Dylon Powley, the Edmonton native who made his name as a walk-on with Calgary Foothills FC U23 at the beginning of the 2016 season, has been nominated for Goalkeeper of the year in Gotland, Sweden for 2018. Powley’s career seems to have taken a hard turn for the better over the last couple of years. He would be clutch in Calgary’s push to the PDL final, his penalty save, at home to the Seattle Sounders 23 in the NW Division playoff would keep the score at 1-1 and force overtime before winning the game. Foothills would go on to fall to the Michigan Bucks in the PDL National Final this year.

2017 saw another successful season for Powley & Foothills FC. They would go on to better their season point total by 1 and after a long, tough final road trip to Salem, Oregon. They would suffer a heartbreaking loss in the Division Playoff game to the Timbers FC U23.

Some Career Highlights:

MacEwan starter in 2015, most saves in Conference both season with the Griffins, 2016 Foothills Rookie of the year, 2016 Foothills Fan Choice Award, 2016 PDL All Conference Playoff Goalkeeper of the Year, 2018 Goalkeeper of the year nomination in Gotland, Sweden

He would eventually make the trip to Sweden on trial at FC Gute in the Swedish Division 2 (same club Calgarian Tyrin Hutchings went to in 2016), and after a successful showing he would sign his first professional contract and would jump right into the thick of things. In his debut season, Dylon would go on to play 19 games in all competitions, collecting 7 clean sheets in the process and also hold a clean sheet for 5 consecutive games.

This is why he has been nominated, stepping in as a walk on at Foothills FC and proving himself in a position that seems to be one of the most difficult to crack on the pitch.

In 2018 the FC Edmonton trialist spent a short time on trial at TFC 2 and even trained with the first team, taking shots from the likes of Michael Bradley, Seba Giovinco & Jozy Altidore. After speaking with Dylon he said the quality of the MLS players is on another level than what he was used to seeing at the levels he has played at in the past.

Dylon now hopes to land a spot at one of the Canadian Premier League squads leading into the Inaugural season this coming Spring. And if you ask us, there should be a couple of clubs showing interest.

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