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NS Vikings clip
Pegasus’ wings

Underdogs beat
favorites in local
futsal action 7-3

NORTH SHORE Vikings stunned
North Shore 7-3 in recent
Mainland Futsal League action.

By Colin Themas
Contributing Writer

The league consists of eight top
futsal squads from around the Lower
Mainland. Futsal is an indoor soccer

for boundaries
and borrows
from _ hockey
things like line
changes. Teams

66 Pegasus

players and a

Most teams
in the indoor
soccer league
double as out-
door soccer
i¢ams as well.
Pegasus are the
current provincial amateur soccer
champions and boast a number of
Vancouver 86ers in their line-up.

The North Shore Vikings play in
the summer North Shore Sportsmen's

The North Shore rivals had never
met each other indoor or out and the
Vikings came into the con-

test fined up.

“We had a special game plan for
Pegasus” said Vikings’ captain
George Drazenovic. “We knew we
could not match their firepower so we
came in with a defensive strategy and

Tolja who

Saves.

number of chances but
play with four Could not beat Vikings’
goalkeeper Davor

number of spectacular

would try to bum them on the counter
attack.”

Pegasus came into the match
undefeated with three straight wins
while the Vikings were 1-1.

The teams traded early goals and
that's when the Vikings went into
their defensive strategy, Mike Dodd
and Zipho Sibiya.

Pegasus created a number of
chances but could not beat Vikings’
goalkeeper Davor Tolja, who made 4
number of spectacular saves.

Viking Bob Vukovich scored in
the last minute of the first half (halves
are 20 minutes each) to give his team

a 2-1 lead.

The second half
started typically
with Pegasus con-
trolling the play,

t tenacious
defensive play by
Vikings Aaron
Bruce, Mike
Conway and
Drazenovic shut
down any chal-
lenge.

Brian Shantz
gave the Vikings

99 some breathing
room when he beat
Pegasus’ goalkeep-

er Dave Fiorvento.

Pegasus could not find the net
despite constant pressure, and when
Viking Robbie Ferguson made it 4-1
on yet another counter attack, the
upset seemed inevitable.

“We just could not beat their
keeper,” said Dodd after the game.

Drazenovic added: “We had a
plan to keep their awesome offense in
check and to score on the counter
attack. The plan worked beautifully.”

The Mainland Futsal League
plays Tuesday nights at the Burnaby
Racquets Club.

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