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e Page 16 â€" Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, August 27, 1980 By Rick Campbel! â€"_ Chronicle Sports Editor There is no doubt about it, Steve Maurer was one big thorn in the side of Winnipeg Valley Gardens Sunday afternoon. But Maurer‘s Busch Garden teammates from St. Louis, Mo. looked upon him more as a flower in full bloom after he scored all three goals to give his team a 3â€"0 victory over Winnipeg in the North American Youth Soccer championship game at Seaâ€" gram Stadium. ° The American squad, Midâ€"West chamâ€" pion this year and North American winners in 1978 in Regina, Sask., were heavy favoriâ€" tes going into the final after knocking off Fresno, Cal. 52 Saturday to win the Ameriâ€" can division of the event. Winnipeg, on the other hand, came into the weekend as Western Canada runnerup, but immediately pulled off the upset of first day action by stopping tourney favorite Oakville Trebor 32. * Oakville, the Eastern Canadian chamâ€" pion, figured to have easy passage into the Canadian final Saturday night after Quebec shocked Western Canada champion British Columbia in Friday‘s opening game 2â€"1, but came up against a hot goalie and were eliâ€" minated from the title hunt. Ei Winmpeg made its way to the final by defeating Quebec 3â€"2 on penalty kicks to win Saturday‘s spineâ€"tingling Canadian Busch Gardens had Maurer than enough Win Youth Soccer title Fresno was awarded third place in tne championship by virtue of their consolation win over Quebec Sunday morning. The entire weekend was the culmination «of many hours of hard work on the part of soccer organizations on both sides of the border as well as sponsor United Commerâ€" cial Travelers of America, who indicated during Friday‘s openitig ceremonies that they plan to continue their support for at least two more years. But the lion‘s share of the credit must go to local organizers, volunteers and hostesâ€" ses who contributed their time to making the event a success, in this, the first year it has been held on the Eastern half the conâ€" tinent. final, but more than met their match in the final as they were outshot 26â€"6 and rarely threatened in the offensive zone. St. Louis, meanwhile, took advantage of Winnipeg‘s decision to drop a defender in favor of more offense, and while the intendâ€" ed strategy fizzled up front, Maurer, the tourney MVP took advantage of the unclutâ€" tered real estate in front of Winnipeg goalie Darrell Overwater to pop home the three goals. ‘‘The people in charge told us this was the best organized of all the years they‘ve had the event," said tourney spokesman Barry Lyon. "That says a lot for theeffort ‘and time everyone put in."‘ L BURLINGTON Teen Tour Band, featured performers at this year‘s Rose Bow! Parade in Pasadena, Cal., were on hand Friday at opening ceremonies of the North American Youth Soccer championships and more than one baton twirler noticed the large number of cameras clicking.© BUSCH Gardens had more than their share of territorial play during Sunday‘s final, mainly due to more aggressive play as witnessed on this occasion when Busch player drove in front of Winnipeg defender to head the ball to teammaâ€" te.