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Manchester United Premier Cup - Pacific finals

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Manchester United Premier Cup - Pacific finals

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Apparently Tauranga's Otumoetai were beaten in the final on penalties by Melbourne's Keilor Park, who now head to Beijing for the World finals (played there this year to coincide with Man U's off-season Asian tour.

Pacifc Finals teams:
North Star (Brisbane), WT Birkalla (Adelaide), Charlestown City Blues (Newcastle area), Manly Utd (Sydney) and Keilor Park (Melbourne), Otumoetai (NZ North Island), Cashmere Tech NZ South Island) and AS Grand Nord (New Caledonia).

Any results table/match reports from either Otumoetai (well done, by the way); or Cashmere Technical (congrats too)?

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hard to get any info from the 'net. Here's what I know.

The winners - Keilor Parjk from Melbourne won 2, and lost 1 pool game to qualify for semis.
They drew their semi v Charlestown and won on pens.
Final v Otumoetai was nil all and they won the shootout 4-3.
So Keilor Park go to Beijing with 2 wins, 1 loss, 2 draws.

Youtube clip of penalty shoot out is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxQyovqPBs&feature=bf_prev&list=UUdc9r518-rlYSuIKu3U2J_w&lf=plcp

Can't find full results table.
Any forum readers from Otumoetai or Cashmere for some reports?

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Report on Otumoetai in the tournie here:
 
 
 
Midfielder Connor Probert, the son of former All White Paul Probert, was player of the tournament, winning a two-year sponsorship from Nike.

Otumoetai beat Queensland champions North Star 2-0 in their opening pool game before thrashing New Caledonian club side AS Grand Nord 8-1. They were then on the receiving end, turning in a lacklustre effort to lose their final pool game to Northern New South Wales' Charlestown City Blues 4-0, with Charlestown topping the group and Otumoetai second to advance to the semifinals.

There they met Sydney's Manly FC and triumphed 1-0 in extra-time on another open, high intensity game.

Keilor had also finished second in their group after two wins and a loss and made the final when they beat Charlestown 4-3 in a penalty shootout after their semi was locked at 1-1.

Chegwidden said they practiced penalties at every training and had backed his son, who was later judged goalkeeper of the tournament, to make his share of saves too. He went the right way on four of Keilor's five kicks but could only get his fingertips on one

Big Pete 65, Christchurch

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hi, I am the guy that was perched up on the roof doing the video of the Pacific Finals.
Allow me to congratulate all teams on some fine football and in particular, a sense of fair play.
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