The Canadian Soccer Association announced on Monday its list of players nominated for player of the year awards across multiple categories.
Impact Academy player Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla is nominated for the Canadian U17 player of the year.
Tabla (previously with amateur club Panellinios), who recently signed a pro contract with FC Montreal in the USL, was a member of the Impact U18 team that played in the USSDA’s 2014-2015season. The team showed very well, finishing first in the regular season standings.
During 2015, he joined Canada’s U17 and U18 teams four times under coaches Sean Fleming and Robert Gale.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Canadian U-17 Players of the Year
Voting by Canadian coaches, selecting first choice, second choice, and third choices. Winners to be announced on December 14.
Canada Soccer Men's U-17 Program (#canm17) - players born 1998 or later
Name / Club / Hometown
- Gabriel Boakye | CAN / Toronto FC II | Richmond Hill, ON
- Tristan Borges | CAN / Toronto FC II | Toronto, ON
- Kadin Chung | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 | Port Coquitlam, BC
- Duwayne Ewart | CAN / Vaughan SC | Scarborough, ON
- Harrison Paton | ENG / Fulham FC U-18 Academy | Kitchener, ON
- Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla | CAN / FC Montreal | Montréal, QC
