Fans will have one more chance to cheer on Powell River Villa as the 2024/2025 Vancouver Island Soccer League (VISL) schedule concludes this weekend at Timberlane Park.
Already guaranteed to finished last in the 10-team top flight of VISL, relegation-bound Villa will have an opportunity to face the league’s top team, Vic West FC, to close out the campaign. The visitors have lost only one match all season (16-0-1) and lead Division 1 by a commanding 14 points over second place Lakehill Victorian Painters (11-1-5).
At the other end of the table, 10th-place Villa (2-4-11) trails ninth-place Sooke Celtic (4-4-10), who also face relegation in a challenge match this weekend versus Division 2’s Saanich Fusion, by six points, and are nine points back of eighth-place Nanaimo United (4-7-7), who have safely secured their spot in Division 1 next year.
“Our first year back in Division 1 was the 2019/2020 season, so for five years we were able to stay up,” said Villa manager Chris McDonough. “Unfortunately we have been relegated and will play next year in Division 2.”
Victoria Highlanders will finish third in Division 1, followed by Bays United (fourth), Gorge FC (fifth), Comox Valley United (sixth) and Cowichan FC (seventh).
Kickoff for Villa’s final game of the season is scheduled for 1:30 pm on Saturday, March 29.
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