The Adult Christmas Futsal tournament took place at Porter Creek Secondary School in Whitehorse on the weekend.

Four women's and five men's teams took part in the tourney.

The Star took in some of Saturday's games.

In an afternoon game, We're Messi beat the U18 Arctic Winter Games team 3-0.

Sam Samuelson was one of the coaches on the bench for the U18 team.

"I think it went really well. I thought it was exciting and fast and I think it was quite tough."

Samuelson agreed that the competition was tough for her team.

"The women are good players and hopefully we can have more games against them and learn. It's nice that they're all together and out here because often they're not. It was fun.

"I think they like playing against the women. They're usually playing against the Over-35 men, but it's nice to have some female competition."

Unfortunately, the U18 team won't be going to the Arctics, as their their age group was cancelled due to a lack of teams.

"We're looking for other stuff to do and just trying to keep them playing soccer, really, because it's hard when you suddenly lose a competition to go to," related Samuelson. "So we're just trying to keep them motivated and interested and this tournament's been good for that and hopefully we'll find a tournament for them to go to in March in Vancouver. That would be outdoors."

The U18 team won their other two games, beating the Wildcats 8-2 and the Arctic Winter Games Girls U16 team 6-0.

Sammy Demchuk was on the winning side of the We're Messi-U18 game.

"It was really good. It was nice and physical. I love physical games. We played really good. The team we played was pretty good too, so it was good competition. Good to get those girls ready for whatever competition they have coming up next."

The goal scorers for We're Messi were Abby Rich, Amy Vermeulen and Malorie Hanson. The next game had the younger Arctic Winter Games team, the U16s, going up against the Wildcats, who came out on top 2-0.

The Wildcats' Alice Frost scored their second goal and was a force to be reckoned with when she was on the floor.

"It was a good game. We had a lot of pressure on them the whole time but it was tough for us to get the ball in the net but luckily we pulled through in the end.

"That was our first win actually but it just feels so good being back with everyone playing a sport we love, so I'm just happy to play."

Frost, 22, is in her second year of Health Sciences at St. Francis Xavier (StFX) in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Tyler Milton coached the AWG Girls team.

"It went well. I was really proud of the girls. They're a young group, the youngest group in this tournament and they competed really well and could have had a few chances to sneak a result.

"It's been difficult, to be honest, they've had a few poor results but this is the first time they've played at games of this level, so it takes some adjustment and it takes some getting used to the competition but as the tournament goes on, they're getting better and better."

In the next game, Net Six and Chill beat Joe Hansen's Liverpool Reserves team 3-1 in an intense game.

Milton scored the third goal for Net Six, then suffered an ankle injury in the hard-fought game.

"It was good. It was a fast-paced game, two really good teams. Those are the type of games that are fun to play in. Always nice to win as well."

Of the goal, Milton said "It was a weird one. It was just my left foot. I'm right-footed and decided to change it up for that one and it worked out OK for me.

"Sometimes if you change the angle it can catch the goalkeeper out."

Regarding the tourney, Milton said "It's been a really good experience so far for everyone involved."

Tournament organizer Jake Hanson was coaching the Liverpool Reserves.

"It's a gym, it's a small space, it's fast and there's lots of energy and pressure and those are two competitive teams that have seen each other in finals before and may see each other in the final again tomorrow. It's a good competitive rivalry there. The college guys are home and it's pretty quick."

Hanson said the tournament was going "really well … I think everybody's having fun."

The last game of the day featured a team from Nunavut, Rankin FC, against Kroos Control. It's the first time that a team from Nunavut played in the tournament. It was a close game with Rankin FC leading 3-2 at the half, but Net Six pulled away in the second half to win 7-3.

Kris Okpatauyak was the player coach for Rankin FC.

"The tournament's good. Love the city. We've seen at the Nationals Yukon's been developing their skills and getting better at Nationals every year and we thought we'd try to do a little battle in the North, so we came here for the Christmas futsal championship."

"We're getting better … (we weren't) able to finish a couple that should have been easy goals; we couldn't capitalize on a couple of them."

Rankin FC took three flights to get to Whitehorse via Winnipeg and Vancouver and arrived Saturday morning at 12:30 am.

"It's just as cold as back home, so we're used to the cold."

Okpatauyak added "Great tournament. Good to be here."

Net Six and Chill edged the Liverpool Reserves 5-2 in the men's final.

Riverdale FC beat Kroos Control 7-2 for third place.

The men's tourney MVP was Joe Hanson.

The Golden Boot winner was Marten Sealy.

Net Six's Callum Weir was named the top goalkeeper for the men's side.

On the women's side, We're Messi beat the U18 girls team 5-1 in the final.

We're Messi went undefeated on their way to the title.

The Wildcats edged the AWG girls team 2-1 to claim third place.

Amy Vermeulen was the women's tourney MVP and Malorie Hanson ended up with the women's Golden Boot as Top Scorer.

The Wildcats' Samantha Burgess was top goalkeeper on the women's side.