The North London Elite defeated Oakville Soccer Club 2-0 in Saturday’s Ontario Cup under-14 boys’ final at Oshawa’s Civic Stadium.

North London opened the scoring in the 58th minute, when Kyle Buren beat Oakville keeper Benson Wieler from close range, and added an insurance marker in the 75th minute on Alejandro Salan’s goal.

The Elite controlled much of the second half — particularly after going up 1-0 — after Oakville had the majority of scoring chances in the first half.

“It should have been 3-0 by half, and we didn’t put the ball in the net,” said Oakville coach Darryl Hellam.

“It was a good game, but we didn’t put away our chances.”

The game was a matchup of North London’s size and speed versus Oakville’s skill game. Oakville was the top-ranked U14 boys’ team in the province going into the contest, while the Elite was fourth.

“(Our) team defied Ontario Soccer Association convention, which is big kids, fast kids,” Hellam said. “We had a small, slower team. The reason we got this far was technical, technical, technical.”

North London, which also won the Ontario Cup U14 boys’ title last year, will represent the province at the national U14 club championships Oct. 8-13 in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Canadian championships are also contested at the U16 and U18 levels.

Oakville will have another shot at its first Ontario Cup boys’ title since 2009 when its U16 boys’ B team faces the Burlington Bayhawks in the Tier 2 final next Sunday.