After trailing by a goal at three separate times in their opening round game of the Provincial A Cup, 91原创 United鈥檚 Premier men鈥檚 team took their first lead and held on for a wild 4-3 victory over Port Moody on Saturday.
The game was played at the Port Moody Town Centre and was a rematch of the Pakenham Cup final last month, which was also won by 91原创 United.
Port Moody scored in the 10th minute, the 60th minute and then in the 95th minute after the game went to overtime.
But 91原创 answered back each time with Andre Costa scoring the first three goals 鈥� including in the 85th minute to force overtime and again in the 112th minute 鈥� before Lee Ellis gave United the lead for good in the 121st minute.
The decisive goal came off a Mitchell Rohla corner kick.
鈥淲e knew we were in for a battle today,鈥� said coach Rob Keam.
鈥淭he credit, as usual, goes to the players and the team that showed up today for us.
鈥淎nother fantastic attitude and overall excellent work rate on the day. The players never say quit 鈥� and found a way to battle back and pulled us through at the end of the day.鈥�
The win puts 91原创 United through to the Provincial Cup quarter-finals against Surrey United. That game will be played at Willoughby Community Park on the weekend of April 26/27.
And this was one of two 91原创 United squads which moved through to the final eight of their respective Cup tournaments.
91原创 United Sparta is through to the next round of the Provincial B Cup where they will host Richmond Athletics.
Sparta advanced with a 4-1 win over Westcoast FC Celtic on Saturday at Willoughby Community Park.
Karl Peters scored in the 20th minute off a penalty kick but Celtic tied the score in the 60th minute when a Sparta clearing attempt was blocked and bounced over the goalkeeper and in.
The game would go to overtime with Nathan Rubuliak scoring once and setting up another and Adam Peters and Mark Peters scoring the others.
鈥淲e played a tough team who battled hard from start to finish,鈥� said Mark Peters, the team鈥檚 player-coach.
鈥淲e took advantage of their side tiring in overtime and finished like we should have during the first 90 minutes.鈥�
鈥淭he team as a group really came together after their lucky equalizer to grind out the win.鈥�
91原创 United had two teams in the Provincial B Cup, but their other entry, Dynamo, lost 4-1 to Bacardi FC on April 6 in Burnaby.
91原创 United鈥檚 U21 team lost 4-2 to Guildford FC to be eliminated from their Cup tournament.
