Here's the Thunder in action earlier this season. (Photo: Jason Bouwmeester)

I was actually caught by surprise today when Jason (Remember him? The guy you’re supposed to be helping achieve dreams.) sent along some more great soccer photos of the Concordia Thunder.

The surprise came in the fact the Thunder won the national title this weekend.

Yeah, I hadn’t heard anything about that either. At least the London Free Press is all over this.

That aside, let’s talk about what sounds like a great game.

(Photo: Jason Bouwmeester)

Also, it’s got a great name: 2009 Big Kahuna/adidas Canadian Colleges Athletics Association Women’s Soccer National Championships. There will be a test, so memorize all of that.

Alesha Weicker put in an early goal, which was quickly countered by the Fanshawe Falcons. (Bias alert: I went to Fanshawe.) Nothing was settled in regular time.

It looked like nothing was going to be settled in extra time either. Sudden death shootouts loomed.

But Laura Ellis sniped home the winner with seconds to go.

Weicker took tournament MVP honours, while teamamtes Kelly Anderson, Trish Arnds and Lindsay Monkman made the All-Star roster.

There you have it, Edmonton. The Concordia Thunder women’s soccer team is the newest champion in the city of such. It’s also their first title.

Next year’s tournament is right here in Edmonton, hosted by NAIT. Could we be so lucky as to see an all Edmonton final? We have one year to wait.

In related CCAA sports news, the national Cross-Country championships will be hosted in Camrose by Augustana, this weekend.

(Photo: Jason Bouwmeester)