran, Nigeria, the Republic of Korea, and the United States.