It was a golden weekend for the Yorkton United Football Club as the U-18 team took gold after losing in last year's Saskatchewan Provincial Final in penalty kicks with a 2-1 win over Swift Current in the final over Canada Day long weekend.
The U-18 squad opened up the weekend with a scorching start, scoring a 2-1 win over Moose Jaw before going through two setbacks in the group stage that aimed to derail their title hopes.
A 3-1 loss to Moose Jaw was followed by a scoreless Nil-Nil draw to UCT that put the United's record through three games at 1-1-1. Losing 3-1 before failing to score in the following game, the United squad needed to bounce back in a huge way entering the final game of the round robin against Regina Unidad.
With just four points in three games, the U-18's needed a win to have a chance to finish first or second in the round robin to play in the final.
Luckily Yorkton put in a tidy defensive performance in the must win round robin finale to secure a one-nil win over Unidad and advance to the final where they would be faced against the Swift Current side that handed them their only loss of the tournament 3-1 in the round robin.
In the final the tables would be turned as the young Yorkton squad learned from their mistakes in the round robin and played to the moment when everything was on the line, putting in a full ninety minute effort to take home the provincial gold with a 2-1 win.
The win gave the United club its second U-18 title in three years winning the gold in 2011 before losing in penalty kicks in 2012.
