{"id":572552,"date":"2026-03-31T09:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/572552\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:01:10","slug":"alex-girls-crowned-champions-at-the-vp-soccer-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/572552\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex girls crowned champions at the VP soccer tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Alexander Road High girls\u2019 first soccer team<\/a> delivered an excellent performance on Sunday to be crowned the champions of the VP Soccer Tournament, retaining the title they won last year.<\/p>\n

Alex set the tone early on in the round-robin stage with a solid 3-1 victory over St Dominic\u2019s Priory, followed by an emphatic 6-0 win against Hudson Park. <\/p>\n

Carrying this momentum into the knockout rounds, they edged Urban Academy in the quarterfinals 2-1, before securing a spot in the final with a tough 1-0 win against Milnerton High in the last four.<\/p>\n

In the final Alex produced their strongest performance of the tournament against Linkside High, winning 3-0. <\/p>\n

Delray Woods starred on the day, netting a superb hat-trick to seal the 2026 title and rounding off an outstanding team effort.<\/p>\n

The Alex boys\u2019 first team also impressed, progressing to the U18 final after a tough run through the tournament. <\/p>\n

In their opening rounds, they secured a win against St Dominic\u2019s (1-0) and a draw (1-1) against Hudson Park to end first in their group and progress to the knockout stage.<\/p>\n

In the early quarterfinal match on Saturday against Victoria Park, the teams were forced into a penalty shootout after the scores ended 1-1 at full time. <\/p>\n

VP were edged out 3-2 due to a brilliant performance by the Alex goalkeeper Onwaba Mki, who pulled off some brilliant saves.<\/p>\n

Alex went on to meet Milnerton High in the semifinals and once again the teams were forced into a shootout. The match was 0-0 after the final whistle.<\/p>\n

Mki showed his brilliance again, pulling off save after save as Alex went through (4-3) on penalties. <\/p>\n

Despite a determined performance, they narrowly went down 1-0 to Urban Academy in the final to finish as runners-up. <\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Onwaba Mki was outstanding throughout the competition and deservedly earned the award for the goalkeeper of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Alex\u2019s U16 team also participated in the tournament. Although they were knocked out in the earlier rounds, their effort, commitment and exposure to high-level competition will serve as an important step in their development.<\/p>\n

Alex\u2019s tournament success highlights the strength and growth of soccer at the school, with teams across all age-groups showcasing skill, resilience and competitive spirit throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Alexander Road High girls\u2019 first soccer team delivered an excellent performance on Sunday to be crowned the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[220108,220111,49,48,220110,220115,220113,561,82,220112,220114,220109,6009],"class_list":{"0":"post-572552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-alexander-road","9":"tag-boys-final","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-girls-champions","13":"tag-milnerton-high-soccer","14":"tag-school-sports-achievement","15":"tag-soccer","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-u18","18":"tag-urban-academy-soccer-final","19":"tag-vp","20":"tag-youth-soccer-development"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}