The Surrey United Soccer Club will be chasing a very rare double May 12 in Burnaby.
Both its men’s and women’s teams are in their respective Provincial Cup finals, one victory away from qualifying for the Canadian Club National Championship Oct. 3-8 in Winnipeg.
It’s nothing new for the Surrey United women, who are the defending national champions and eight-time defending B.C. champions. United edged Metro Women’s Soccer League (MWSL) rivals North Shore Renegades 1-0 last Sunday at Cloverdale Athletic Park.
Surrey will kick off against Columbus FC at 1:30 p.m. Columbus finished second to United in the MWSL Premier Division.
The Surrey Firefighters United men’s team won it’s third consecutive game in the Provincial Cup knockout competition, blanking PoCo FC of the Fraser Valley Soccer League 1-0 Saturday in Port Coquitlam.
Jeff Clarke slammed home a pass from Angus Burke for the game’s only goal in the 65th minute. United goaltender Paul Shepherd stopped a couple of dangerous PoCo FC shots in the final 15 minutes to earn the shutout.
Surrey will face the Delta Hurricanes at 4 p.m. in the Provincial Cup final.
The Hurricanes also won 1-0, defeating the Coquitlam Metro Ford Wolves Sunday to set up an all-Vancouver Metro Soccer League (VMSL) provincial final.
Gary Badesha set up Cam Hundal for the Delta goal, and Drew Smiley got the shutout in the Hurricanes goal.
United finished fourth in the 12-team Premier Division of the VMSL with a 12-2-8 (won-tied-lost) record, 12 points out of the top spot and just three up on fifth place Delta, which was 10-5-7.
In two head-to-head meetings in league play, Delta won both games. The Hurricanes blanked Surrey 1-0 on Nov. 23 in Cloverdale, then posted a 3-0 win Feb. 28 at North Delta’s John Oliver Park.