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YORKTON - In the Fall of 2021, a number of Yorkton United FC players were identified as potential high-performance players by Sasksoccer.

Three of these players, Ridwan Olatunji, Noah Wyatt and Kale McManus took part in the intake process.

After that process, they were contacted by Adam Miller who leads the high-performance program for Saskatchewan. He invited the trio to take part in an assessment period with the Saskatchewan High-Performance Program.

The three Yorkton United players have been travelling to Saskatoon every Wednesday from Feb. 9 to March 23, to train with the Vancouver Whitecaps MLS Academy program.

At the end of their assessment period they will have a meeting with the Coach Miller to find out if they will be invited to attend the program on a full-time basis in the fall.

“Our soccer program has had incredible success for a long time and it has been great that Sasksoccer High-Performance coaches have recognized that and reached out to us,” said Technical Director of YUFC Mike Jakubiec commenting on the opportunity. “They were interested in a lot of our players in both the boys and girl’s side. Kale, Noah and Ridwan have all worked hard to get to this point and I was happy that they decided to take the opportunity to try out. The high-performance coaches have been impressed with the boys so far. This is the pathway to higher level soccer that we always wanted for our players.”

On top of the training in Saskatoon, all three boys have been involved practicing and playing with the YUFC U17/19 boy’s team two to three times a week.

The YUFC U17 boy’s team recently won 6 v 6 Provincials in Saskatoon with their teammates. The U17 boys went undefeated throughout the tournament and won the final 4 – 0 against Saskatoon Eastside. Olatunji was named MVP for the tournament.