Rough Seas

Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010

 The Victoria Highlanders organization had a rough final weekend to their 2010 campaign, with the Women's First Team and Men's Reserve Squad both being eliminated in their PCSL semi-final matches and the PDL Men went 0-2 vs Abbotsford and Vancouver.

The Highlanders PDL men rolled into Abbotsford to take on the lowly Mariners and saw the match slip away from them as Abby took a 2-0 lead in the second half before Craig Gorman scored on a penalty kick for Victoria.  That would be as close as they would come as Abbotsford hung on to win 2-1.  Just one day later, the Highlanders had a chance to close out the season on a high note when they took on the Whitecaps at Swangard Stadium but failed to capitalize on early scoring chances and could only watch as Vancouver escaped with a 1-0 victory.

The Highlanders reserves side found themselves in a tight match when they took on the PCSL Division leaders, Vancouver Thunderbirds in the Premier Mens Semi-final but also failed to get the offense going.  An apparent foul on Andrew Ravenhill in the penalty are went uncalled and Victoria settled for a 1-0 defeat, knocking them out of contention for 2010.

VHFC's Women's side had a favorable match up in their PCSL semi-final, taking on the Fraser Valley Action who finished beneath them in the standings but had a better head to head record against Victoria going in to the match and outlasted the Lady 'Landers, taking a 3-1 victory and ending their season.

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Match Times:
(Abby) Saturday, July 24, 6:30pm @ Bateman Park (Abbotsford)
(Vanc) Sunday, July 25, 4pm @ Swangard Stadium (Burnaby)
VHFC 2010 Record: 7-4-3 – 24 pts
Abby 2010 Record 3-11-1 – 10 pts
Vanc 2010 Record 3-9-3 – 12 pts