Sacred Heart Boys soccer team challenged themselves this past weekend in Winnipeg as they traveled to play one of the top club teams in the country. They played two exhibition matches against Winnipeg Bonivital whose club has medaled at Soccer nationals 4 times with their boys teams in the past two years. Their U17 boys won Club Nationals gold last season and silver the year before that. Their U15 boys won bronze at Nationals for the past two years. It was a great experience for the Sacred Heart team to play against quality Club teams.
In the first game, Sacred Heart played Bonivital’s Premier 2 team and came away with a 6 to 2 victory. Leading the way scoring was Nick Fetsch with 4 goals. Singles were added by Dami Ogunbiyi and Jon Fetsch.
Sacred Heart knew the next game would be tough as they played the Premier 1 team who are preparing to attend Club nationals during the Thanksgiving weekend and have returned recently from England where they played many of the storied club teams from there. The game began and before they knew what hit them, the Saints were one goal down with Bonivital scoring on the first play of the game. Sacred Heart went down 2 to 0 shortly after.
However, the team was able to bounce back from the deficit. Sacred Heart responded with 2 goals from Nick Fetsch to tie the score. In the second half, Bonivital used their speed and excellent ball control to once again take the lead but Sacred Heart tied it up again on a goal from Nick Fetsch after a through ball from Cole Looft. With under 10 minutes remaining in the game, Bonivital struck again and Sacred Heart could not find the answer and ended up on the losing end of a 4-3 score.
“The game was excellent and was a wonderful opportunity for the Sacred Heart boys to play a top notch club team,” said coach Jeanne Fetsch.
The Saints next action will be an exhibition game against Yorkton Regional before they head to Prince Albert for a tournament this weekend.
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