Lac St.Louis Region
U17F Gold medal game march 25th 2013
Lachine FC last game
EVER
A decisive moment if
there was ever one. Because of the lack
of players willing to register for the upcoming summer season the management of
the Lachine Football association decided that the U17F team was folding at the
end of winter. At that point the team had already clinched first place and was
preparing to move to the playoffs. On
the 18th of March they beat DDO 2-0 to move to the finale, the girls
always hoping that enough players could be found to save the team. But then the official announcement came, the
championship contest would be the last game ever for the team.
On the 25th
of March 2013 in an emotional and hard fought game the Lachine FC U17F beat the
LaSalle Rapide 4(1)-2(1) in shootout to close the book on their history with a
gold medal.
The following
celebrations we’re full of mixed emotions for the girls and their parents. Joy
and sadness, laughing and crying, all the players hugging each other for the last
time.
There will be a huge
party this summer to celebrate the achievement.
For those who still
want to play they have to find themselves another team, going thru
try-outs. My daughter Melanie was picked
by the Dollards Dragons AA team.
The soccer life goes
on.
The game was played
inside at Catalonia in low light situation. I could not use my flash during the
contest so shooting f/1.4 at high ISO was the norm. For the after game I used
my flash. It was the type of fast sport photojournalistic situation. Even the
team photo with the medals had to be taken in less than a minute. You see that
when for example the Stanley cup is won. Players are everywhere; things are
happening all around you and nobody wants to stay in place. As for permission,
I was asked to shoot the event and post the result on the internet.
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