Salt Spring FC tied for first spot
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A questionable call in a game against Bays United was enough to hand Salt Spring FC its first loss of the season on Saturday afternoon.
“We just didn’t have that many quality chances,” said player Jordon Morrison. “Pretty much the whole team had an off day. It’s good that we all got that out of our systems.”
Bays United got the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick 15 minutes into the game.
Morrison said players from both teams and even the referee himself appeared surprised by the call.
“We kept pressing and pressing, but we just couldn’t get one back,” he said.
Bays United scored its second goal on the last shot of the game.
The 2-0 loss marked FC’s first loss of the season and leaves the team tied with Bays United for first place in the Vancouver Island Soccer league’s second division with 13 points.
Salt Spring FC has a chance to regain the division lead when it hosts Cowichan Sportstraders (1-3-1) at Portlock Park on Saturday at 2:15 p.m.
• In other men’s soccer action, Ganges Gremio extended their undefeated streak on Sunday by knocking off last-place SPL (0-5-0) by a score of 4-3.
“We came out a little overconfident and played down to their level, but managed to get the job done in the end,” manager Ryan Smith said of Sunday’s match.
Gremio was down by a goal three times in the game, answering back each time with a goal of their own.
The team took the lead for good with 20 minutes left in the match.
“After that we had to ride out a bit of a storm, but once again Dan Bennett made some fantastic saves to keep us in it,” Smith said.
Colin McDougall, Jordan Haenen, Ryan Smith and Zoltan Kodaly scored for Gremio.
The win puts Gremio back into third place in the VISL’s division 4C.
Gremio’s next game is away and against second-place Vantreights.
The team then returns to Salt Spring for two home games on Nov. 1 and 8, both of which begin at 2:15 p.m. at Portlock Park.
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