Aboriginal youth sets sights on World Youth Cup

An Aboriginal soccer team in Saskatoon is doing everything they can to scrape together almost $100,000 in order to attend an international soccer tournament in Europe.

Charity golf tournaments, coin drives and sponsor requests are all on the agenda for ‘Native Sons First Nations United’ soccer team, as they work towards their goal of raising $90,000 to attend The World Youth Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Corey Bugler, coach of the all male team of youths from the ages of 16 to 19-years-old, is determined to rally as much support as possible in order to give his team the opportunity to show their skills while representing Canada.

“These guys are elite players,” said Bugler, who added that nine of his players have been invited to try out for the University of Saskatchewan soccer team.

“We have five or six players that are so good, that they might get spotted there and might not come back with us,” he added.