SurDel Sting: Welcome

Home of the 2012 U-13 Coastal A Cup Champions, 2011/12 U-13 MSL Division Champions, 2011/12 U-13 MSL League Championship Runners Up, 2011 North Shore Thanksgiving Tournament Champions, 2011 Pitt Meadows Labour Day Tournament Champions, 2011 Mission Memorial Tournament Champions, 2010 Burnaby Remembrance Day Tournament Silver Medalists, 2010 Pitt Meadows Labour Day Tournament Champions, 2010 Beach Blast Silver and Bronze Medalists, 2010 Steve Bonnet Memorial Champions, 2009 PoCo Thanksgiving Tournament Champions & 2009 Richmond Spring Breaker Silver Medalists. 

Welcome to the U-13 Metro SurDel Sting team website for the 2011/12 season. The team will be hitting the training pitch in late July in preparation for their trip to Portland, Oregon to play in the Chinook Cup. Once they return they will be getting back into training as well as working out with core conditioning coach Michelle Roots thru August in preparation for the Labour Day Tournament in September. The players have worked hard to get to this point and look to continue that hard work as they develop their skills against some tough competition. They are a great bunch of dedicated kids and we are sure they will have a great learning experience and a lot of fun along the way. Go Sting!!!

After a short break the Sting headed off to the U-13 Coastal A Cup Championships with a lot of confidence. A few weeks back on the training pitch had the team full of confidence as they came into the finals against Semi STL. While the match might not have been one of their stronger efforts they all showed what hustle, heart and desire can acheive. In fact the match was a tale of two halves with the Sting opening up the stronger of the two. With the Sting strike pair working hard pressuring the Semi defence Allie pounced on a loose ball but her effort fizzed wide of the net. The Sting wanted to see some thru balls into the corners in this match and it was off one of these the Sting caught a break in the match. With the Semi keeper coming out to the far side of the eighteen, she misplayed it outside of the box and the Sting were awarded a free kick. Riley stepped up and curled a beautiful shot over the wall and into the far top corner of the net and the Sting had the lead. The Sting's midfielders of Meg, Riley, Sami and Rav were doing a very good job of moving the ball down the touchline and plugging up any Semi counter attacks. After the Sting's go ahead goal, Hailey played a lovely thru ball in for Allie but the shot lacked power and was collected by the keeper. A few minutes later Allie's hard work paid off as she jumped in front of the keeper off a cross and with the ball bouncing in the six yard box the keeper was judged to have fouled Allie and the Sting had a penalty shot. Hailey strode up and buried a booming shot just under the cross bar and the Sting had their insurance goal. The second goal seemed to spur the Semi squad though as the last ten minutes of the half they started to move the ball around the pitch. With the Semi ball movement a shot was well blocked but spun high in the air and eluded Joven and fell to the Semi forward for a shot. While the effort looked to be heading in for a certain goal, Logan came flying across to knock it off the goal line and preserve the shutout. Score at the half Semi 0 - Sting 2.

The second half once again saw the Semi team hold the ball and knock it around the pitch and the Sting had a tough time mounting any sort of pressure in the Semi end of the field. The Sting's stellar defence though wasnt worried as they repelled any real threats. Semi did have two decent chances to get a goal but on the first Joven made a brilliant sliding take as she took the ball right off the Semi strikers foot. The second saw a free kick awarded but Joven had great position as she gathered the ball up high. The latter part of the half saw the Sting start to move the ball down into the Semi end of the pitch and some really nice passing plays between Skye, Sami, Allie and Kylie worked the clock down. The final whistle sounded and the Sting were crowned Coastal Cup Champions. Final score Semi 0 - Sting 2. A tremendous way to round out the regular season and while the Sting will look forward to heading to the Provincial Championships in July they will take some time to sit back and enjoy a well deserved victory and championship. Go Sting!!

The Sting took to the field in the Coastal Cup semi final knowing a victory not only secured a spot in the finals but also a berth into the Provincial championships. That said they also knew this would be a very tough defensive battle and may come down to which team would make the least mistakes as they faced off against SFC Pegasus. As predicted right from the opening whistle the game was mostly played between the eighteen yard boxes as both teams tried to break each others defence down. The Sting's defensive core of Logan, Hailey, Patty, Kass and Taylor had a huge task ahead of them and time and time again turned away any solid chances. Joven also had a huge calming effect as she played a very solid positional game and collected anything that came her way. The Sting's best chance of the first half came off a nice run by Rav. Rav skipped by her check and put a hard low cross into the eighteen which flashed across goal but no one was on the other end to latch onto it. While Pegasus pressured the Sting's end of the field they did not produce any quality chances on goal. Score at the half Pegasus 0 - Sting 0.

The second half played out like the first and while the play was tilted into the Sting's end of the field the defence stood tall. Several corner kicks were well cleared off the Sting's near post to reduce the threat. Fifteen minutes in though a very nice turn and hard low shot from the top of the eighteen by the SFC striker, saw Joven make a brilliant diving save to her left to stop the shot. Just after that Riley went up for a header and got the worst of it as she came out for the rest of the match with a goose egg above her eye. This put the Sting down to a few subs as the final whistle sounded and the teams were off to two ten minute periods of overtime.

During the break going into overtime the Sting knew they hadnt put their best effort forward but this is a team that perserveres and they took to the extra time wanting to improve. This mindset is exactly how they came into the overtime as they started to take the game to the opposition with several nice runs down the wings which earned them a few corners. It was off one of these set pieces that the Sting took the lead. A brilliant corner kick from Taylor to the near post saw Sami get her head on it and direct it on net. The keeper did well to get a hand on it but Jamie powered thru her check and headed in the go ahead goal, much to the relief of the fans. From there on in the Pegasus squad didnt have an answer as the Sting controlled the play and ultimately killed off the remaining time in the match. Final score SFC Pegasus 0 - Sting 1. The Sting will now have a few weeks to get refocused on the Coastal Cup final in which they will play Semi STL. Well done ladies and Go Sting!!

The Sting want to welcome Michelle Roots, BA Kin, CSCS, to the coaching staff. Michelle will be our conditioning coach for the upcoming season. Michelle's biography is on her company website, Core Conditioning and can be viewed thru the Links tab.

Michelle will be putting the team thru her conditioning program starting in late July in preparation for the Sting's trip to Portland and the Chinook Cup. When the team returns she will be putting them thru their paces and running weekly until Thanksgiving. 

Welcome Michelle to the Sting family.