Entering July's Summerfest tournament, Yorkton United Football Club U-10 and U-12 teams expected to do well and did so, both performing excellently despite not securing tournament titles in a fun weekend of soccer.
Yorkton United's U-10 team won all three of their games at the tournament, but due to the way group stage play was set up were strangely knocked out of the final despite winning every one of their matches while the YUFC U-12's got into the final with one, one draw and one loss before losing in the final.
The U-10's moved up an age group to play in the tournament, moving from the Premier Division for U-10's to U-12 Division 2 for Summerfest but were not slowed down with their three wins, ultimately being deserving of a place in the finals thanks to winning three games against much larger and older players thanks to quality passing and determination according to coach Benno Looft who praised his team's efforts.
For the U-12's their trip to the final was a memorable one as they faced a REU Boca Jr's side they had lost to 5-2 in group play in a hard fought match. In the final, the young YUFC players proved that they deserved to be there and played much better with the final on the line, taking the match to extra time before losing to a "Golden Goal" to take a well earned silver medal. Coach Andy Wyatt said he was proud of his team's effort in doing their best against a tough team, which is all he asks of them.
Both the U-10's and U-12's will continue their seasons in league and cup play throughout July.
