Electric City Football Club Continues To Add to Inaugural Roster

Electric City Football Club’s (ECFC) roster is gradually becoming full as they signed St. Francis Xavier and U Sports All-Rookie Brynn Jurus and former Canadian Premier League defender Luke Green announced Wednesday.

Brynn Jurus (left) and Luke Green (right) become the 11th players for each team to be signed to ECFC. Photo courtesy of ECFC.

Green, is a 19-year-old defender from Fall River, N.S. who played for Halifax Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League in 2020. Halifax made the CPL Finals that season during the Island Games in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Green was at the Wanderers 2022 training camp this past March, before joining ECFC.

“Luke is a player that is right on the edge of making that jump to the CPL level,” said Rob Jenkins, ECFC President. “He is a young player who has experience at the next level through his time with the Halifax Wanderers and we think we can provide him with the proper environment here at ECFC to help him prepare for when that next opportunity inevitably comes.”

Green played for USL League Two side Calgary Foothills FC during the summer of 2021, then played at St. Francis Xavier University Men’s Soccer program last fall, where he started 11 games and helped led the X-Men to the semifinals of the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championship.

“He is a strong, technical centre back that is really comfortable on the ball and playing with both feet. He is great in aerial duels and a fantastic 1v1 defender. Luke is a perfect example of the type of player we want at our club; ambitious, passionate, and hungry to succeed,” noted Jenkins.

“Now that it’s official, I couldn’t be more blessed and thankful to wear the club’s colours. I can’t wait to get to work and live in such an exciting place such as Peterborough,” said Green. “It’s a challenge I’ll embrace and certainly take full advantage of playing in front of all the Electric City FC supporters.”

The Women’s team has added another young exciting attacking player in Brynn Jurus, a 19-year-old forward from Ancaster, Ont. who joins ECFC from St. Francis Xavier University.

“What really drew me to Electric City FC is the competitive environment that it offers. Not only will I be playing in a league against some of the best players in Ontario but I will be playing on a team filled with incredible players that will push me to be better every day,” Jurus said. “On top of this, ECFC is part of an extraordinary community that shows so much support for the club. I am very excited to be part of something so unique.”

During her rookie season at St. FX, Jurus started all 12 regular season games, scored 3 goals and added 2 assists. Jurus helped lead the X-Women to an AUS Championship Final and was named a U Sports All-Rookie due to her incredible first season.

“Brynn is coming off a strong rookie season at St. Francis Xavier University, where she was selected to the U Sports All-Rookie Team. She is an attacking player that has the versatility to play in both a wide or central position.” said Randy Ribeiro, ECFC head coach.

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