United Floors capped off an undefeated regular season with the playoff championship in the Williams Lake Men’s Futsal League.
United downed Celtic Engineering 4-1 in last Tuesday evening’s championship game at the Lake City Secondary gym.
Rick Heal got the ball rolling for United as he slammed in a rebound from a Mike Brogan blast to but his side up 1-0. Just before half time United netminder Brent Gardner jumped into the attack and his blast from just over center found the corner to double their lead at 2-0.
Sean Glanville scored midway through the second half on a long shot from the wing to put United up 3-0. Jake Walsh got one back for Celtic with a hard shot through traffic to cut the lead to 3-1. However, Curt Levens tallied late in the game to put the final touches on a 4-1 win.
United’s toughest contest came a week earlier in the playoff semifinal when they needed a shootout over Storm to advance. Storm jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a goal by Justin Foster but Brogan tallied to knot things up at 1-1. In overtime Glanville scored the go-ahead goal for United only to see Oliver Hitch answer for Storm with 2 minutes remaining to knot it up at 2-2 and force penalties. In the shootout Glanville, Brogan and Levens all scored from the spot with Brent Gardner making a critical safe to give his side the win.
In the other semifinal Celtic downed Blue United 7-5. Celtic were led by a pair of goals from Rory Fogarty with Derek Funk, Darryl Taylor and Walsh also finding the back of the net for the winning side. Luke Moger led Blue with a pair of goals and Mike Holm and Quinton Klopp also chipped in with a goal each.
League president Luke Moger added a big thank you to all of the volunteers and referees that make the league happen and, added players are now looking forward to the beginning of the outdoor soccer season.
Moger said registration is still being finalized, however, noted interested players should keep an eye on the website at www.williamslakesoccer.com for updates.
