Ricketts joins countrymen on Canada's U-23 national team
Weston Hodkiewicz
Issue date: 5/8/08 Section: Sports
This year, UWGB went 11-5-6, which included a win over eventual-NCAA Championship runner-up Ohio State, on Sept. 29.
UWGB's season ended with a 3-1 loss to UIC in the Horizon League Championship game.
Along with teammate JC Banks, Ricketts led the Phoenix in scoring with 13 points.
Next year, his goal is to aid the Phoenix in winning that elusive conference title and making a trip to the NCAA tournament.
"The team is building and I'm happy to be a part of the building process," Ricketts said. "The future of this team is looking good and it's going in the right direction."
A pre-business administration major at UWGB, Ricketts still wants to continue playing soccer past his senior season of soccer next fall.
Poitras has no doubt that Ricketts has what it takes to play soccer for a living.
"Tos has had a great career here, he's a great athlete who has developed into a tremendous soccer player," Poitras said. "He'll be a professional soccer player in the next year or so. He'll play his senior year with us, but after that I'd assume shortly after that he'll be a full-time professional and getting paid a decent wage to make a living at it."
Last week, UWGB midfielder Dan O'Brien signed a professional contract to play for the Minnesota Thunder of the United Soccer League's First Division this summer - the first Phoenix men's soccer player to sign a pro contract in roughly 10 years, according to Poitras.
Ricketts hopes to be the next.
"I'm looking to get my name out there to European clubs," Ricketts said. "Somewhere to go after I get done playing University, so I can continue my career. To play professionally, that's basically what I'm striving for."
UWGB's season ended with a 3-1 loss to UIC in the Horizon League Championship game.
Along with teammate JC Banks, Ricketts led the Phoenix in scoring with 13 points.
Next year, his goal is to aid the Phoenix in winning that elusive conference title and making a trip to the NCAA tournament.
"The team is building and I'm happy to be a part of the building process," Ricketts said. "The future of this team is looking good and it's going in the right direction."
A pre-business administration major at UWGB, Ricketts still wants to continue playing soccer past his senior season of soccer next fall.
Poitras has no doubt that Ricketts has what it takes to play soccer for a living.
"Tos has had a great career here, he's a great athlete who has developed into a tremendous soccer player," Poitras said. "He'll be a professional soccer player in the next year or so. He'll play his senior year with us, but after that I'd assume shortly after that he'll be a full-time professional and getting paid a decent wage to make a living at it."
Last week, UWGB midfielder Dan O'Brien signed a professional contract to play for the Minnesota Thunder of the United Soccer League's First Division this summer - the first Phoenix men's soccer player to sign a pro contract in roughly 10 years, according to Poitras.
Ricketts hopes to be the next.
"I'm looking to get my name out there to European clubs," Ricketts said. "Somewhere to go after I get done playing University, so I can continue my career. To play professionally, that's basically what I'm striving for."
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