Valour FC gave some students plenty to cheer about in their inaugural school day match.
The Winnipeg club scored three times in a game for the first time all season as they defeated Vancouver FC 3-1 in front of a record-breaking crowd Wednesday morning at Princess Auto Stadium.
The announced attendance was 11,390, which shattered their old record by almost two-thousand fans as 9,699 attended their first-ever match back in 2019.
Valour fell behind one-nil in the 17th minute, but they scored late in the half and then added two more markers in the second half for just their second league victory of the season.
“Emotionally the guys were hyped and they felt the energy,” said Valour FC general manager and head coach Phillip Dos Santos. “You go down one-zero and sometimes the balloon can def