The YUFC Chelsea Boys Div 1 soccer team, coached by Mike Jakubiec, travelled to Winnipeg to take part in the annual Winnipeg Children's Hospital Soccer Tournament. Jakubiec wanted his boys to take in the tournament to experience some different teams, styles of play and levels of competition.
On the way to the tournament on Friday night, they learned that all Friday night games were cancelled due to wet field conditions and that all games were rescheduled in an indoor facility at the University of Manitoba using a shoot out format. Teams would square off by taking five penalty kicks each against the opposing goalie and register the result as the game score. Yorkton won their match 4-2 against the Winnipeg Westman FC Invaders with goals by Jordin Rusnack, Thomas Dzagowez, Nick Fetsch, and Zachary Wasylyshen. Austin Stewart was in goal.
Saturday saw the outdoor game schedule return, but the conditions were cold and windy. Yorkton took on Winnipeg's FCNW Pater, indoor Winnipeg City champions this past season, to a 1-1 draw. Nick Fetsch opened the scoring while keeper Carson Sveinbjornson allowed only one Winnipeg goal from 21 shots on net.
Saturday afternoon, Yorkton met Winnipeg's Molina Reds who would go on to win the tournament unbeaten. Molina won the match 4-0. Once again, Sveinbjornson worked hard to save 16 shots.
Yorkton finished 6th in the total of 12 teams in the U12 Boys Developmental League, the equivalent of the Premier League the boys play in Regina. While YUFC Chelsea Boys may not have come home with a medal, they played very well against two teams that placed 1st (Molina Red) and 3rd (Pater) in the tournament.
