-submitted by Vince Greco
The Final week of the 2017 year came to a close with just the 1 game being played in the top flight; division 1.
A big result for Lakehill behind the 3 goal performance by Ryan Andre keeping Lakehill in the hunt for a possible BC Soccer Provincial berth. Another close decision & loss to the VI Wave team who lose another game by 1 goal.
| Lakehill FC – (D1) | 4 | |
| VI Wave – (D1) | 3 |
Lakehill FC – (D1)
Goals: Ryan Andre (3), Isaac Koch
VI Wave – (D1)
Goals: Thomas Mallette, Wesley Barrett, Own Goal
Here are the standings as we close out the year, followed by the up to date scoring race which saw a leaderboard change, and finishing up with the shutout leaderboard.
| # | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Cowichan FC – (D1) | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 34 |
| 2 | Vic West FC – (D1) | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 27 |
| 3 | Gorge FC – (D1) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 23 |
| 5 | Westcastle United – (D1) | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 23 |
| 6 | Lakehill FC – (D1) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 33 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Bays United Liquor Plus – (D1) | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 39 | -12 | 17 |
| 8 | Comox Valley United – (D1) | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 15 |
| 9 | VI Wave – (D1) | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 26 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Vantreights – (D1) | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 57 | -44 | 3 |
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| 17 | |
| Ryan Andre | |
| Lakehill FC – (D1) | |
| Patrick Nelson | 16 |
| Cowichan FC – (D1) | |
| Daragh Fitzgerald | 16 |
| Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | |
| Jon Shah | 10 |
| Gorge FC – (D1) | |
| Matteo Ventura | 8 |
| Vic West FC – (D1) | |
| Craig Gorman | 7 |
| Cowichan FC – (D1) | |
| Bryan Taylor | 7 |
| Vic West FC – (D1) | |
| Joshua Walter | 6 |
| Westcastle United – (D1) | |
| Kiyoshi Croke | 6 |
| VI Wave – (D1) | |
| Nils Webber | 6 |
| Vic West FC – (D1) |
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Shutout leaders:
| Darian | Achurch | Cowichan FC – (D1) | 6 |
| Gabe | Luger | Lakehill FC – (D1) | 3 |
| Geoff | Hackett | Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | 3 |
| Daniel | Zadravec | VI Wave – (D1) | 2 |
| Beau | Belle Oudry | Comox Valley United – (D1) | 2 |
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Next on tap for the VISL – our all-star game festivities on Saturday January 6/2018.
All 4 game will be at Hampton Turf, and we will be hosting the Fraser Valley Soccer League for 2 of those games.
Further information within the upcoming week.
Thanks for supporting local soccer.