A report received late says that a one-day Bhutanese Inter-city Knockout Soccer Tournament 2011 successfully concluded in Washington after ‘Tukwila A’ team bagged the winner trophy on Saturday.
At least seven different Bhutanese teams from six different cities in Washington area participated in the tournament, which took place at the Valley Ridge Sport Complex, SeaTac, WA.
The highest Scorer of the tournament, Prem Khadka’s hat-trick smoothed the path for ‘Tukwila A’ to bag the winner trophy. Team caption, Yawan Tiwari from the Everett Team was announced ‘man of the match’ while SeaTac/Burien Team was awarded for its fair play.
An estimated 200 Bhutanese and local audience watched and cheered the tournament throughout the day.
Meanwhile, all audience and players participated in a silence mourn for a minute to pray and remember the three deceased Bhutanese youths in the Washington area prior the award distribution function.
According to the organizer, the Bhutanese Family of WA tournament sponsored the tournament while the Bhutanese Youth of WA along with Tukwila family helped organize it.
It is reported that the tournament was aimed to select best player from each city to form a strong soccer club of Bhutanese in Washington.
Below follows the result of tournament.
First Round
Pool ‘A’
Burien/SeaTac Vs Kent (winner -Kent)
Everett Vs Tukwila B (winner -Everett)
Pool ‘B’
Spokane Vs Rainier (winner-Rainier)
Tukwila A pulled by
Semi-Final
Kent Vs Everett (winner-Everett)
Rainier Vs Tukwila A (winner-Tukwila)
Final
Everett Vs Tukwila A (winner-Tukwila A)
