Ontario's brightest youth talent travelled to St. Hubert, Quebec for the Provincial Teams Competitions against Quebec on the weekends of April 24-26th and May 1st-3rd.
The Ontario side had a total of 132 athletes in participation, broken down into six teams of 22 players. The U14 male and female squads were selected from the Inter-Regional Competition this past December, which consisted of players from OPDL, and players scouted through Regional Talent on Location days. The U15/16 male and female squads were selected from the 2014 Provincial squads with additional players recommended by the OSA club membership and ORNCA academies.
Amongst the spectators on these weekends were CSA National Staff Scouts: Rob Gale from Men's U-20 National Coach, Nuno Santos, National Youth Goalkeeper Coach, Bev Priestman, National U12-17 Excel Director & U15/17 Women's National Coach, and Joey Lombardi, National U14-17 Rex Manager.
U14 girls
The U14 Girls fought hard for a 2-2 tie on Friday's game, with Olivia Cooke (Ottawa South United) scoring both goals for her side. They were defeated in a 2-1 loss on Saturday, with their only goal scored by Amanda West (Burlington Youth Soccer). The girls prevailed on Sunday with a comfortable 4-2 win, with a goal each from Aaliyah Scott (Toronto Skillz Academy), Courtney Chochol (AYSC OPDL), Marissa Castellano (Pickering Soccer Club), and Ariel Young (Ottawa South United).
U14 Boys
The U14 Boys wrapped up their weekend in the competition with two wins and a tie game. Stephan Copetti (Vaughan OPDL) scored to tie up the game in Friday's 1-1 result. On Saturday, Daniel Assaf (Ottawa South United) scored a brace in their 3-2 win, with the third attributed to the opposing team's own goal. Sunday's result was the most impressive at 4-1. Lemuri Kolombo (Richmond Hill Soccer Club) scored one, and Jahdea Patterson (Richmond Hill Soccer Club) scored a hat trick for his side.
U15 Girls
Under the guidance of Head Coach Peyvand Mossavat, and Assistant Coach, Laura Arduini, the U15 Girls squad won all three of their matches against Quebec. Friday night's scoreline was 3-1 with two goals by Nicole Kozlova and one from Stella Adamo (North Toronto). Cephana Deane (FC Durham Academy) scored both goals on Saturday's 2-1 win, and added another two goals to her name on Sunday's 3-2 game, while teammate Angelina Gendreau (Ottawa Fury) scored the third.
U15 Boys
Both U15 squads seemed to have fared well, as the U15 Boys also won all three of their games. The boys won 5-3 on Friday, with one goal each for Esso Emovon (Eurostar Football Academy), Nick Miszczyk (Waterloo Minor Soccer Club), and Luke Singh (NMSC), and two for Jonathan David (Gloucester Hornets). Both Saturday and Sunday yielded 2-1 wins for the team, with goal scorers Leekwon Kinghorn (North Scarborough) and Jonathan David (Gloucester Hornets) on Saturday, and Jonathan David (Gloucester Hornets) and Ben Paton (Brampton Blast) on Sunday.
U16 Girls
Led by Head Coach, Alex McNutt, and Assistant Coach, Donna Perrie, the U16 girls started off with a loss on the Friday, but made up for it through the next two winning games. Karly Hellstrom (Unionville) and Melanie Forbes scored one goal each on Saturday, with a Quebec own goal to cap off the 3-1 win. The squad finished the weekend strong with a 5-2 win, with a goal each from Vital Kats, Karly Hellstrom (Unionville), Lauren Raimondo, Kennedy Faulknor, and Deanne Rose.
U16 Boys
The U16 Boys also had a tough start with a 3-0 loss on Friday's game, but bounced back on Saturday with a 5-1 win, with two goals from Ryan Raposo (1v1), and one goal each from Kongolo Denzel (Unionville Milliken Soccer Club), Jaden Woods (Brampton Youth Soccer Club), and Jon Alec Toromoreno-Duenas (Vaughan Azzurri). Sunday's game was a tight match, but the boys came out with a 1-0 from a goal by Germain Gordon-Hunte (Mississauga Soccer Club).
A big congratulations to the Ontario players for an immense effort at this competition.