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Richmond's Dakota Chan (receiving the MVP award from Nations Cup president Jeff Wilson) stood tall for Canada, scoring a goal and setting up another in a 3-1 win over Ireland Sunday in the Women's Division final at the Nations Cup soccer tournament.
Photo by Chung Chow
Chan steps up for Canada
Dakota Chan has always shown an ability to
step up in the biggest moments. It was no exception in the Nations Cup soccer
tournament last weekend at Hugh Boyd Park.
A talented multi-sport athlete who later this
summer will make her debut at the University of Nebraska on a soccer
scholarship, the recent McMath secondary graduate subbed into the final Women’s
Division match to start the second half Sunday. Her presence clearly change the
momentum, as she promptly scored once and set up another to power Canada past
defending champion Ireland 3-1.
Well deserved, the always hard-working Chan
was selected as the tournament’s most valuable player although it was a “total
surprise” to her given the great many female players in the event.
Chan has been training diligently on her own
for last five weeks in preparation for her freshman season at Nebraska. She has
particularly focused on her fitness, running her heart out at the McMath field
with hour-long workouts. She’s also been swimming as much as possible with the
Richmond Kigoos.
The workouts are paying dividends, as Chan
said she didn’t at all tired during the Nations Cup and easily recovered from
any hard running she had to do.
Canada didn’t allow a goal against in its
first three tournament games, blanking Africa in its opener 2-0 Friday before
edging England 1-0 Saturday morning and playing to a scoreless draw against the
United States Sunday morning.
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