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Friday, May 4, 2012
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Ice advance to Coastal B final
the quarterfinals, with goals from Paige Slight It was a squeaker, but the Coquitlam Metroand Hargreaves. Ford Black Ice slipped past Surrey 1-0 to qualify for the under-15 girls Coastal B Cup final. • The North Coquitlam United Xtreme put forward a strong effort but were nudged 2-0 by In an evenly played match, the game was Saanich in the u-16 girls Coastal B decided in penalty kicks when Cup semifinal last week. Charlotte Wishart turned back the It came on the heels of a drafirst two Surrey shooters while matic quarterfinal victory for the Coquitlam cashed in on its first four sports@thenownews.com Xtreme, where Chloe Haner cashed shots. Leading the way on defence in the overtime winner in a 2-1 win were Natalie Davidson, Jordie Edgar, Vanessa Puleo and Erin Wright, midfield- over South Delta. Michell Samaei also scored, ers Rachel Bralic and Natalie Medic, and forward while Lauren Kirkpatrick and Alyssa Lum turned in standout efforts. Kathryn Harvey. Coquitlam faces Ladner in the final on May 6 • The Coquitlam Metro-Ford u-14 gold girls in Richmond. Inferno saw their Coastal B Cup hopes end in a • Nikki Hargreaves tallied two sharp goals to 4-2 loss to Tsawwassen two weeks ago. The Inferno outplayed their opponents but spark the PoCo Fury past Richmond 3-1 in the suffered a few unlucky bounces. The team’s u-17 girls Coastal B Cup semifinal last week. strong season was a result of full-team effort: Sukhman Sidhu also scored, while netminder Julia Benning, Chanell Botsis, Alexia Cappellini, Aneet Sandhu came up with a huge effort in Amanda Cordeiro, Kimberly Henry, Arielle stopping Richmond’s rally. PoCo thrived under Hoo, Sophia Kazemi, Danijela Kazulin, Alissa a full team effort, and now face Nanaimo in the Mele, Makena Mills, Shayla Momotani, Abigail championship final on May 6 in Richmond. Newton, Janine Pochurko and Ariya Saleh. Earlier, the Fury blanked Vancouver 2-0 in
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foiled Ryan Dhillon from close range. At about the 67th minute, Delta’s Cam Hundal drove to the net and knocked in the game’s lone goal. Valente had the best chance in the late stages but Smiley blocked it. The loss closes a pretty solid season for Coquitlam, which welcomed a lot of Metro-Ford’s young talent into the fold. The club survived a few rough streaks but got on track over the second half to make a generous push up the VMSL standings. Falling short still
stings, though. “We were explaining it to some of the younger players, that you never know when you may get this close again,” said Valente, noting that the last Coquitlam team to advance to the semifinals was in 1999. “You don’t know if it will be another 13 years or sooner.” • The result was equally as disappointing for PoCo FC, who were stopped 1-0 by the Surrey United Firefighters. Scoreless at halftime, the game featured numerous scoring chances that were foiled by netminders Erman Ozkan and Paul Shepherd.
Moments after Ozkan had turned him back on a glorious oportunity, Surrey’s Jeff Clarke deposited the game’s lone marker at the 65th minute. Pressing for a goal, PoCo’s Milad Rahmati took a wellplaced pass from Rob Giezen but was stopped by Shepherd. The Firefighters’ netminder would also turn aside Mark Gomes on a free kick. PoCo FC’s final game featured the same stellar defensive play that produced a 27-1-3 record — led by defenders Brendan Campbell, Mike Gomes, Mark McQuade and Jimmy Thompson.
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