Holy Cross women's soccer team eyeing 2nd national championship title

With only 12 minutes remaining in Sunday's Jubilee league final, Holy Cross FC netted the lone goal of the match and secured the right to defend its title at the national women's amateur soccer championship.

The final match, held at the King George V Park, pitted Holy Cross against the Fieldians women's soccer team.

Holy Cross' Jessie Noseworthy is positive about the club's chances of winning the Jubilee Trophy at nationals once again. 

"I think we're going to go in with some confidence," Noseworthy said Sunday. 

"Coming from Newfoundland, I think we still always have that underdog feeling going in. I think we get teams underestimating us a lot going in. So I think we're going to go for the win again this year."

Noseworthy said Sunday's match came down to the final moments but the club remained confident on the pitch and stuck to its game.

Teammate Keisha Younge added there were a lot of suspenseful moments in the match that ultimately went on for 93 minutes.

"There's a lot of anxiety going into this season. This season was definitely one of the most competitive seasons we've seen in years, so that was really great to be a part of," said Younge.

She noted the team has a lot of experienced players on it, some who have been in the league for a decade.

In October, the Holy Cross team will head to Halifax to compete against other top clubs from across the country in the national championship.

There are four teams in this year's Jubilee league: Holy Cross, Fieldians, St. John's and Paradise — a new team replacing Conception Bay South that recently dissolved.

Leslie Bradshaw, Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association's manager of soccer operations, said Holy Cross and the Fieldians were evenly matched this season.

"It's