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Soccer pitches all over the city each surely have their own tales of drama to tell from the past month, which featured big youth soccer competitions each weekend with the June 7-8 Nepean Hotspurs Friendship Tournament, FC Capital United’s June 14-15 Mini World Cup, the June 21-22 Cumberland Cobras Snakebite Tournament and the July 5-6 Gloucester International Boys’ Soccer Tournament.
The Hotspurs earned a pair of titles in the 20th anniversary edition of their tourney, winning the U16 boys’ and U14/15 girls’ division, while Gloucester topped the U13 boys’ event.
Cap U were also champions at their home event (see story on p.8 for full details).
The Cobras followed suit by taking the U13 girls’ crown at their tourney, while St. Anthony’s earned the U14 and U15 boys’ titles.
In the tournament with the greatest number of competitive divisions of the bunch, Gloucester reached five finals on their Hornets Nest and Potvin fields. The Hornets downed the West Ottawa Warriors 2-1 in the U16 Tier 2 championship game and beat Newmarket in U16/17 Tier 1 for two titles, while they fell to Nepean City in U14 Tier 2, Bradford in U14 Tier 1 and Pierrefonds in U17/18 Tier 2. West Carleton won the U13 Tier 2 event, while the Cobras were finalists in U15 Tier 2.