The future of Wolf boys’ soccer. (Pat Kelley photo)
Kalia (left) and Mia Littlejohn. (Dawn Hesselgrave photo)
Heat or no heat, there was soccer to be played.
Bouncing around the state this weekend, Coupeville booters found tournament play awaiting them at every destination.
Mia and Kalia Littlejohn were in Bellingham, where they and their teammates on the Northwest United GU16 squad played in the Baker Blast.
The team stormed to a pair of 3-2 wins in the early going, bouncing Burnaby District Metro Select and Gorge FC, with Mia Littlejohn scoring a pair of goals in the opener.
Northwest United ultimately claimed second in the GU16 premier division, falling to West Vancouver 2-0 in the final.
It was the closest any team came to toppling the unbeaten juggernauts.
The boys were busy too, as the young Wolves on the North Whidbey Islanders FC-01 squad played in the Rainer Slam.
Missing six players, the Islanders had no bench and were battered by severe heat, falling 5-1, 4-1 and 7-0.
Jake Mitten and Aram Leyva teamed up in game one on a beautiful, all-Wolf goal.
Leyva, fighting through three defenders, came off the turf to find Mitten, who popped home a short shot that the goalie never saw coming.
Fellow Coupeville booter Matthew Kelley set up his team’s goal in game two, knocking a pair of defenders to the ground before sliding the ball onto the waiting foot of a teammate for the tap-in.
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