The Victoria Highlanders might not have won the Juan de Fuca Plate, but it felt like a darn good consolation prize Friday night at Centennial Stadium.
The Highlanders defeated the Surrey-based TSS Rovers 1-0 to improve to 4-7 on the United Soccer League Premier Development League season.
Victoria pulled it out in dramatic fashion late in the game, on a penalty kick at 86 minutes, after veteran attacker Blair Sturrock was fouled in the box area.
St. Michaels University School-product Callum Montgomery, out of NCAA Div. 1 North Carolina-Charlotte, made no mistake and buried the winning penalty kick with four minutes remaining in regulation time.
Because of two victories over Victoria earlier in the season, the Rovers (4-5-1) won the 2018 Juan de Fuca Plate 2-1. The Plate is the annual side competition between the two lone sa国际传媒 teams.
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