44 - North Shore News — Wednesday, June 21, 2000 SPORTS Local trio sign professional Jan-Christian Sorensen Contributing Writer A North Shore soccer school is exporting three young soccer talents overseas. The European Foorball School of North Vancouver helped Burnaby’s Daniel Fernandez and Elvis Besic and Vancouver's Matt Mori to sign professional contracts with two German soc- cer leagues last week. school has helped secure roster spots overseas, Former Yugoslavian soccer coach Sajbo Talic is president of the school and head coach. | North Vancouver's Lyle Reginald, is vice- president and one of three assistant: coaches — Beste and Mori signed on for a full season with Baderuenac the other owo being Bob of the German third division league, while Fernandez is still Moles of West Vancouver negotiating his contrace with 2 first division team out of and former 86er Rick Duisberg. 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