Canada Trip a Valuable Experience for Men’s Soccer

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (June 30, 2023) — The UC Santa Barbara Men’s Soccer team started their summer break with a trip north of the border, spending a week in Canada earlier this month. The Gauchos spent seven days in Montreal and Ottawa, exploring the cities while also training together and playing a handful of matches against local semi-professional teams. Assistant Coach Johnny Whallon kept the score from each game, but says the results were not really what mattered on the trip. “The value (of the trip) was that it really helped bring the guys together in a number of contexts…