North Texas, N.C. Pace Region III Youth Titles.
In addition to six teams from North Texas and three from North Carolina, two teams from Oklahoma and a team from Georgia will advance to the National Championships in four weeks.
Of the three remaining champions from 2004, only Solar 89 SC (TX N) would earn a chance to return trip to the National Championship. The scoreboard remained empty through regulation and overtime to bring Solar and 88 CASL Elite (NC) to midfield to take kicks from the mark to determine who would advance as the Under-16 boys champion. These teams met as Under-14 at the regional finals in North Carolina where CASL defeated Solar in kicks and went on to win the National Championship. Last year, Solar lost in the final of the National Championships. Through five the score was knotted at three with a miss and a save for each side.
Going into sudden death both sides scored on their first three kicks and that’s when Joshua Mikulewicz (TX) who hadn’t allowed a goal all week made a save on Adam Williams (NC) to give Solar’s Miles Kruzich center stage. Kruzich fired past a leaping Jarrett Davis (NC) to give Solar the win (7:6) and another shot at the Under-16 D.J. Niotis Cup awarded to the National Champion.
In the Under-16 Girls final, Hurricane Futbol Club of Oklahoma met the Greensboro Twisters Green of North Carolina. The Hurricane’s knocked off last year’s regional champions (Dallas Texans 89 Red) in kicks to advance while Greensboro defeated GSA 89 Phoenix Red. Entering the championship Greensboro had only 13 players and considered a change in their playing strategy to conserve energy.
“We tried to play it safe and we lost our first game of the week so we shelved that and just played our style and things worked out great for us,” said Chris Brewer, head coach. “We actually lost another player to injury on Monday so we were down to 12. These girls had tremendous heart and character all week and particularly today.”
Greensboro’s Maria Lubrano scored in the 26th and 33rd minutes to give her side the two-point advantage. In the 78th Katherine Richardson found the back of the net for the Hurricanes who made a charge late but time expired and Greensboro is headed to Disney.
The one-time National and four-time Regional Champion, Atlanta Fire United (Under-19 Boys) advanced over CESA 85 Premier (SC) 2:1 on goals by Chad Chambers (32:00) and Tomek Charowski (43:00). Massoud Roushandel, Head Coach said, Òthis team has been together for ten years and this is a culmination of ten years of hard work, I am very proud of these guys.Ó
The 2005 US Youth Soccer National Championship Series, providing approximately 124,000 players on 7,200 teams from US Youth Soccer’s 55 State Associations the opportunity to showcase their soccer skills against the best competition in the nation while emphasizing teamwork, discipline and fair play, is the country’s most prestigious national youth soccer tournament. The US Youth Soccer National Championships cap a yearlong series of competitions for boys and girls teams in multiple age brackets.
Complete scores from today’s US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championship matches are below.
2005 US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championships
Championship Finals | June 29, 2005
U-14 Boys
Houstonians FC (TX S) vs. Tulsa Soccer Club 91 (OK), 1:4
Goals: Jonathan Wright (OK) (18:00) (42:00), David Perez (TX) (30:00), James Gross (OK) (48:00), Thomas Shannon (OK) (55:00)
U-14 Girls
Dallas Texans Red (TX N) vs. ESC 91 Black (OK), 0:2
Goals: Caitlin Mooney (OK) (39:00), Jasmine Simmons (OK) (52:00)
U-15 Boys
Boca Juniors (FL) vs. 89 CASL Elite (NC), 1:2 OT
Goals: Conor Byrne (NC) (42:00), Vincent Dibullo (FL) (53:00), Shawn Guderian (NC) (109:00)
U-15 Girls
Dallas Texans Red (TX N) vs. ESC 90 Black (OK), 1:0
Goals: Melissa Henderson (TX) (71:00)
U-16 Boys
Solar 89 SC (TX N) vs. 89 CASL Elite (NC), 0:0 (Solar on kicks 7:6)
U-16 Girls
Hurricane FC 89 (OK) vs. GSC Twisters Green (NC), 1:2
Goals: Maria Lubrano (NC) (26:00) (33:00), Katherine Richardson (OK) (78:00)
U-17 Boys
TN FC Blue (TN) vs. Dallas Texans Red 88 (TX N), 0:4
Goals: Stephen Brown (TX) (13:00), Bahram Sajjadi (TX) (43:00), Phillip Nigh (TX) (52:00), Andre Akpan (TX) (58:00)
U-17 Girls
CASL Spartan Elite (NC) vs. Mississippi United (MS), 2:0
Goals: Molly Skinner (NC) (12:00), Mallory Schmidt (NC) (81:00)
U-18 Boys
AFC Lightning 87 (GA) vs. Dallas Texans Red 87 (TX N), 1:2 OT
Goals: Dathan Knott (GA) (40:00), Lee Nguyen (TX) (70:00), (93:00)
U-18 Girls
Sting 87 Royal (TX N) vs. Dallas Texans Red (TX N), 0:0 (Sting on kicks 4:3)
U-19 Boys
CESA 85 Premier (SC) vs. Atlanta Fire United (GA), 1:2
Goals: Chad Chambers (GA) (32:00), Tomek Charowski (GA) (43:00), Luis Arrietta (SC) (86:00)
U-19 Girls
Dallas Texans Red 86 (TX N) vs. Challenge 85/86 (TX S), 1:0
Goals: Kerri Hanks (TX N) (25:00)
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2005 US Youth Soccer Region III Championships | Regional Champions
Under-14 Boys
Tulsa Soccer Club 91 (OK)
Under-14 Girls
ESC 91 Black (OK)
Under-15 Boys
89 CASL Elite (NC)
Under-15 Girls
Dallas Texans 90 Red
Under-16 Boys
Solar 89 SC (TX N)
Under-16 Girls
GSC Twisters Green (NC)
Under-17 Boys
Dallas Texans Red 88 (TX N)
Under-17 Girls
CASL Spartan Elite (NC)
Under-18 Boys
Dallas Texans Red 87 (TX N)
Under-18 Girls
Sting 87 Royal (TX N)
Under-19 Boys
Atlanta Fire United (GA)
Under-19 Girls
Dallas Texans Red 86 (TX N)