Spurred on by another raucous home crowd, Sooke Celtic FC notched a victory in the opening round of the provincial playoffs.

Sooke Celtic FC moved toward a Division 3 provincial championship with a 2-1 victory over Burnaby-based Brazcouver on Friday.

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Robbie Heggelund gave Celtic FC the lead when he buried a penalty kick after being taken down in the box. Brazcouver responded with a goal just before the half ended to knot the teams at 1-1.

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Ketil Eckhardt sealed the deal for the home side with about 10 minutes left in the game, converting on a free kick with a great shot to beat BrazcouverB次元官网网址檚 keeper, McKay said.

The next game is a quarter-final match in the march through the provincials against Gorge FC.

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McKay said the team is hoping for a boost courtesy of another great turnout for the game which takes place Friday (April 14), at 7 p.m. at The Log at Fred Milne Park.

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