EDC FC Burnaby moved into a three-way tie for fourth place with Langley and Coquitlam Metro-Ford in Vancouver Metro Soccer League premier division last week.
The Burnaby-based soccer club rattled off its fourth straight league win following a 4-2 victory over Croatia SC last weekend.
“These guys just keep turning it up a notch every week,” said EDC head coach Claudio Ramirez. “We fell behind in the first 10 as Croatia was pressing our outlet passes from the defence and we made a mistake on one of these – they intercepted and buried it. We made a couple of adjustments and then took over the game at about the 15-minute mark.”
Chris Kydd knotted the score with a fantastic strike that went top corner.
Then, just before the half, Hussein Ibrahim tallied the go-ahead marker – that had all the trappings for goal of the year - with a full bicycle kick on an Eric Ray cross from inside the 18. In the second half, Ducivan Desouza, with an impeccable free kick, made it 3-1 with about 30 minutes left in the period.
Kydd, with his second of the game, scored on another long-range strike to seal it. Croatia got one back near the end to make it 4-2.
“We gained some more confidence going into the Metro-Ford game, which is always one of the toughest opponents in the league,” Ramirez said about Saturday’s afternoon matchup at Town Centre Stadium. “The team is playing close to its potential and the collective effort of the group is fantastic, everyone is working together thinking about the big picture. We are playing well, the guys can feel something special is happening and we will continue to take things one game at a time...they've picked a perfect time to peak.”
Saturday’s kick off is at 3 p.m.
