Photo by Marcel Vander Wier
KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE BALL – Andreas Lavanderos, centre, tracks down a loose ball during the boys final of the Whitehorse Futsala Tournament Sunday morning at Vanier Catholic Secondary School. His orange team won 5-0.
Photo by Marcel Vander Wier
KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE BALL – Andreas Lavanderos, centre, tracks down a loose ball during the boys final of the Whitehorse Futsala Tournament Sunday morning at Vanier Catholic Secondary School. His orange team won 5-0.
Andreas Lavanderos and Ashton Bryant each scored twice en route to a 5-0 win and a futsal title, Sunday.
Andreas Lavanderos and Ashton Bryant each scored twice en route to a 5-0 win and a futsal title, Sunday.
The boys final was an all Whitehorse affair with Whitehorse Orange taking on Whitehorse Blue in a battle of Junior Selects teammates at Vanier Catholic Secondary School.
After hitting the post in the early going, Lavanderos made good on his second chance, burying an Andrew Roberts feed into the top corner behind blue team goalie Ole Heath.
Bryant went on to ring a shot off the crossbar, before Lavanderos one-touched a cross from Ben Kishchuk into the net to give orange a 2-0 lead.
The young Lavanderos then turned playmaker, setting up Bryant for a strike with a sweet cross-crease pass that left Heath visibly frustrated.
Orange carried a 3-0 lead into the break and added two more in the second half off the boots of Bryant and Roberts.
Callum Weir earned the clean sheet in the 5-0 victory.
The tournament concluded with the girls final, which was an all-Juneau matchup that ended with a 7-6 score.
In lieu of indoor soccer, futsal was played at the 2016 Arctic Winter Games in Greenland.
The sport – translated as hall football – encourages players to improvise, be creative and improve ball control and passing on a smaller field.
The Whitehorse Futsala Tournament featured five teams from each of Whitehorse and Juneau, but it wasn’t the only soccer action taking place between the capital cities over the weekend.
Teams also squared off for 35 soccer friendlies at the Canada Games Centre, with more than 100 Juneau players taking part, said organizer John MacPhail.
“It is, for most teams, the finale of the indoor season,” he explained. “A lot of teams won’t train again until we go outdoors.”
Each of the games featured a Yukon vs. Alaska matchup. Whitehorse will reciprocate by heading to Juneau for a weekend in late June.
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