Tribair sponsors Longueuil's soccer team in international tournament

An international soccer tournament is held every year in Spain: the Mediterranean International Cup. Teams from all over the world compete, among others: Manchester United (UK), FC Barcelona (Spain), Korean YFA, Ajax Amsterdam (NL), KACM Marrakech (Morocco), FCBescola (Hong Kong), Liverpool FC (UK), FC Bayern Munich (Germany), Talentos Franco Rizzi (Venezuela) and our own Soccer Longueuil. Needless to say, we weren't the favourites.

The teams were divided into 7 pools containing 4 teams. Each team plays against the other 3. The best two of every pool move on as does the best 3 place finisher. Longueuil drew a very tough pool with Ajax (last year's winner) and Alboraya UD (last year's bronze). Longueuil was clearly there for the experience. They lost the first match 3-0 against Alboraya. A good match for Longueuil as they were able to attack quite a few times and weren't totally out of their league. The next match was against Ajax. They certainly got a good experience out of that match. They even scored a goal. At the half, it was only 2-1 for Ajax. Ajax finally won 4-1. Just scoring a goal was certainly a victory for our team.

Finally, they were up against a local team. They quickly took a 3-0 lead and never looked back. Longueuil's coach pushed them to the limit and the goals kept coming. By the time it was all over, they had won 9-0! Who would believe a team from Canada could completely dominate a team from Spain. So Longueuil was not that unlucky in their draw after all. By getting to play against one weaker team, they scored enough goals to make it as the best third place finisher and move on to the next round. Making it to the next round was clearly unexpected and also very rewarding as they played nothing less than FC Barcelona. Clearly, FC Barcelona had the better team and again Longueuil lost only 3-0. At that age, the average of goals scored per game is around 6. So 3-0 is very honourable. Playing against the best teams in the world is an experience that will not only make the team so much better but also remain in their memories for a life time.

In the final of the tournament, Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0 in a classic matchup.

Congratulations to the whole team!

Eric