Eight Ontario teams have qualified for the Canada Soccer National Club Championships and two more have qualified for the Classics and Masters Regional Championships.
Nearly 2,500 fans came to the Ontario Soccer Centre Stadium this past weekend to take in the finals of the Ontario Cup, the culmination of months of work for many teams.
Despite poor weather conditions, high-level soccer was on display from U-14 up to the Senior levels.
The Canada Soccer Club Nationals now take place Oct. 7-12 in host cities across the country for U-14, U-16, U-18 and Women's and Men's divisions. The U-17 divisions will represent Ontario in the U-18 Nationals. You can find more information on the tournament here.
Six more Ontario Cup finals will take place Sept 19 and 20 at the Ontario Soccer Centre. Come see some of the best soccer in the province on display.
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Click the links below for access to the content for the corresponding divisions and teams. Click here for the Ontario Cup Finals program.
Ontario Cup Final | U-16 Girls | Kitchener comes from behind in a thriller
The U-16 Girls Ontario Cup final may have had a sleepy start but it was fast and furious action once the goals started going in.
Julia Garcea opened the scoring when the good work of Melissa Diceman found her in behind her defender. Dicemean selflessly put the ball on the foot of the wide open Garcea and she made no mistake to make it 1-0 for King City.
Kitchener didn't wait long to answer back as an individual effort by Alexander Bruder scored on a fluky goal that was bungled into the net.
King City waited even less time to re-take the lead as Samantha Murphy converted a penalty less than a minute later to make it 2-1.
The frantic pace would return in the second half as Kitchener tied things up with a superb strike. Isabelle Mihail would receive the ball at about 35 yards out and without hesitation looped a ball in on net, catching the keeper off guard and bar downed for the equalizer.
Kitchener's Alexandra Bruder showed a bit of magic about 10 minutes later as she danced past a couple defenders and blasted a hard shot on net that fooled the King City keeper to make it 3-2.
It was Kitchener's first lead of the day and it was all they would need as they closed up shop and held on the rest of the way to capture the U-16 Girls Ontario Cup title.
Highlight of the match
Championship Photo
Post Game Interviews
Click here for all the photos from the U-16 Girls Final
Divisions going to Nationals:
London Marconi defeats Mississauga Portofino 5-0 in Men's division
Scarborough GS defeats North London 3-0 in Women's division
Oakville SC defeats Ottawa South United 5-2 in U-17 Boys Tier 1 division
Bradford Eagles defeats North London 3-0 in U-17 Girls division
Woodbridge Strikers defeat Niagara Falls Titans 2-1 in the U-16 Boys Tier 1 division
Kitchener SC defeats King City 3-2 in the U-16 Girls division
Epic Toronto FC defeats Oakville SC on penalties in the U-14 Boys division
Woolwich Wolfpack defeat Brams United 3-0 in the U-14 Girls division
Divisions going to Regional Championships
Scarborough Wexford Hi Profile downs London Apollo FC 3-1 in Masters division
London Marconi Azzurri downs West Ottawa on penalties in Classics division
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