Sarnia Girls Soccer
Sarnia Spirit U18
Western Ontario Youth Soccer League (WOYSL)


2007 WOYSL League "Kick Off" Cup
Strathroy, Ontario
 

Sarnia Spirit faced the Windsor East Side Kickers in the first game of the West Regional League Kick Off Cup and fell to a 4-2 loss. First goal of the game was scored by Dominque Pasqual. Later in the game the Spirit was given a penalty kick when Rebeka Bates was tackled inside the Kickers' box, which she was able to capitalize on. This wasn't enough and Windsor was awarded the 3 points.

In the 2nd match of the tournament, the Sarnia Spirit fought against the Kitchener Spirit to a scoreless 0-0 tie with each team receiving 1 point. Danielle St. Germain recorded the shut out. This put the Sarnia Spirit in 3rd place of their pool.

On the 2nd day of cup action the Spirit faced off against the Guelph Royals and with seconds left in the game Gillian Moore lobed a long shot over the Guelph keeper's head to tie the game 1-1. The game found itself being determined by penalty shots which required 8 shooters from each side. Mairi MacIntyre, Alicia Hutchings, Danielle St. Germain, Maegan Knight, Ashley Cechovsky, and Gillian Moore were successful in their kicks. This 2-1 win over Guelph sent the Spirit to the semi finals.

In semi final action, London City Fusion competed against the East Side Kickers and the second match up found Sarnia Spirit up against the Kitchener Spirit for the second time in the tournament. With a goal by Mairi MacIntyre the Sarnia girls had beat the Kitchener team 1-0. This was a very hard fought battle and many of the girls by this point were battered and bruised but with great determination and a lot of "heart", found themselves in the tournament finals. In the final game, they again faced off against the East Side Kickers. They definitely had something to prove and using every ounce of energy they had left beat the Kickers 2-1 from goals by Taylor Huggett and Mairi MacIntyre to become the 2007 WOYSL Kick Off Cup Champions.

The coaching staff were very pleased and proud of how the team competed and fought hard in this tournament. The Sarnia Spirit team travels to Kitchener Monday May 14th for their first league game against the Kitchener Spirit. Over the Victoria Day weekend they will be travelling to Toronto to compete in the Dixie Show Case Tournament where they will see some international competition.


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