It boasted around 700 games, across 18 different fields and was played over three days.
Suffice to say the first ever coming together of Richmond’s two community soccer clubs to co-host the annual Optimum Eyecare Thanksgiving Tournament was a huge success.
A total of 186 teams played their hearts out over a gloriously sunny long weekend at venues across the city in the event organized by Richmond FC (RFC) and Richmond United (RUSC).
The tournament, said RFC executive director Marius Roevde, “opened the door for a potential future together for RUSC and RFC. We all showed that we can do great things together.”
Roevde referenced a post-match group photo of the two clubs’ U13 teams, adding that it “showed we have more chemistry than ever before. We can and should be one…stronger together.”
All the winners from the boys’ side of the tournament were:
U13 Division 1
Champion: Coastal FC 10M Royal
U13 Division 2
Champion: Okanagan FC
Runner-Up: NVFC Mavericks
U13 Division 3
Champion: Soccer Quest
Runner-Up: Whistler Sea to Sky
U14 Division 2
Champion: Okanagan FC
Runner-Up: Coastal FC 09M White
U14/15 Division 3
Champion: Guildford AC Jets
U14/15 Division 1
Champion: Surrey FC Pegasus 08
Runner-Up: Coastal FC 08 Royals
U15 Division 2
Champion: Richmond FC Hotspurs
Runner-Up: Surrey United SC United
U15 Metro
Champion: Richmond United SC United
Runner-Up: Burnaby Metro United
U16 Division 3
Champion: Coquitlam Metro Ford Munich
Runner-Up: Port Moody Soccer Club Hurricanes
U16 Division 2
Champion: Vancouver United FC Heat
Runner-Up: Richmond FC Rangers
U16 Metro
Champion: Abbotsford United Soccer Club United
Runner-Up: Okanagan FC
U17/18 Division 2
Champion: Coquitlam Metro Ford Porto
Runner-Up: Richmond FC Rangers
For the winners on the girls’ side of the tournament, go to https://www.richmondunitedsoccer.ca/thanksgiving-tournament
