Life’s been busy for soccer players, as they have been travelling about the province finding teams to test their mettle against.
On the May Long Weekend four Quesnel teams, the U13, U15 and U17 girls as well as the U15 boys, went to the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association Slurpee Cup.
While the U17 Girls and U15 Boys struggled, the U15 girls and U13 girls both finished third in their groupings, the U15 girls going 2-1-1 and the U13 girls 2-2.
Last weekend the U15 Boys, U12 Boys, U15 Girls, U13 Girls and U11 Girls went to Prince George to play Cariboo League games.
The U15 boys played two older U16 teams, one from Prince George and the other from Williams Lake. Though they controlled most of the play against Prince George, they we unable to finish and fell 0-3. Against Williams Lake, the older team’s experience was difficult to match, with the game finishing in a loss.
The U15 girls faced two Williams Lake teams, but had a difficult time finishing as well, with the games ending 2-1 and 4-0 in Williams Lake’s favour.
The U13 girls came out strong and scored early in their first game against Prince George’s U14 girls. Prince George answered late in the first half, bringing the teams even at half time. Quesnel again regained the lead in second half, but Prince George answered and tied the game seconds before full time. The U13 girls second game was a rematch of their first game, facing the U14 Prince George girls again. This ended in a 0-4 loss under difficult weather conditions as a thunderstorm moved in.
The U12 boys split their games with a loss against Prince George and a win over Williams Lake.
The U11 girls finished similar with a 3-1 loss to Prince George and a 1-1 tie against Williams Lake.
Overall the Quesnel teams played well.
The U13 girls and U15 girls are busy preparing for their provincial qualifying matches against 100 Mile (to be played on June 9 in Williams Lake). The U15 girls will be in PG playing exhibition games with Prince George and Terrace, while the U13’s will be hosting a match with Prince George Sunday at 3:45.
The U17 Girls will also be in PG this weekend for exhibition games.
-contributed by Gilbert Schotel
