A trip to the national championships ended just off the podium for the Burnaby-North Shore based Mountain United under-17 boys soccer team.
The provincial champs fell in penalty kicks after battling to a 2-2 draw against Quebec’s CS St-Laurent in the bronze medal match Monday in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Mountain United put up a 3-1 record in pool play, scoring wins over Winnipeg Bonivital SC from Manitoba, FC Regina Bluestars from Saskatchewan, and Moncton Codiac SC from New Brunswick. Their one loss in the opening round came against Ontario’s Woodbridge SC, who went on to earn silver, losing to Alberta’s Calafary Foothills FC in the final.
The Burnaby players on the MUFC squad include Luca Alberti, Lucas Dasovic, Matias Estay, Joshua Greco, Zakiy Karim, Nicholas Momotani, Zachariah Thomas and Imran Zohdi, as well as New West’s Dylan Wells. Lucas Booth, the team's co-captain, won the tournament's Golden Boot award, scoring seven goals in the team's five games.
