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Wesburn wins despite numbers

Wesburn United FC may have surprised even themselves, winning the recent Seattle Xtreme Cup select soccer tournament in Washington.

Wesburn United FC may have surprised even themselves, winning the recent Seattle Xtreme Cup select soccer tournament in Washington.

The under-12 Burnaby soccer players gave away as much as two years of age to their competition, while also playing 11-a-side on a full-sized pitch, but still went undefeated in the tournament en route to a 2-1 win over FPSC Tacoma in the gold-medal final Aug. 14.

Igor Strbac opened the scoring in the first half after Nikolas Bozic had hit the crossbar on a cross from midfielder Luka Jutric. Pat Falcome tallied the eventual game-winner midway through the second half.

Wesburn, which usually plays eight-a-side and on half a field, finished 4-0, scoring 21 goals for and two against.