Peter Ntignee fires the ball towards the net for Central's second goal of the game.

The Moose Jaw High School Boys Soccer League hosted their first ever game on Monday afternoon at Gutheridge Field as Vanier and Central squared off in the inaugural game.  

Vanier head coach Jaysen Tomashewski says this league is going to do wonders for the sport in the Friendly City, "Some of these guys go out and they play in the Storm leagues and they play in the PSL, but we've got a lot of guys that just don't.  If get this league going, it's fantastic.  It gives more people a chance to play a fantastic game."

The Vikings and Cyclones battled to a 2-2 draw in a chippy and hard fought opening match for the league.

Tomashewski says his team will need to be more disciplined going forward, "Coming back off that long weekend we had just one practice with our whole squad, so we've got to start working on some things and get the behaviour back in check."

Central's assistant coach Ray Rawlyk says there's a definite rivalry there between the two teams already, "I think a lot of these boys have played each other for a long time and rivalries exist beyond the schools.  A lot of these boys know each other through summer soccer programs and what not."

Central was all over Vanier during the early part of the first half and just missed on three great chances in front of the goal, sending the ball over the cross bar.  The Cyclones would be the first ones to get on the board as Karama Augustine broke in past two defenders and made it 1-0.  Central jumped out to a 2-0 lead late in the first half as Peter Ntignee battled through a Vanier defenders check.

The game turned in Vanier's favour at the start of the second half though when Paul Spaletta scored to get the Vikings within one.  They would find the equalizer not long after as Albert Brown scored just two minutes later to even the game at 2-2.

Tomashewski says he was happy with the result with such a short time frame to prepare for the game, "We were throwing some people into some positions where we didn't know how they were going to handle it.  Some decisions not so good, some decisions worked out a little bit better.  After we get a couple more games in and we get a better idea of where people fit in and how they're going to pull together as a team, I think the season could be a good one."

Vanier gets back on the field on Wednesday when they take on Riverview/Cornerstone at Gutheridge Field.  The girls league is on the pitch at Sunningdale Field on Tuesday afternoon with Central and Vanier squaring off at 4:30pm.