Former Liverpool striker's son scores for Everton in cup final triumph

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Everton College won the Under-19 boys final at the Dallas Cup as they defeated Dallas Texans 3-2 with Dirk Kuyt's son scoring for the BluesDirk Kuyt’s son scored to help Everton College win the Dallas Cup but ahead of the historic first Merseyside Derby at Hill Dickinson Stadium, their coach has joked that he doesn’t want the former Liverpool striker turning up to watch their matches.The prestigious youth tournament has been played since 1980 and previous participants include Everton trio Wayne Rooney, Landon Donovan and Brian McBride, David Beckham, Raul, Michael Carrick, Jermain Defoe, Ledley King, Matheus Cunha, Michael Owen, Harry Kewell and Peter Crouch. Last year we got beaten in the final, so to take that one extra step and win it was great.“The way we did it was in typical Everton fashion as we were winning 3-0 at half-time, but ended up scraping through to hold on for 3-2.

We’ve got a bit of a mix of students, some from the Wirral, some who are Goodison-based plus some international lads, the biggest issue was trying to get them all to play together, but they were brilliant.“We’ve got Dirk Kuyt’s lad, Roan, up front. It was a case of: ‘We’ll give it a good go, but probably not,’ but we’ve ended up getting through to the final and winning it.“It’s outstanding for us with the amount of students we have.

We take two lads’ teams and two girls’ teams and this year they’ve all done well, but the Under-19 boys excelled and went on to win it, which is an outstanding achievement and we’re so pleased.“The backgrounds of the kids that come here varies. They’re generally here for two years and you can see them develop at all different stages, as we’ve got 13 teams.“To see the lads grow here first, but then go over there where the odds are stacked against them, and produce what the coaches have worked so hard to teach them, is fantastic.”FOLLOW OUR EVERTON FC FACEBOOK PAGE!