Territory's top talent set for annual soccer showcase
The best soccer talent the Yukon Territory has to offer will be on display tonight during the annual Christmas soccer showcase.
The best soccer talent the Yukon Territory has to offer will be on display tonight during the annual Christmas soccer showcase.
The Yukon Selects will mingle with the top post-secondary players who have returned home to Whitehorse for the holidays.
Contrary to last year's U-20 versus over-21 challenge, won 7-6 by the U-20 team, this year's game will be an intrasquad matchup.
Selects captain Nick Locke estimated 100 to 150 people would come out to watch one of the year's most highly-anticipated friendlies.
Admission is free.
The action will get underway at 6 p.m. and run until 8:15 p.m. at the Canada Games Centre Fieldhouse.
"It's usually a pretty intense game,鈥� Locke said of the showcase. "It's really fast and it's mostly all university, college or high-level club players.鈥�
A women's match, featuring top local players, will battle a Yukon girls team aiming to compete at the Canada Games next summer in Sherbrooke, Que. Game time is 6 p.m.
The men's game will begin at 7:15 p.m.
"This match features a lot of the top talent here in the territory, usually drawing quite a good audience,鈥� said local player Jake Hanson. "It is a well-anticipated match by many of the players, and some of the spectators as well.鈥�
Hanson will be scouting the game in order to put a team together for a tournament in Prince George, B.C. for next March.
"It's usually one of the main tournaments that we go to,鈥� said Locke. "It's kind of a nasty place to go, but it's a high-quality tournament. Lots of good teams show up.鈥�
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