Team News

The U-13 Metro Sting squad took gold at the recent North Shore Thanksgiving Tournament. With the Sting being bumped up into the U-14 bracket they had an outstanding effort against their much larger opponents and to top things off they went four games without conceding a goal. Victories over Port Moody 1-0, North Shore 1-0, West Vancouver 3-0 and a hard fought championship win of 1-0 over Kamloops secured first place. An outstanding team effort as the girls played hard and used their skill and conditioning to carry the weekend. Well done ladies.

Coach's Kevan, Wayne, Paul and John.

The SurDel Sting U-13 Metro team took gold in the Labour Day tournament in Pitt Meadows. The Sting went undefeated in round robin action allowing only one goal in the tournament in a hard fought battle against a U-14 Metro team. Game MVP's, as selected by the opposing coaches, were Ravneet, Brit, Patty and Meghan. However all the players had an awesome weekend of soccer and congrats to the Sting on a fine start to the season.

The U-14 SurDel Force went undefeated through all of round robin cup play. The Force were then off to Victoria beating the Peninsula Comets 2-1 in the quarter finals. This had the Force playing Surrey United Xplosion next in the semi finals and once again victorious in shootouts. This now set up championship final vs.Coquitlam Metro Ford Galaxy. After being down 1-0 at halftime the Force turned things around in the 45th second tying the game 1-1. The game went into extra time; although the Force had oppotunities to put the game away the final after 55 minutes was still 1-1. Into shootouts we go and the FORCE were victorious 3 goals to 1.

We all would like to congratulate the FORCE on becoming the Coastal Champions for 2011. This has been an exceptional year for the girls medalling 3 out of 4 tournaments and finishing 2nd in the regular season league play. The girls will represent SurDel in the Provincials in July. Way to go girls; GO FORCE GO!!!

The U-12 Sting took the gold this past weekend playing up in the U-13 age bracket in the Mission Memorial Tournament. Playing some of the top U-13 teams in the Fraser Valley they went undefeated with three shutouts against their opposition. A 0-0 draw against North Coquitlam was followed by successive wins of 3-0 against Royal City, 2-1 against Abbotsford and an exciting 1-0 victory in the deciding match against the Surrey Selects. Game MVP's were Ravneet Sandhar, Kylie Robertson, Sophia Pacheco and Joven Sandhu. Way to go Sting!!

Coach's Kevan, Wayne, John and Paul

In addition, to the Mayor's Cup, the U10 Strikers have come away as champions. This time, they were playing at U11 Silver.

Congratulations to the SurDel Strikers, this year's U10 Development Mayor's Cup Champions. Other notable tournaments for this team are:

• Ladner Labour Day (U10 Dev Div) - 2nd place
• North Shore Thanksgiving (U11 Select) - 2nd place
• Surrey Breakers Remembrance Day (U10 Dev. Div) - 2nd place

Congrats to Gord McGahey and his team for a great effort.

The U17 Scorpions, with impressive skill and coach Jim Mercer's leadership, were thrilled to win the Remembrance Day tournament in Burnaby. Not only did they take first place in game play, they placed first in the skills competition and so came home with TWO medals!

Congratulations ladies!!!

The U11 Select 2 Heat went undefeated in the Burnaby Remembrance day tourney. Not allowing a goal in four games with great team defense, the Heat started slowly in their first game vs. the squad from North Coquitlam with the game ending in a 0 to 0 tie. The offense took over in games two and three with identical wins of 3-0 vs. Cliff Avenue and Burnaby Girls Soccer Club. The final was a re-match vs. the North Coquitlam team with the Heat dominating play and winning by a score of 2-0.

The Heat are: coaches John, Mark and Brad, Mneet, Manvi, Shaelyn, Bella, Asha, Hannah, Ravleen, Christina, Alexia, Rhiannan, Amelia, Isabel and Sarah

Congratulations Heat!

The SurDel U12 Strikers (Select) participated in the North Shore - Thanksgiving Day Tournament this year. The girls had a lot of fun and played very well, going undefeated in the tournament. Their play earned them the best goal differential of all the teams in their group. Unfortunately, the way the points were awarded (with a bonus point given for a shut-out), they ended the weekend in 2nd place.

The Strikers battled hard and really moved the ball well - getting stronger and looking better with each game they played. However, in their most competitive match of the tournament, and the only game where it actually rained, luck seemd to be on the side of the home team - with a series of unlucky bounces putting the Strikers behind by a few goals early. Determined to create their own luck - the girls didn't give up and pushed back hard, taking the game to the NSGS Lightning in the second-half and tying the game in the final minute when Jillian Hunt buried a free-kick from the top of the box, placing it in the top corner. A great finish to an exciting game!

Congratulations Strikers. You're 'never-die' attitude and great play on this weekend deserved 1st place.

Congratulations to the U-12 Surdel Venom on finishing first & winning the Gold medal at the 2010 North Shore Thanksgiving tournament! The girls have been practicing hard and it all payed off on the turf in North Van. The Venom fought their way through the elements using impressive offence and strong defence to win the Gold.

Way to go Venom!!!!

The U13 Surdel Snipers silver team won first-place at this year’s Richmond Thanksgiving Tournament. The Snipers were very impressive in all of their wins, dominating time of possession, creating countless dangerous scoring opportunities, while playing an aggressive but well disciplined team defense. The Snipers outscored their opponents 12-1 over the four game tournament impressing not only their parents and fans, but their coaches too. Of the twelve goals there were 8 different goal scorers, with assists coming from everyone on the team. In the final, the Snipers put on their ‘war paint’ and proceeded to finish off a fun weekend with a very controlled and impressive 3-0 victory over the previously unbeaten Surrey Venom.

