The 2018 Kelowna Men’s Soccer League wrapped up its season during the past week with favoured teams living up to expectations and claiming playoff championships.
Photo Credit: ContributedCompany FC defeated Lifeworks Chiropractic in the title match to win the Kelowna Men's Soccer League's Division 3A championship. Members of the winning team are, from left, front: Dan Hunt, Dave Crawford, Matt Crawford, Jeff Widmer, Ross Miller, Joe Allen, Jon Mair, Chris Laberge and Mike Gill. Back: James Walker, Iain McCulloch, Matthew Nicholls, Gary Allen, Kyle Miller, Paul Reuther, Karl Wolf and Ben Paul. Missing: Sean Murphy, Mike Kennefick, Jon Craven and Tom Simpson.In the KMSL’s Division 3A final, Company FC, third-place finishers in the regular season with a 13-4-1 record, defeated fifth-place Lifeworks Chiropractic FC 3-1 at Mission Sportsfields.
Coming off a 3-1 victory over the Rogue Knights in semifinal play a week earlier, Company FC received a two-goal effort from Ross Miller in the title match while Dan Hunt opened the scoring for the winners. Brad Vanhanegem was the lone goalscorer for Lifeworks (6-8-4), who had upset first-place Doja Internationale FC (15-1-2) in their semifinal.
Photo Credit: ContributedThe Cattlemen's Club Restaurant Roasters added a KMSL playoff title to their regular-season championship by downing the Foster Financial Red Devils 3-0 in the Division 3B final. Members of the championship team are, from left, front: Angel Camejo, Tyler Kirby, Eric Reimer, Dale Flowers-Johnson, Ismail Aykut, Davion Hutchinson and Fred Nyman. Back: Gabriel Pop, Logan Gayle, Peterson Gustave, Spyros Tsoukalas, Attila Deak, Kevaughn Thames, Ryan Wheeler, Mihai Chirobocea and Ionut Bordieanu.The Division 3B finale saw the regular-season-champion Cattlemen’s Club Restaurant Roasters (15-1) shut out runner-up (11-4-1) Foster Financial Red Devils 3-0 for the playoff crown.
The Roasters’ goals came from three unlikely scorers — Logan Gayle (two goals in the regular season), Gabriel Pop (1) and Peterson Gustave (1).
Photo Credit: ContributedA 2-1 victory over the Penticton FC Masters earned the Kal Tire FC of Vernon the KMSL's 2018 over-35 championship at Beasley Fields. Members of the winning team are from left, front: Jeff Nice, Chad Bennett, Anthony Vassallo, Jesse Knight, Tim McGowan, Glenn Allan, Brent Poulsen, Chris Ovens and David Dobernigg. Back: Darren Nobrega, Mark Budgen, Tyler Johnson, Mark Zaino, Jason Roycroft, Ryan Sharp, Rodney Goodchild, Kevin Lynes, Damien Adams and Robert Rose. Missing: Andrew Stein, David Broadhurst, Pedro Garro, Stefan Depner and Tyler Fulljames.Meanwhile, Kal Tire FC of Vernon claimed the over-35 championship by edging Penticton FC Masters 2-1 at Beasley Fields in Lake Country.
Kal, first-place finishers in the regular season with a 12-7-2 mark, got their goals from Anthony Vassallo and Jesse Knight while Lewis Morris scored for Penticton, who had ended the regular season in sixth place with a 7-11-3 record.




