Second Day At Maryland Soccer Plex.
Maryland SoccerPlex.
The Tsunami Sota (Minneapolis) Under-17 girls and Rochester (N.Y.) Jr. Rhinos Elite Under-15 boys are two of the tournament’s most intriguing – and potent – teams thus far. Both have scored a tournament-best eight goals while going 2-0 and are in strong position to advance to championship finals Sunday.
The 48 boys and girls teams in age groups Under-14 through Under-19 will complete round-robin play Friday. The top two teams in each age group as determined by points qualify for the finals. Teams earn three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss.
Tsunami, the first Minnesota girls team to play at the national
championships since 1991, feature the event’s most prolific goal scorer.
Caroline Peterson, a Kansas recruit, knocked home three goals for the second day in a row, leading Tsunami to a 4-2 win over the HBC Fury (Huntington, N.Y.).
The Jr. Rhinos, the first New York West team to win a Region I title and qualify for the national championships, slipped past the winless Palos Verdes (Calif.) Raiders, 2-1. Chris Nacca scored the go-ahead goal in the 36th minute for the Jr. Rhinos (2-0).
The GSA 85 Phoenix Red form Georgia dropped their first game in the national tournament, falling to the Pleasanton Rage from California 2-0 in the Under-17 girls division.
The home-favorite Bethesda Fury will have to battle to defend its national title after a 1-0 loss to the Colorado Girls Soccer Academy (Littleton). The Fury, last year’s Under-17 national champion, meets group leader Atlanta FC Lightning ’84 White on Friday. Atlanta FC posted its second win with a 4-2 win over Busch SC (St. Louis), which fell to 0-2.
Bethesda’s club mates split their matches. The Eclipse Under-14 girls
stopped the Atlanta FC Lightning ’88 White, 3-0, to improve to 1-1, while the Alliance Under-17 boys fell to 0-1-1 after a 2-1 loss to the Irvine (Calif.) Strikers.
The Strikers (2-0) cliniched a berth in Sunday’s championship final with the victory.
Both FC Delco teams in the field won to remain undefeated. The Arsenal Under-18 boys (2-0) will play Sunday thanks to a 4-1 thumping of winless NFC Vincere (Omaha, Neb.). The Texans 83/84 Red (Houston) and Classic FC Bandidos (Albuquerque) played a scoreless match, leaving the Texans with four points and the Bandidos with one.
Jerry Yirenki’s goal in the 64th minute gave Delco’s Dynamo II Under-16 boys a 1-0 win over the Sereno ’86 Golden Eagles (Phoenix). Dynamo II is tied with the Atlanta Fire, a 3-1 winner over the Michigan Wolves (Midland), for first place with four points. Sereno and the Wolves have one point each.
Other highlights included:
Under-19 boys – Both games ended 3-3, putting last year’s Under-18 national champion, Texans 82/83 (Houston), atop the table with four points. Former national champions Stony Brook (N.Y.) Panthers and Chicago Magic SC have two points apiece, and Blast SC (San Bernardino, Calif.) has one point courtesy of its draw with the Magic.
Under-19 girls – The San Diego Surf are in position to play in a national
final for the third year in a row, coming from behind to knock off Challenge 82/83 (Spring, Texas), 2-1. Kim Castellanos scored her third goal in two days for the Surf. Nicole Bregar also has three goals after notching both goals in the Michigan Hawks’ 2-0 win over the HBC Magic.
Under-15 boys – The Aiken Fire, the first boys team from South Carolina to reach the national championships, rebounded from a 6-2 loss to Rochester with a 3-1 victory over Sockers FC Chicago, putting both teams at 1-1. Eric Baffour scored two goals for Aiken.
Under-15 girls – Chantilly (Va.) Milan needs a win Friday to advance to a second consecutive national final. The 2001 Under-14 runner-up fell to Sting ’87 (Dallas), 1-0. Chantilly meets group leader Laguna Hills (Calif.) Eclipse, which has four points after a scoreless match with the Windy City Pride (Chicago), the Pride’s second 0-0 result. Sting ’87 is second with three points, followed by Windy City (two) and Chantilly (one).
Under-14 boys – The Maryland SC 88 Bays (Baltimore) tripped the La Jolla (Calif.) Nomads, 1-0, on Brandon Fischer’s goal in the 41st minute to move to 2-0. Kirk Quavas scored two goals to boost the Chicago Magic SC past the IAYMCA Eagles (Alpharetta, Ga.), 4-0. The Magic and Nomads each have three points, while the Eagles are 0-2.
Cal-South girls – Three California-South girls teams – the Surf, Under-16 West Valley Samba (Northridge) and Under-14 Slammers FC (Newport Beach) – are 2-0. The Samba dominated Challenge 85/86, 3-0, as Tracy Lansing scored her fourth goal. West Valley has eight consecutive shutouts including Far West Regional play. Slammers slipped past Team Chicago, 2-1, on goals by Alexis Mielke and Alexa Orand.
