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Tori Weaver gets MVP award in Pacific Ocean Cup 8
MP United Football Club’s Tori Maratita Weaver, right, poses with her MVP medals and joins other top players for a group photo during the awards ceremony for the Pacific Ocean Cup 8 held over the weekend in Shizuoka, Japan. (Contributed Photo)
MP United Football Club’s Tori Maratita Weaver was selected as one of the most valuable players in the Pacific Ocean Cup 8 held over the weekend at the Numazu Seibu ground in Shizuoka, Japan.
Weaver teamed up with brother Garett, Angelo Xu, Yi Sui, Carlo Diaz, Stephanie Kim, Evan Mendiola, Andrew Chung, and Ian Song in battling host Vivid Blue, Harasato, FACT Soccer Club, and Susono Nishi in 8×8 games that were played into two 15-minute halves (per match). Tori, who received a MVP medal at the awards ceremony, was among those who put MP United in the board during the round-robin tournament and the visiting club went on score four goals in the competition.
Tori and company first played against Vivid Blue and the host edged out MP United, 4-2. In its second game, MP United was pitted against Harasato and the latter recorded a 4-1 victory. FACT Soccer Club was up next for the Alex Park and Gene Weaver-coached MP United and the former cruised to a 14-0 triumph. For its last match, MP United faced Susono Nishi and the Japanese team foiled the visiting squad’s bid to enter the win column after posting a 7-1 victory.
MP United ended up at fifth place in the team standings, while Harasato ruled the tournament after earning an unbeaten record in the weekend’s contest. Besides downing MP United, the eventual champion also topped FACT Soccer Club, 2-0; Vivid Blue, 3-1; and Susono Nishi, 4-1. FACT settled for the runner-up honors with its 3-1 record as it also defeated Susono Nishi, 3-0 and Vivid Blue, 6-1. Susoni Nishi (2-2) and Vivid Blue (1-3) finished third and fourth, respectively. Harasato won the biannual tournament for the first time to join MP United (Pacific Ocean Cup 2, 4, and 7), Nagaoka SSS (Pacific Ocean Cup 1), Vivid Blue (Pacific Ocean Cup 3), and Pure FC (Pacific Ocean Cup 6) in the champions circle.
Meanwhile, four other players were named MVPs in the tournament. The list includes Vivid Blue’s Taiki Miyashiro, Susono Nishi’s Shoma Watanabe, FACT Soccer Club’s Issa Komatsu, and Harasato’s Rin Yoshioka.
