Two soccer teams from this city might be representing British Columbia at national championship events next October.
性视界传媒 United in the women鈥檚 competition and the ICST Pegasus men鈥檚 team have qualified for their respective Provincial Cup finals Sunday afternoon at Kinsmen Field in Aldergrove.
The Provincial Cup champions will advance to the nationals Oct. 5-10 in Quebec.
性视界传媒 United has breezed through the competition to get to the women鈥檚 final at 1 p.m., after a 6-0 rout of Prospect Lake last Sunday in Victoria.
Rachael Pelat tallied three times for 性视界传媒, with Katie Thorlakson adding a pair and Randee Hermus notching one.
It was 性视界传媒鈥檚 second consecutive 6-0 victory in Provincial Cup play, coming off a Metro Women鈥檚 Soccer League season which saw them win all 17 league and cup games.
Chasing their eighth consecutive Provincial Cup title, United will kick off against Metro Women鈥檚 Soccer League rivals Westside FC in Sunday鈥檚 final. 性视界传媒 won all three matches between the two clubs this past season, winning 3-1 and 2-1 in league play last fall, then blanking Westside 5-0 in a cup game on Feb. 6.
鈥淪ometimes it seems too good to be true,鈥 said Martin Foden, executive director of the United club. 鈥淲e鈥檙e determined, we鈥檝e got talent. We鈥檙e scoring lots and playing very well at the moment.
鈥淏ut it (seven consecutive Provincial Cup wins) can add to the pressure. You don鈥檛 want to be on the team that loses. But we鈥檙e still confident.鈥
ICST Pegasus will be seeking its second men鈥檚 Provincial Cup title in eight years after their 3-1 victory over VMSL rival Delta United.
Pegasus surrendered the game鈥檚 first goal, when a header from Delta鈥檚 Shawn Blakeway went in off a defender for an own goal roughly 25 minutes into the game.
Pegasus pulled even just minutes later, with Diaz Kambere scoring to finish off a passing play that involved Jag Gill, Niko Marcina and Azad Palani.
The 性视界传媒 side netted the winner in the 65th minute when Marcina moved the ball from midfield before setting up Sahil Sandhu at the edge of the penalty area. Sandhu then assisted on an insurance goal from Omari Aldridge with 15 minutes to play to put the game out of reach.
Pegasus will face Columbus FC in the final at 3:30 p.m. Columbus has not conceded a goal while winning three consecutive contests to reach Sunday鈥檚 championship game.
The two teams split their head-to-head contests in league play, with Columbus winning 3-1 on Oct. 10, and Pegasus posting a decisive 4-0 victory on Jan. 23.