Surrey United opened phase two of the BC Soccer Premier League season away to Vancouver Island Wave. The teams have met three times already since March, including Premier League Cup play, with United taking all three contests.
It was a bit of a mystery what kind of game United was going to bring with some changes to the roster and a relatively short pre-season leading into the second phase of the season. Any questions or doubts were answered immediately as Surrey hit the ground running from the opening whistle and dominated possession. Vancouver Island were back on their heels for most of the first half trying to stay organized defensively but upon gaining possession struggled as United were disciplined defensively and communicated very well to stay organized themselves.
Surrey could have opened the scoring several times as they built up well but couldn't find a way through the Waves keeper who had an outstanding game. Despite outplaying them, United sat locked at 0-0 with the Victoria squad going into the half. Not wavering a bit from the game plan, Surrey pressed on in the second half and were finally rewarded for their efforts. After a good initial save on a corner kick, United picked up the rebound and slotted it in, low under the diving keeper, to go up 1-0.
Surrey knocked the ball around confidently right to the final whistle and despite the narrow scoreline put together a top class performance that gave them a well earned three points in the standings. Surrey United play away again next week, traveling up to Kamloops to take on Thompson Okanagan FC.
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