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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, February 6, 2015 | 26 Oakville may have League1 women's team next season continued from p.25 time we've had six months to prepare," Wilde said, noting the Blue Devils have signed a long-term agreeement with League1. The CPSL/CSL also featured older players, including former professionals who had played in Europe. League1 limits teams to 10 players over the age of 23 on their roster, and just three imports (non-Canadians). Teams have to declare themselves as professional (such as last year's League1 champs, the Toronto FC Academy) or amateur, and professional clubs are not permitted to use NCAA players. Though this year's Blue Devils are a relocation of the Lynx, Wilde said there will be plenty of openings on the roster. The Lynx carried the PDL maximum of nine imports last season, so six of those players will not be eligible to suit up in League1. "No one is under contract who's not pro," Wilde said, "so all amateur players can take a look at this cans think about staying in Oakville and playing here. We'll have a core of 6-8 players from the PDL (Lynx) last year... and we will look at what Oakville has at the U18 and U21 levels to form our U21 affiliate and senior teams." League1 Ontario is also adding a six-team women's division this year. Wilde said Friday that the Blue Devils hope to enter a women's team into the league for 2016. -- Jon Kuiperij can be followed on Twitter @Beaversports Pictured from left to right, Courtney Evans, Amanda Bailey and Paige Culver signed their NCAA letters of intent Wednesday at Oakville Soccer Club. | photo by Eric Riehl -- Oakville Beaver -- @Halton_Photog Three OSC products to play NCAA soccer at Ohio schools Oakville Soccer Club's Amanda Bailey, Paige Culver and Courtney Evans will all play university soccer at Ohio schools after signing their NCAA letters of intent Wednesday, a day known in the U.S. as National Signing Day. Bailey, who has played with the OSC since 2009, committed to the University of Toledo. She will play goal for the Rockets and study exercise science. Culver will attend Kent State University after playing this past season with the W-League's Toronto Lady Lynx. The midfielder won two national titles and an Ontario Cup crown during her 13 years with the OSC. Evans is bound for Miami University after playing with the OSC since age four. Swimmer's Strait of Magellan crossing attempt falls short Madhu Nagaraja will have to wait at least two more years to swim across Chile's Strait of Magellan. The 44-year-old marathon swimmer, who successfully crossed Lake Ontario in 2012, could not overcome winds as high as 26 knots (48 km/h) during his attempt to cross Magellan last week. "We missed the slack tide and I was stuck in the middle of the channel for about one hour and 53 minutes. The Chilean navy pulled me out and I was very cold. When the wind picked up... I was like Spiderman climbing the walls of water." said Nagaraja, a member of the Oakville-based Lake Ontario Swim Team. "This was a fantastic experience and we had a lot of fun. Great people. Great food," he added. 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