Our First League Title

A Little Halftime Encouragement

The Champions Celebrate

The Ubuntu boys clinched the Premier League title on Saturday afternoon with a 1-0 victory over CPUT, a team that previously defeated us!!  It was one of the best performances the team has put together this year.  They defended well, created lots of chances for each other, and had a great spirit about the game.  The goal was scored by Alex Van Schalkwyk and may have been the best goal we've scored all year.  It was off a corner kick swung in from the left side by Chadley Philander.  On corner kicks Alex is responsible for the near post run.  He made a great run, had the courage to put his head on the ball, and it sailed into the top of the goal!  It was fantastic, just like you draw it up in practice!
It's been a remarkable season already, but it can get better with the Knockout Final this Saturday.  This game is against Botha Sig, a team that defeated us the first game of the season and that we narrowly beat in the return match.  We're playing our best football at the right time, and despite several injuries and illnesses I know we'll be up for the challenge on Saturday.
I wanted to share a few statistics to show the amazing progress the team has made.

• We started the season with 1 win, 1 loss, and 2 draws.  In those 4 games we gave up 6 goals.  
• In the 14 league matches since then we've gone 13-1, while only giving up 4 goals.  We have ten shutouts in that period.  
• We've also played two knockout matches which have both been shutout wins, so that gives us 12 shutouts and a total record of 16-2-2.  Hopefully on Saturday that record will go to 17-2-2.  
• With the Premier League Championship comes promotion to the Super League next year!

So much excitement in the years to come, but it's amazing to see what God has done already in a year.  Pretty incredible to think what can possibly be ahead.  We'll be sure to update you on what happens on Saturday in the Final!