PREMIER SOCCER: Northern Peninsula Football Club improves to 2-0

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, May 25, 2021

PORT TOWNSEND — The fledgling Northern Peninsula Football Club waited more than a year to finally get on the pitch, and the team has gotten off to a great start with its second straight win Sunday.

The NPFC — made up of players from Port Townsend, Forks, Sequim and Port Angeles — plays in the Western Washington Premier League 2, an adult elite soccer league featuring former high school and college players. The Premier League 2 is the second-tier league to the Western Washington Premier League.

The club beat Gala FC of Mill Creek 4-1 at Memorial Stadium on Sunday.

Scoring goals were Abisai Garcia of Forks, Roland Donanberg-Platt of Port Townsend, Hugo Sandoval of Forks and Simon Lynge of Port Townsend. Goalkeeper Hayden Price picked up the win.

Speaking to the 2-0 start to NPFC existence, team manager Joost Besijn said, “I had no idea what to expect. I wasn’t expecting anything.”

Besijn said the team played better in this game than in its season-opening victory last week, a 4-2 win over the ISC Gunners, a team based in Issaquah.

“They played more cohesively. They moved the ball a lot more quickly,” he said. He also said the attendance at the Memorial Stadium surpassed their expectations.

NPFC goes on the road next week for a May 29 rematch with the ISC Gunners. The club returns home to play Harbor Force 2, a Gig Harbor team, at 4 p.m. June 5.

Adult tickets are $8 and youth tickets (ages 3 to 12) are $5 and can be purchased online at www.northernpeninsulafc.com.