The Subway Warriors (Royal Blue) won two of three games to strike silver in the U14/15 Girls Division of the Vernon Cup soccer tournament last weekend.
The Warriors, coached by Joelle Ho, opened with a 5-1 win over Subway White, getting first-half goals from Shaina Jones and Saskia DeFoor.
Goals in the second half came from Faith Bodenmann, DeFoor and Jenna Fochler. Merissa Holland held everything together on defence and Grace Hunter made some awesome plays on the flank. Tatum Secretan sweetly set up plays and delivered passes, while an energized Caitlyn Bartell enjoyed one of her best games this year.
The Warriors bowed 3-2 to the eventual gold-medalist Bumble Bee’s (Yellow) 3-2.
Jones rang up a deuce early and narrowly missed a penalty kick. The Bumble Bees responded before the half and then equalized and netted the winner on a penalty kick in the final half.
Joelle Smid was sensational in the centre for the Warriors, making great stops and passes up the pitch. Eve Cleland and Kristin Ho were bold on defence. Elizabeth Vargas stepped up in midfield, while Jenna Chirkoff sparkled with some intelligent plays.
The Warriors shut out Subway Red 2-0 Sunday with Ho converting at three minutes on a beauty pass from Natalie Houle. Grace Hunter just missed a shot on a long ball from Bodenman just before DeFoor’s shot was blocked by the keeper.
The Reds pressed to level the score but were denied by star keeper Ella Knowles, who challenged shooters and registered booming kicks all weekend.
DeFoor connected early in the final half after taking a pass from Houle, who nicely fed Ho and Jones for scoring chances.
Vernon Cup medal winners and their coaches:
U18 Girls:
Gold: Caufield Engraving, Dave Roemer.
Silver: Ladies World, Joel Haberstock.
Bronze: Shawna Sidhu Realtor, Angela Durfield.
U14/15 Girls:
Gold: Subway Yellow, Tania Sladen.
Silver: Subway Royal: Joelle Ho.
Bronze: Subway White: Dave Hesketh.
U12/13 Girls:
Gold: McDonald’s Red2, Derek Krusyfix.
Silver: McDonald’s Red, Dawn Ponich.
Bronze: McDonald’s White: Scott Botwood.
U18 Boys:
Gold: Sun Valley Sports, Geoff Cooke.
Silver: H&L Glass, Mark Alexander.
Bronze: Kidston &Co Law, Jorgen Kongsdorf.
U14/15 Boys:
Gold: Subway Royal, Tim Rayner
Silver: Subway Grey, Dave Bielski.
Bronze: Subway Yellow, Omeet Khatra, Ian Gibson Jr.
U12/13 Boys
Gold: McDonald’s Red, Ian Stewart.
Silver: McDonald’s White2, Brad Devries.
Bronze: McDonald’s White, Marcello Angelozzia.
Silver medals were awarded to the Warriors before Fochler was taken off the field by ambulance. Although injured, Destany Lulua-Mateus showed up and cheered loudly.
and off the crossbar.
Ho was not far off the net again on a free kick after getting tripped just outside the box.
in their Saturday game.