PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles and Sequim residents will break out their community pride —and their old high school gear — to go head-to-head Sunday to make a claim for the inaugural Super Cup.
Port Angeles all-star adult soccer players wearing Port Angeles green-and-white will take on all-star players from Sequim in purple-and-gold at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Wally Sigmar Soccer field at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
The game is modeled on a British Derby — pronounced “darby” — where two neighboring towns put up their best players in a contest for bragging rights, said Tim Tucker, Super Cup commissioner and Peninsula College director of soccer operations.
‘Good-natured event’
In Great Britain, such matches have been known to become heated.
“We call it a good-natured event,” Tucker said.
The $5 entry will be donated to the United Way of Clallam County, “which does so much for both cities,” he said.
The Port Angeles team settled on the name Port Angeles United and is sponsored by Fanaticus Sports Grill and Windermere Real Estate of Port Angeles.
The Sequim Team selected the name Sequim FC — “FC” being the common shorthand for “football club” in Great Britain — and is sponsored by Jose’s Famous Salsa and Holistic Horticulture & Landscaping of Sequim.
Even the uniforms will have a British flavor, being modeled after “premier” football club-style uniforms in that country.
National anthem
Port Angeles High School choir director Jolene Dalton Gailey will sing the “Star Spangled Banner” before the game.
The Super Cup event is a cross between a Port Angeles-Sequim grudge match and all-star game.
Some of the players are drawn from the adult leagues, which include about 30 teams between the two cities, and some are returning high school stars currently in college or past stars who still live in the cities.
Each team is allowed three “Native Son” team members — former local stars who have moved away but come home to represent their city, Tucker said.
Twenty-four team members are allowed from each city. Young players are expected to make the game competitive. Some of the older players may stay on the sidelines in uniforms to be honored for past contributions, Tucker said.
Sequim Mayor Candace Pratt and Port Angeles City Councilwoman Cherie Kidd have a bet on the game, Tucker said.
“The loser will take the winner to lunch in her hometown wearing the jersey of the winning team,” he said.
He said the winning team will take home a trophy, which will reside in the City Hall of the winning team.
As a bonus, soccer fans who arrive early can watch the final practice and tryouts for the championship-rich Peninsula College Pirates soccer teams, he said.
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