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April 23, 1980

Tel. 985-2131

By ANDY FRASER

North Shore Soccer
fans will be missing out

on some pretty exciting
soccer this summer if
officials responsible for
allocating parks don’t
change their minds.

North Shore Pegasus had
been hoping to have games
on the North Shore for
matches against Seattle
Sounder reserves, Portland
Timber reserves, plus other
top teams in the tough
development league. but the
club has been refused
permission to play on any
fields for four games spread
Over (wo months

According to Peter Scott,
who coaches the senior team
as well as being the head
man with the overall
organization which supports
five teams, no parks will be

in summer

available for soccer on the
North Shore after May. This

will force the club to
reschedule their home
games against the top flight
competition over to Van-
couver where there are
parks available

Pegasus have been

described as one of the three
top amateur clubs in’ the
country. They are presently
preparing for a summer
season in the Pacific North
West Soccer league which
includes teams from Seattle
Sounders, Portland Timbers,
Simon Fraser, the Fraser
Valley The competition will
be the best outside the North

Amenecan Soccer League
and yet the Pegasus
organization as totally
discouraged and — perhaps

ready to pack in thei North
Shore affiliation

During the winter season,
Pegasus draws in y number

Pegasus knocked off N.Shore

No fields available

of Canadians who play tn the
North Amenecan Soccer
League. The players come to
the North Shore Club
because of the competition
and the coaching they
receive. It also provides
North Shore spectators to
see some pretty exciting
soccer However, this may
soon be coming to a close.

Pegasus teams play in the
Pacific North West League.
the second division, the
graduate league, a womens
team plus a team inthe
North Shore Industria!
soccer league

They also provide a soccer
chme for youngsters on the
North Shore each summer,
with plans for this summer
already well advanced

“To sometimes wonder why
we even bother’ said Scott
week, obviously
discouraged after receiving
nothing but setbacks in his

last

dealing with North Shore
park officials.

With no fields available
for games against Seattle
Sounder reserves, Portland
Timber -reserves, Fraser
Valley and Vancouver
Island, the North Shore
squad will most likely be
playing their home games at
Empire Stadium, and farling

that, at some other Van-
couver location
He pointed out that the

team will have a place to
play. but it would be unhkely
that the fans on the North
Shore would be in a position
to come out and watch
because of the total
unavailability of parks on
thas side of the water

Scott was to meet with
officials again this week, buf
was not optimistic aboul a

solution to the problem

lues wrap up year with win:Page B2

Steve Kember of the

Whitecaps forces
Minnesota keeper
Tino Lettieri of

Montreal to make a
diving save. Lettieri
however, was out of
position to stop Carl
Valentine who put
away the rebound.
Whitecaps will be in
L.A. Saturday
evening for a game
against the Aztecs at
7:30 pm. (Terry Peters
photo)

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