Ten just not enough - Winkler Times

Forced to play all 90 minutes of their quarter-final against Britannia Rovers with ten men due to injuries, the Winkler Storm saw their MMSL season end with a 2-0 loss. Winkler did well to hold Rovers off the scoresheet in the first half, opting for a lone striker. The Storm’s David Doerksen (above) just misses getting to a free ball in front of the Rovers keeper in the opening half. Britannia finally scored from a throw-in early in the second half and added an insurance goal with ten minutes left. The final week of the regular season’s flurry of make-up games had seen the Storm drop to a fourth place finish with a 13-6-3-1 record and 42 points, ten back of champions United Weston. In other MMSL action the Carman Kickers were bounced from the Fourth Division post-season with a 5-1 loss to the Winnipeg Triumph.


Photo by Steve Martens