Best of the Best: 2006 NFL Global Championship team

I don't mean to dwell on the NFL's Global Junior Championship, since it has been discontinued for some time and there are other events to record or look forward to.  But while researching information for the various pages across the top of the blog, something struck me as being particularly noteworthy about Canada's results in this version of the tournament.

The 2006 team not only won gold but they shut out all five of their opponents, including Team USA twice. Here are their results.

Canada 10, USA 00 (Gold medal game)
Canada  7, Japan 00
Canada 13, Mexico 00
Canada 21, USA 00
Canada 21, Germany 00

That's impressive and an accomplishment that should have been better publicised.  Granted, in this tournament, Team USA could only form a team from within the Superbowl host state and that year, that was Michigan.  It may not be considered on par with areas like Texas or Florida in terms of football talent, but it is hardly barren.

Here are the players that reached that achievement, and the coaching staff is listed below.

No. Pos.  Name                         City
 2   DB   Savoie, James                Niagara Falls (Ont)
 4   QB   Prud'homme, Bruno            St Augustin (Qc)
 8   DB   Turcotte Letourneau, Olivier Charlesbourg (Qc)
11   DB   Allen, Tauren                Etobicoke (Ont)
12   QB   Brouillette, Marc-Olivier    DDO (Qc)
15   DB   Laliberte, Jonathan          Varennes (Qc)
20   DB   Hamel, Julien                Boucherville (Qc)
21   WR   Ionnides, Chris              Toronto (Ont)
28   RB   Fournier, Samuel             Lacolle (Qc)
34   RB   Cronk, Tim                   Kingston (Ont)
35   RB   Henry, Matt                  Mississauga (Ont)
39   RB   Greenaway, Corey             Brossard (Qc)
40   LB   Fitzsimmons, Nate            Windsor (Ont)
42   LB   McKinley, Jim                Windsor (Ont)
44   DB   McCartney, Karl              Auroran (Ont)
45   LB   Dunk, Adam                   Guelph (Ont)
49   LB   Gesse, Joash                 Laval (Qc)
50   LB   Burnett, Christopher         Brampton (Ont)
54   OL   Sage, Yannick                Sherbrooke (Qc)
55   OL   Berta, Mike                  St-Marys (Ont)
56   LB   Surla, John                  Niagara Falls (Ont)
57   OL   Hinds, Darren                Sherwood park (Alb)
60   OL   Spera, Raffaele              St-Leonard (Qc)
73   OL   Tache, Sebastien             Gatineau (Qc)
75   DL   Sagesse, Renaldo             Montreal (Qc)
78   DL   Martin, Vaugh                London (Ont)
79   OL   Barette, Anthony             Verdun (Qc)
80   WR   Mizerski, Michael            Toronto (Ont)
81   WR   Manchulenko, Jared           Brampton (Ont)
83   WR   Testa, Tony                  St-Leonard (Qc)
85   PK   Milo, Christopher            Montreal (Qc)
89   WR   Boden, Josh                  Surrey (B.C)
90   DL   Beaudoin-Cloutier M-A        St-Basile (Qc)
91   DL   Petrus, Mohammad             Pierrefonds (Qc)
96   DL   Fournier, Scott              Ottawa (Ont)
97   DL   Tetreault, Sebastien         Granby (Qc)

Coaching Staff: Head Coach: Maciocia, Danny (Edmonton Eskimos CFL); Assistant Coaches: Constantin Glen (universite Laval CIS), Addona Tony (Bishop's university CIS), Iadeluca Marco (ST Leonard CJFL), Gabbler Wally (Wilfrid Laurier University CIS), Brennan Carl (Roughriders Saskatchewan CFL), Deslauriers Lou (UBC), Kepley Dan (Edmonton Eskimos CFL), Fournier Randy (Ottawa university CIS), Regimbald Pete (Concordia university CIS); Trainer: Mcinnes Ryan (Edmonton Eskimos CFL); Equipment Manager: Mandruziak Dwayne (Edmonton Eskimos CFL), Robillard Jacques (ST Leonard CJFL).

Running Back Samuel Fournier was named tournament MVP.  You may have also noticed the name of Vaughn Martin on the roster, who is in his fifth NFL season this year.