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York United FC has signed 19-year-old goalkeeper Eleias Himaras
York United FC has signed 19-year-old goalkeeper Eleias Himaras as a primary roster addition ahead of Saturday afternoon’s clash away to HFX Wanderers, as Nathan Ingham continues to nurse an abductor injury picked up in the midweek league win over Forge FC.
Ingham, who saved a first-half penalty during the first-half, was replaced by Niko Giantsopoulos at the interval on Wednesday night and did not travel with the squad when they left for Halifax late Thursday.
Himaras, a native of London, ON, joined the Toronto FC Academy in 2018 and was named in Canada’s squad for the Under-17 FIFA World Cup in Brazil the following year, starting the team’s final group game against New Zealand.
He has previously been included in the TFC II squad for USL fixtures, along with current York United players Terique Mohammed and Jordan Faria.
“Eleias is a player we’ve been chatting about for a while and had hoped to have him in to train with us following our return from Winnipeg," says Angus McNab, the club’s President/CEO & GM.
“It’s a good opportunity for him to see what we are about and get some work done with Camillo (Benzi, the club’s goalkeeping coach) and Niko up in Halifax.”
NG Endurance partners with London Roma GK Training
Nolan Gilmour of NG Endurance ensures London Roma GK’s are in top physical condition as their strength and conditioning coach. Nolan has 20+ years of experience playing highly competitive soccer at the provincial and premier level, as well as 15 years of coaching experience from regional to varsity levels. This allows Nolan to combine his strength and conditioning education with his vast involvement in soccer to provide a specialized and elite level of training for soccer athletes.
Nolan has trained athletes at every level including: professional soccer players who have played in Europe and North America, NCAA-scholarship and Canadian University level soccer players, as well as top-level youth players from his role as Head Strength and Conditioning coach for London TFC OPDL academy. Nolan’s approach of combining strength and conditioning principles, such as, speed, agility, power and coordination with soccer technique, control and skill development provides a specialized and elite level of training for soccer players of any ability.Bio:
Nolan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology as well as the esteemed designation of Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.
He has trained athletes at every level including professionals in Europe and North America, NCAA and Canadian University players as well as top level youth academy athletes.
Nolan has spent a lot of his time researching and studying the physiology, biomechanics and strength and conditioning elements specific to soccer to offer an unmatched, specialized approach to developing elite soccer athletes.
