Okanagan FC PCSL

Okanagan FC travelled to Vancouver yesterday for their fourth match of the season. Looking for their first road victory OFC were prepared to throw everything that they had at the UBC Thunderbirds even with a depleated side. The 14 OFC athletes definitely left it all out on the field against several UBC Vancouver 2011 prospects.

Okanagan FC held off the Tbirds strong start to the match and even though OFC bent it did not break under the pressure with some outstanding saves by Sabrina Gasparac. It took OFC 20 minutes to settle into the match and the team capitalized on a penalty shot after Kirsten Dodds was pulled down in the box. Chantal McFetridge stepped up to the spot and clinically put the ball in the back of the net. UBC Thunderbirds were determined to claw the goal back before the half but OFC maintained the 1-0 lead at the break with some great ball movement & stellar defending of corners. Despite OFC being very dangerous creating some good goal scoring opportunities in the second half it was the Tbirds who rallied and scored 3 unanswered goals by the final whistle.

“Even though we only had two subs and a few players playing out of position I thought we played a good match having some great moments of ball movement. We demonstrated that we can step up our game and be competitive.”