Battlefords United FC cleans up at Hollandia Cup
Three Battlefords United FC teams shined at the Hollandia Cup in Saskatoon this past weekend, with two winning gold and one team falling just short in the gold-medal game.
The U-12 boys went 4-0 on their way to gold in division three, the U-16 boys won three games on their way to gold also in division three, and the U-18 boys fell 3-2 in a shootout to Hollandia Munson in the finals while competing in the only U-20 division.
“Our U-18 [team] is very strong and very skilled both indiviudally and as a team,” said U-18 co-coach Kat Huxley. “We played two U-20 teams and played very, very well.
“A lot of our players have been playing together their whole lives. I feel in the summertime [we are] a very soccer-oriented community when it comes to the Battlefords and the First Nations reserves around the community. And a lot of these boys on this U-18 have been training together since October of last year.”