Congratulations Surdel Snipers!

The U12 SurDel Strikers select-2 team earned first-place at this year's Langley Labour Day Tournament. The girls worked very hard, and with a little luck - were able to overtake the home team and WIN the tournament. The Strikers began the tournament with a decisive 6-1 win, but came up short in the second match losing 3-1. The pressure was on and they needed to win if they expected to earn a medal. The third game was a hard-fought, physical, match ...but this time the Strikers came to play. They put on their best performance of the tournament - holding their opponent in their end of the field for most of the game and besting them by 2 goals to none. This was a great game to watch. Going into the final game of the tournament, the Home team held the overall point-lead by a single point, but the Strikers could still take first-place with a solid effort, a minimum of 3 goals ..and a little help from the soccer gods. Well, the gods were smiling on SurDel. The Strikers won 6-1, shutting-down the opposition, putting on a goal-scoring clinic and taking the tournament by a single point! Congratulations to ALL of the U12 SurDel Strikers!

Coaches: Chris, Kent and Ken

The U-12 Select 1 Sting team went undefeated through the Pitt Meadows Labour Day Tournament beating Vancouver 10 - 0, PoCo 5 - 0 and Port Moody Select Two 3 - 1 in round robin play. This had the Sting against the Port Moody Select One team in the championship final. After being down 1 - 0 at halftime the Sting turned things around with goals by Brit Costa and Jamie Cornes to take a thrilling final match 2 - 1. The Sting's defence and goal keeping were first class during the tournament and not enough can be said about their hard work. Tournament MVP's, as chosen by the opposing coaches, were Kelsey Craddock, Jamie Cornes, Bayley Wachsmuth and Hailey Lemon. Great job ladies.

Coaches, Kevan, Wayne, Paul and John

The U 14 Storm who are competing in the GMSL for their first season as a Metro team got things started off nicely playing in the Puget Sound Labour Day Tournament to start their season off.  The Storm ended up finishing 2nd in this Tournament and had a little bit of everything to start their season off.  A couple of the teams they played were not the best competiton for the Storm in some lop sided victories but the last two games ended up being exactly what the Storm needed to get their play up to snuff to compete at this high level of Metro Soccer.  The Semi Final saw a very aggressive (year older team) Washington Swoosh 96' team take 3 Yellow cards against the Storm players as the Storm controlled possession throughout the game.  The Final saw the Storm play 1 bad half and then bounce back with the style of play needed to play at this level but fell short losing for their 2nd place finish.  Good luck in your 2010/2011 Season girls!

The SurDel Force U-14 Gold team competed in two tournaments back to back. Chilliwack tournament (left photo) August 28, 2010 competing versus other U-14 Gold teams and most recently in the Pitt Meadows Labour Day Long Weekend (right photo) competing up a year in U-15 Gold. The Force were victorious in both tournaments, bringing home the Gold Medals. The girls have had an excellent start to the year and with some hard work should have an exceptional fun filled season..

The U-12 Sting entered a split squad of two teams of seven going into the Umbro Beach Blast at Jericho Beach. Both teams went undefeated thru the round robin with Sting Red finishing 3-0-0 and Sting White at 2-0-1. This saw Sting Red in the Gold match where they narrowly lost 1-0 to a full squad team and Sting White took Bronze in extra time on a golden goal from a Taylor Russell free kick. The Sting had a great time out on the beach, working hard and enjoying a different version of the game. Well done ladies.

Well after months of fundraising, training, games, etc the SurDel Sting finally acheived their goal of playing in the USA Cup in Minnesota. The Sting's first day of the tournament was a big one as they started things off with a bang winning 3-2 against the NSSA Ice, with goals by Jamie Cornes and Hailey Lemon (2). The Sting are playing girls that are anywhere from a year older and the competition is huge both in size and attitude so a win was massive. From there they were off to the opening ceremonies where 15,000 players from approx twenty countries all converge into an Olympic style walk in by the athletes. The Sting were the first Canadian team in and got a massive ovation from the rest of the Canadian fans.

Day #2 was a steam bath as the rains in the morning met the players as they had a private session with Minnesota Thunder head coach Manny Lagos. The Thunder play the Whitecaps so having some one on one time with him was a great experience.

The U-11 Select 1 SurDel Sting took gold at the Steve Bonnett Memorial Tournament in Mission. The Sting went undefeated thru the four games with three shutouts including an exciting 1-0 victory over PoCo in the championship game. The whole team played outstanding soccer and tournament MVP's, as named by the opposing coaches were, Brittany Costa, Jade Milford, Armani Takhar and Jamie Cornes.

The Sting's next tournament will see them off to Minneapolis to play in the USA Cup in July.

Well done ladies!!

Coaches Kev, Paul and John

SurDel Hotshots 1 and SurDel Hotshots 2 went head to head to determine the winner but ended up in a 2-2 tie. Both teams were declared winners of the TSS Power Tournament U-18 tier two. Hotshots 2 finished with a record of 2 wins and 2 ties while Hotshots 1 finished with 1 win, 2 ties and 1 loss. Very proud of all of our players who competed very hard against the other teams in the tournament as well as our own.

Thanks,
Kash Sall
Coach of the U-18G1