Ottawa Ukraina Tourney Champions
Ukraina entered a 2 day tournament May 5 and 6 in Ottawa at the Coliseum soccer center. It was an 8 team tournament, which included Ottawa's Russian Team, a Trinidad team from Montreal, and the Portugese from Toronto. Ukraina put together a team to compete in this tournament, as the prize for winning was $750 dollars cash!
Game #1 Ukraina 2 Steamers 0 Scott Makischuk, awaiting surgery on a terribly injured knee, deflected in goal #1 for Ukraina. Eric Lapointe, scored a beautiful turn and finish to score the second for Ukraina. Matty Kenny was brilliant in picking up the shutout. Game #2 Ukraina 0 Portugal (Toronto) 1 Ukraina gave up a bad goal, and missed a penalty shot. Matty Kenny in goal. Game #3 Ukraina 4 Cumberland 3 Ukraina had to win this game to reach the semi finals, and were losing 3-1 with 9 minutes left and came back to win. Goals - Bryce Motiuk, Sergey Kovalenkov, Kenny Porter Ivanchuk, Luke Makischuk. Matty Kenny in goal. Game #4 Semi Final Ukraina 1 Soca's (Montreal) 0
Ukraina beat a very very big, strong team in this game to reach the finals. Alex Zaslavsky, who is making a habit of scoring big goals for Ukraina, buried the games only goal with 4 minutes left. Matty Kenny was brilliant in goal. Game #5 Final Ukraina 3 Portugal (Toronto) 0
Ukraina were brilliant, and absolutely dominated the final. Alex Zaslavsky scored the quickest goal in Ukraina history scoring 9 seconds into the final on a great finish. Mike Herasimenko buried a cracking shot to make it 2-0, before Chris Arnone hit home a clever set piece to finish the job. Matty Kenny played brilliant in goal once again. 
Top Row - Left to Right - Mike Herasimenko, Marc Lapointe, Alex Zaslavsky, Chris Arnone, Danilo Popowych, Jon Udell, Bryce Motiuk, Kenny Porter Ivanchuk, Scott Makischuk, Sergey Kovalenkov Bottom Row - Left to Right - Bohdan Kaluzny, Eric Lapointe, Walter Usyk, Matty Kenny, Morgan Kenny, Luke Makischuk, Andriy Popowych |