Yellowknife's newest soccer club has planted itself a seed it hopes will grow into something big.

The Yk Galaxy Soccer Club finished its first-ever summer season at the Fieldhouse on July 29 with the final games of its Champions Cup. The players were split into U10 and U13/U16 divisions to play games with championship games for each division happening on the final day.

Dillon Torindo, the club's general manager, said it was a nice way to end the summer season.

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The players were split into two teams in each division and were given the names Galaxy Stars and Galaxy North.

Each division had two games on July 28 to get a sense of whether the teams were fairly balanced, said Torindo, and it appeared that they were.

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In the championship games, the Galaxy Stars won both of them in tight games; the U10 division final went to penalty kicks.

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There were awards to be handed out for each division, such as the most valuable players. Liam Fenley was the U10 division MVP while Hasan Livingstone took the honours for the U13/U16 division.

If you add up the total number of players both in town for the tournament and those out of town, 65 players were on the fields this summer season and Torindo said there were more ready to jump in and join.

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Can the club handle as many as 100 players? Torindo said if the groups are organized properly, it shouldn't be a problem.

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Things could be looking up for the group and it was announced on Aug. 7 that the club is now a full member of NWT Soccer. That allows the club to get in on such things as coaching clinics and player development clinics.

Torindo said a chance conversation with Huw Morris, NWT Soccer's technical director, convinced him that he should work toward getting the club under the organization's umbrella.

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