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Snickers Cup Second Day Of Round Robin
Under-19 Girls
Michigan Hawks (Livonia) 2, HBC Magic (Huntington, N.Y.) 0
Goal Scorers: Nicole Bregar 3, 60.
San Diego Surf White 2, Challenge 82/83 (Spring, Texas) 1
Goal Scorers: (SD) Kristen Rogers 64, Kim Castellanos 78; (C) Cristina Echavarry 39.
Under-18 Girls
Colorado Girls Soccer Academy (Littleton) 1, Bethesda (Md.) Fury 0
Goal Scorer: Laura Probst 5.
Atlanta FC Lightning 84 White 4, Busch SC (St. Louis) 2
Goal Scorers: (A) Melanie Schneider 27, Kristin Stewart 36, 90, Kristin Rhyne 85; (B) Jennifer Nobis 52, Ryan Hanley 63.
Under-17 Girls
Tsunami Sota (Minneapolis) 4, HBC Fury (Huntington, N.Y.) 2
Goal Scorers: (T) Caroline Smith 33, 57, 69, Kelsey Hans 84; (HBC) Bristyn Davis 20, 86.
Pleasanton (Calif.) Rage 2, GSA 85 Phoenix Red (Lilburn, Ga.) 0
Goal Scorers: Christina Estrada 6, Kelsey Quane 85.
Under-16 Girls
West Valley Samba (Northridge, Calif.) 3, Challenge 85/86 (Spring, Texas) 0
Goal Scorers: Alysha Hoven 36, Gina Farias-Eisner 56, Tracy Lansing 73.
Busch SC (St. Louis) vs. VISTA Firestars (Springfield, Va.), 7 p.m.
Under-15 Girls
Sting 87 (Dallas) 1, Chantilly (Va.) Milan 0
Goal Scorer: Jessica Jarrell 49.
Windy City Pride (Chicago) 0, Laguna Hills (Calif.) Eclipse 0
Under-14 Girls
Slammers FC (Newport Beach, Calif.) 2, Team Chicago 1
Goal Scorers: (S) Alexis Mielke 4, Alexa Orand 55; (TC) Maria Della Torre 30.
Bethesda (Md.) Eclipse 3, Atlanta FC Lightning 88 White 0
Goal Scorers: Hilary O’Sullivan 7, Melissa Kim 41, Vasiliki Anagnostopoulos 70+.
Under-19 Boys
Stony Brook (N.Y.) Panthers 3, Texans 82/83 (Houston) 3
Goal Scorers: (SB) David Musinski 10, Jose Sura 70, Anthony Barberio 81; (T) Jason Cunliffe 18, Marcus Storey 20, Mira Mupier 31.
Chicago Magic SC 3, Blast SC (San Bernardino, Calif.) 3
Goal Scorers: (C) Alberto Boy 21, Ryan Singer 52, Ned Grabavoy 62; (B) Leonard Griffin 45+, 53, Rick Cobb 71.
Under-18 Boys
Classic FC Bandidos (Albuquerque, N.M.) 0, Texans 83/84 Red (Houston) 0
FC Delco Arsenal (Downingtown, Pa.) 4, NFC Vincere (Omaha, Neb.) 1
Goal Scorers: (D) Sean Shannon 3, Sammy Castellanos 48, Ashley Kozicki 55, David Kinneman 90+; (V) David Amdor 33.
Under-17 Boys
Chicago Magic SC 1, Dallas Texans 85 Red 0
Goal Scorer: Humberto Lara 90.
Irvine (Calif.) Strikers 2, Bethesda (Md.) Alliance 1
Goal Scorers: (I) Tannen Wels 34, Michael Thomas 86; (B) Brian Yi 23.
Under-16 Boys
Atlanta Fire 3, Michigan Wolves (Midland) 1
Goal Scorers: (A) Tomasz Charowski 35, Chris Davis 54, Cristan Duvall 76; (M) Joshua Mahoney 6.
FC Delco Dynamo II (Downingtown, Pa.) 1, Sereno 86 Golden Eagles (Phoenix) 0
Goal Scorer: Jerry Yirenki 64.
Under-15 Boys
Rochester (N.Y.) Jr. Rhinos Elite 2, Palos Verdes (Calif.) Raiders 1
Goal Scorers: (R) Chris Brugger 18, Chris Nacca 36; (PV) Nick Rippeto 31.
Aiken (S.C.) Fire 3, Sockers FC Chicago 1
Goal Scorers: (A) Eric Baffour 16, 61, Jordan Gilbert 20; (S) Alex Mangan 80.
Under-14 Boys
Maryland SC 88 Bays (Baltimore) 1, La Jolla (Calif.) Nomads White 0
Goal Scorer: Brandon Fischer 41.
Chicago Magic SC 4, IAYMCA Eagles (Alpharetta, Ga.) 0
Goal Scorers: Kirk Quavas 31, 56, Joe Sauerman 33, Taylor Waspi 68.