The Richmond Strikers will be the lone team enjoying field advantage when the city hosts B.C. Soccer’s Provincial “A” Cup Championships, starting on Thursday.
The four-day event will feature an action-packed schedule, with matches at Minoru and Hugh Boyd Parks, to determine B.C. bragging rights in boys and girls divisions ranging from U13 to U18.
The Strikers are looking to conclude an outstanding season in style by winning the “treble” at the U14 girls level. The Richmond Girls Soccer Association rep side earlier won the Metro Selects League regular season title, then captured the Coastal Cup in May with a win in penalty kicks over West Vancouver.
Those same two teams will open play on Thursday morning on grass at the Boyd Oval at 10 a.m. Richmond then moves to turf to face Victoria on Friday (10 a.m.), on Boyd Red, and Kelowna United Saturday (1 p.m.) on the Minoru Oval.
The top two teams following round-robin play will square off for the Provincial Cup on Sunday morning (8 a.m.) at Minoru #2.
The tournament is being hosted by Richmond F.C.
Here all the participating teams:
U13 Girls
Coquitlam Metro Ford Shockwave, West Vancouver Rangers, Delta Coastal Selects, Kelowna United.
U14 Girls
Richmond Strikers, West Vancouver Rangers, Victoria Thunder, Kelowna United.
U15 Girls
Port Coquitlam Castilian Jrs, Fraser Valley Selects, Vancouver Island Riptide, Kelowna United.
U16 Girls
Fraser Valley Selects, West Coast Metro, Burnaby Dynamite, Upper Island Riptide.
U17 Girls
Port Coquitlam Castilians, Fraser Valley Selects, North Shore Renegades, Upper Island Storm.
U18 Girls
Port Coquitlam, West Vancouver Rangers, Prince George, Upper Island Riptide
U13 Boys
North Vancouver Selects, Surrey Selects, Burnaby United, Kelowna United.
U14 Boys
West Vancouver Rangers, Lower Island Surf, Coquitlam Metro Ford Schalke, Kelowna United.
U15 Boys
Burnaby F.C., Saanich Fusion, Surrey Guildford United, Kelowna United.
U16 Boys
Surrey BCT, Langley United, Bays/Peninsula, Delta Coastal Selects.
U17 Boys
Surrey CCB Elite, Vancouver FC, Bays/Peninsula, Coquitlam Metro Ford Athletico.
U18 Boys
West Vancouver Rangers, Fraser Valley Selects, Vancouver Island Storm, Burnaby United.
