The Victoria Highlanders concluded the United Soccer League 2 season with a 6-7-1 record after being swept 3-2 and 3-0 over the weekend in Calgary by Foothills FC (9-3-2).
Foothills clinched its second straight USL League 2 Northwest Division title. Only the division champion advances to the playoffs.
Mackenzie Cole and Shun Takano scored for the Highlanders in the 3-2 loss. Goteh Ntignee had Victoria鈥檚 best scoring chance in the season-ending 3-0 loss Sunday.
鈥淭his was a tough way to end the season. I don鈥檛 believe the score was indicative of the actual run of play between the teams or told the whole story,鈥� said Highlanders head coach Thomas Niendorf.
鈥淲e made a couple of mistakes and they ended up in the back of our net. Calgary is clinical at taking advantage of mistakes and creating opportunities out of them.
鈥淲hile the season didn鈥檛 end as we had hoped, I鈥檓 proud of the boys and this group of players. We were banged up and shorthanded, but they battled it out for the weekend and the season. The league and our program is all about development and we believe that this group of players will take the right things from the season as they move forward.鈥�
