YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea - The Yongsan Sharks youth soccer team won the 11-12-year-old U.S. Forces Korea Soccer Championship at Yongsan's Chosun Field Nov. 14.

The Sharks battled a tough Osan team in the opening round of the tournament to come away victorious, advancing to the championship game.

Shark's coach Mike Gagnet had a little over an hour to ready the team for their next tough opponent.

The second game of the single elimination tournament was much closer. In fact, the Sharks played the top seeded Yongsan Hurricanes, the same Yongsan team that only a week earlier had defeated the Sharks in back to back games involving penalty shootouts in the USAG-Yongsan 11-12 Soccer Tournament.

Ricky Clark, USAG-Yongsan Youth Sports director, said after those two games earlier in the week for the USAG-Yongsan Champions, that it was the "best" youth soccer championship games he had witnessed on Yongsan in the past five seasons.

Both of the games in the Yongsan Championship ended in a tie with subsequent penalty kick shootouts to decide the final outcome.

All the games between the Sharks and Hurricanes were competitive exchanges between two evenly match teams with the kids playing with passion and enthusiasm.

After the USFK Championship game between the Sharks and the Hurricanes ended in a 0-0 tie, referee Dan Wilson informed the players to remain on the field and instructed the coaches to ready their respective players for yet another penalty kick shootout.

With tough goal keeping by both goalies, the Sharks were able to edge ahead and claim the overall USFK title.

After making a clutch goal in the penalty kick shootout, Marquita Morris

said, "Mom, I made my first goal!"

Staying true to the Youth Sports philosophy, the kids we able to close out their seasons in a safe, instructive and fun environment with the help of all the volunteer coaches and the installation Youth Services.

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