Throughout
holiday. weekend,
number. of people were
° grossly: ‘insulting

“soccer teams: by, ‘saying ° :

how good they were.

It. was” ‘an insult: because
~ they. were surprised that the |
_ girls. competing _ in the —
Provincial |, Cup finals. at"
" Swangard Stadium © were)
_ playing soccer almost i as well |
‘asboys. a

It seemed a ‘revelation. to
‘them that female | soccer
_ players had ‘the intelligence
“and ability | to. play” good
‘soccer,

Now that. the “coaching,
infra-structure . is in ~ place ‘

: should not be able to play as
well as boys at. certain age
levels and. the first annual

hyp eerie.

_ Girls’ Tournament of Soccer
«Champions came... at. the ~
“perfect: ‘time to: demonstrate’

~ Fourteen |

‘teams from’

seven divisions competed for»

the” provincial cup and:
among ‘them ‘were: ‘three

. North Shore .. sides, ...the

* Mount.” Seymour - Comets.

~ Lynn Valley Falcons,’.and.

North Shore Viking Red-
birds.

While. only, ‘the. Fatcons.
came away with a victory,
both ‘the “Comets ‘and
Redbirds were . qualified
‘standard bearers for: their |
“clubs,

* The. Comets were, the first
’.Mount Seymour team, male
‘or female, to, qualify for a-
“provincial final, \ and- the

'- there is no reason that girls Redbirds had the similar

honor for the Viking club.
Here is a brief summary of
cach of the games:

After: breaking

‘Lynn Valley Falcons 3
 Sur-del Schreechow]s 0

-The ‘Paleas came into
their’ ‘sixth: division, under
12's, -, final - as definite |

‘Coach Vic ‘Vecsey was
quoted'as saying the ‘Orange
Crush” had ‘only ever ‘lost
twice; against an. older girls _
team, and against a’ boys
team, |

The Lynn Valley club took.
control of the ‘game. carly °
‘and never really relinquished *
it.

“Right from the start it was
“obvious: that the Falcons”
. Marie Jeanne Vecsey, in the |
_ centre-forward position, was
~ going. to be the, person to.
, watch, ° :

through |
the Schreechowl defence
twice and missing by inches,
Vecsey finally connected

goalies:

In the: sec cond ‘half Lynn
Valley: dominated play more
and more -and: Sur-del WBS)

hampered ‘by: injuries to ‘a.
Seni of its 5 better mid-field.

i Falcons showed their
‘ability to. pass the ball and.
feed’ good crosses, into’ the |

Vecsey had another good
opportunity when she forced °

her way around or through
four. or, five players in the
- goal area and managed to:
get:

the final Lynn Valley goal.
“Goalie Kathy Furguson
had the shutout for the
Falcons, and ‘apart from a
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