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15 - Wednesday, October 18, 1989 -

North Shore News

Selects win soccer championship

THE TASTE of victory was sweet

‘for the North Skore Selects

Under-17 Soccer Team as they
returned from Nova Scotia after
capturing the National Club
Championship.

By ELIZABETH COLLINGS
News Reporter

In a rematch of the 1987
under-14 Canadian Championship,
the Selects faced Matario in the
final but this time were triumphant
in registering a 3-2 overtime vic-
tory in a nailbiting match on the
holiday Monday, after sailing past
Nova Scotia 5-1 and Quebec 3-0.

“Our team, from the goalkeeper
out, played superb. it was real
sweet revenge for us,’’ said coach
Gerry Macey.

Winner of the Provincial Cup
Championship for four con-
secutive years, the Selects were
cautiously optimistic going to
Nova Scotia.

“I was very optimistic about
how we would do, but at that level
it’s very tough,” Macey said.

Yet at half time the Selects were
down 2-0.

Macey said the team had a
“couple of mental lapses”’ in the
first half. ‘‘We regrouped at haif
time and came out a totally dif-
ferent team.’’

Seven minutes into the second
half Macey’s son, Scott found the
net with an assist from midfielder
Simon Tate.

The Selects continued to put on
Pressure, undeterred by a
disallowed goal.

With six minutes left, Ontario
attempted an offside trap but Nick
Cena knocked the ball through to
Tate who managed to tie up the
game, forcing the game into over-
time.

Afterwards Tate said, ‘‘I
couldn’t really telieve it. After
building for years, that one mo-
ment...”

The Selects persevered for two
15-minute overtime periods. The
break came when striker Jeff Hart
broke into Ontario’s penalty area
and was fouled by the goalkeeper.

Mendela Sibiya took the penalty
shot, earning the Selects the na-
tional title.

Lee Macri said the Selects’ phys-

ical condition, built by three prac-
tices a week, helped the local
squad triumph in overtime.

“This is kind of embarrassing,
but I was so happy I was crying,”
Macri said.

Macey has bsen coaching the
Selects for 11 years. His son and
Mark Braithwaite are original team
members and the majority of the
team has been on the roster for the
past eight years.

Macey expects a minimum of
four Selects to be invited to try out
for the Canadian under-19 team.

The North Shore Selects winning
team is made up of goalkeeper
Jason Pietrzyk; defence Macri,
Cena, Gareth Morgan, Darren
Nott and Scott Marleau; mid-
fielders Macey, Simon Manila and
Ike Nakayama; strikers
Braithwaite, Ryan Saunders, Greg
Trpin, Cormac Ward, Peter da
Siiva and Hart who Macey said
“played the most inspired games
of soccer in his life.’’

Lending support were co-coach
Gary Ofner, team manager Jo-Ann
Marieau, and the North Shore
District Board.

photo Tom Burley

Friendly sweep

SIMON LAIDLAW (left) and Donald Doull (background), from
George Watson’s College in Edinburgh engaged in a friendly game of
curling with Argyle'’s Kevin Williams (right) at the North Shore Winter
Club Thursday. George Watson’s is touring Canada with its curling
and rugby teams.

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