The Ottawa Fury’s quest for a double championship season is off to a solid start, as both its W-League and PDL teams kicked off their respective campaigns with a trio of wins and a tie.

Several local teams got off to hot starts in their Ontario Youth Soccer League seasons, including maybe the most unexpected of the group – the West Ottawa Warriors under-15 girls.

They entered the competition as the top seed, but there was no way the Louis-Riel Rebelles were favourites at the June 6-8 OFSAA girls’ soccer championships. Not when they had no substitutes with the minimum 11 players, no goalkeeper, and the task of playing seven games in three days if they wanted to go all the way.

The West Ottawa Soccer Club hosted a set of girls’ U15 Ontario Cup matches on the June 8-9 weekend at Walter Baker Park, providing an opportunity for the Warrior girls to showcase their emergence as a team capable of competing against the province’s very best.

From sleeping in a sweltering tent surrounded by farm animals to being stranded on the side of the highway in southern France, it’s been quite the ride for Anna Munro and Alexis Martel-Lamothe as members of Team Ontario.

The Ottawa Internationals Soccer Club may actually fear hosting the 20th anniversary edition of its massively popular Ottawa Icebreaker tournament next year.

The host Nepean Hotspurs won two of five titles at the 18th-annual Nepean Hotspurs Friendship Tournament June 8-9 at Ben Franklin Park and the Colonnade Road mini fields.

The OSU Force Black 2003 girls danced their way to an undefeated record in group play at their club’s home tournament, the June 8-9 OSU Girls Nike Challenge Cup in Barrhaven.

The third-annual Lose The Shoes 3v3 soccer tournament in support of the Ottawa Police Athletic League will take place on June 15 at Mooney’s Bay beach.

Two local under-13 boys’ soccer teams traveled to France in May for a renowned international youth soccer tournament in Plomelin.