Photo: © Travis Parsons

By: Travis Parsons - June 3, 2006                                                                                                          Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Weekly

        The provinces biggest and most popular soccer league "kicks off" today with three matches.  The opening game of the season will be played in Burin, where the young Eagles squad will host the resurrected Feildians of St. John's.  Burin has not had a Challenge Cup team in a few years, and last year the Feildians surprised many by not entering the league.  This game is scheduled for 3:30.  At 6:30 the CBS Super Cup champions, Holy Cross Crusaders of St. John's, will be visiting the 2004 Challenge Cup champion Marystown United.  It will be interesting to see if Holy Cross can keep their form and finally will their way back to the championship game during Labour Day weekend, a task they haven't met in recent years.

        At 6:30 the third game begins in the metro area where last year's champions, the St. Lawrence Laurentians, are visiting Mt. Pearl to face the St. John's U-18 team who have entered the league as an exhibition team.  This game should see Alec Turpin suit up for the blue and white once again, and on his former home field in Mt. Pearl no less.

         Check back after the games for scores and results.