It was a weekend of Friday (Sept. 13) night delight and Sunday (Sept. 15) afternoon disappointment for the University of the Fraser Valley men's and women's soccer teams this past weekend.
The women hosted the MRU Cougars for their home opener on Friday and Chilliwack's Emerson Toop scored the club's first goal this season at 17:51. That goal was enough and Kiana Langston added another at 65:16 to give the Cascades the 2-0 win. WSOC | Here’s a look at Emerson Toop’s first career goal in the first half! UFV goalie Addy Chen earned the shutout and made four saves.
The goal was the first career Canada West goal for Toop, who is a G.W. Graham grad.
"It feels amazing," she stated after the game. "I have been working towards this since I was probably five years old, and the reaction from the team made it feel so surreal. The best part was the moments after.
As soon as the kickoff happened, we were all ready to go. The first goal of the season and we were all buzzing after that." The men got on the board just 1:45 into the game against Saskatchewan on Friday when Dante Colebourne scored his first this season.
Red-hot Mateo Brazinha added another in the 87th and UFV won 2-0. Brazinha now has five goals this season to lead the team. Jackson Cowx picked up his third shutout this season.
MSOC | You can’t start much better than that! Dante Coebourne puts the Cascades ahead with his first career goal! "Our team mentality is that we are just going to work hard, for each other and wit.