First half of the finals schedule determined
Arsenal FC plays Saturday at 8 a.m. for their fourth national championship
Real So Cal advances for chance at third title
Juventus Youth Program Staff on site to observe championships

Official web site:  http://championships.usyouthsoccer.org

 

FRISCO, Texas (July 27, 2007) – Teams played like there was no tomorrow, as the field narrowed from four in each division to the top two.  For the teams that did prevail, advancement to Saturday and Sunday’s US Youth Soccer National Championship finals has been earned. The opportunity to write their names in history is now within reach

 

Brief recaps of several games are below… 

 

Under-18 Boys
Terryville, New York, is now on the soccer map. The Under-18 Boys Terryville Fire defeated the Arsenal FC (CA-S) for the first time in four years in the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series, 1-0. A Terryville win would secure a place in tomorrow's championship final.

 

Terryville head coach Rich Flaim said, "This feels good. I told the boys that you have to believe that you can win and if you believe with all your heart you can do anything. We are excited to be here. I told the team if we want to be the champions, we have to beat the champions."

Arsenal had already secured their place in tomorrow’s final thanks to two wins.  It was Terryville Fire had everything to gain. 

 

"We woke up today knowing how good they are. They play the type of soccer you like to see and want to emulate," said Flaim. "To win a national championship – there are thousands of coaches that haven't anything like this yet. But we haven't won anything yet, we’ve just earned a chance."

 

Under-14 Boys
PDA Larsson knew they were at the top of their bracket going into this morning’s match against the Michigan Wolves Black. After a 1-1 tie today, both Larsson and the Wolves will advance to Sunday’s championship game.

“We did well and did what we had to do today,” said PDA Larsson’s head coach John Murphy. “We used field players in the goal since we only have one goalkeeper here this week. You do what you have to to survive.”

 

Johan Hernandez scored PDA’s goal after the ball was crossed from the right Hernandez had a strong header from eight yards and that found the back of the net. To give Hernandez’ legs some rest before the finals, he then filled in as keeper and did a great job of holding the Wolves back.

 

Under-15 Girls
“It’s a thrill! All of the girls are pumped,” said Tom Anderson, PDA Fire’s head coach. “We moved back around well and we made them (ELA Elite) chase. Our girls really outworked them. They had good skill as well, but we have a great bench and we are not afraid to use it.” The PDA fire won 2-0 today against Illinois’ ELA Elite.

 

PDA’s Kristen Niederhaus scored the first goal in the 10^th minute from the top of the box on a ball dropped back from the forwards. In the 40^th, Julie Vajda scored off a combination of beautiful passes and she finished with a goal from her left foot. The ELA goalie got her hands on it, but couldn’t stop it.

 

Anderson gave a lot of credit to the ELA goalie saying that she did an outstanding job. In regard to their upcoming championship match, he said he learned that the So Cal Blues are too strong in the middle and he will not continue to hit it up the middle.

 

Juventus Football Club, in partnership with Lonestars SC, who’s Under-15 Boys earned their first win of the championships today over Sereno, sent representatives from the Juventus Youth Football program to this week’s championships to observe the highest level of youth soccer in the states.  Marco Marchi, Soccer Schools Manager, and Stefano Guidoni, head coach for the 1994 youth team, were both on hand as the successful Italian soccer club sought to get a better perspective of American soccer.   

 

Tony Capasso, General Manager of Lonestar said, “This event (US Youth Soccer National Championships) has been incredible for them (Juventus) as they were immediately blown away with the facility and the level of play.   They are amazed at US Youth Soccer’s ability to bring in the best teams in the country to one place.”

 

“Juventus is a great club and we want to learn from every situation and in the U.S.,” said Stefano Guidoni, 1994 Youth Team Coach.  “We want to learn (everything) from your organization, it is an incredible situation as these teams are the best in the U.S. and it is very nice to see all of the best and it is very good for coaches to look and see the various players.  You have so many players (in the U.S.) I believe the future is for you.”

 

The future of the Under-19 and the Under-17 Boys and Girls divisions will be determined tonight at 7:30 p.m. Updated game results are available throughout the day at http://Championships.USYouthSoc cer.org.

 

The 2007 US Youth Soccer National Championship Series is the country’s most prestigious national youth soccer tournament, providing over 185,000 players on more than 10,000 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.

 

The US Youth Soccer National Championships cap a yearlong series of competitions for boys and girls teams in multiple age groups as teams earn their way from the top team in their state to the regional championship tournaments. State Cup champions and selected wildcard teams in most age groups are eligible to compete in one of four US Youth Soccer Regional Championships. The champions in the under-14 through under-19 age group from each regional event converge to enjoy the nation’s top competition.

 

US Youth Soccer National Championships
Day 2 Morning Session Results – Preliminary Matches

Under-14 Girls

Sting Dallas Royal 93 (TX-N) 3, CUSC Academy 93 (IN) 0

Goal Scorers: Sting Dallas Royal 93- Hayley Williams (51:00), Shannon Byrd (65:00), Allison Tyler Allen (67:00)

Slammers FC (CA-S) 2, FC Stars of Massachusetts (MA) 0

Goal Scorers: Slammers FC- Jazmine Rhodes (2:00), OG (15:00)

Under-14 Boys
92 CASL Elite (NC) 0, Baltimore Casa Mia Bays (MD) 1
Goal Scorers: Geaton Caltabiano (40:00)

Sockers FC Chicago (IL) 2, West Coast FC (CA-S) 3
Goal Scorers: Sockers FC Chicago- Khaliq McKenzie (12:00), Johnny Watrach (33:00)
West Coast FC- Dylan Seedman (58:00), Juan Gutierrez (64:00), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (66:00)

Under-15 Girls
Dallas Texans 92 Red (TX-N) 2, So Cal Blues (CA-S) 2
Goal Scorers: Dallas Texans 92 Red- Alexis Harris (26:00), Brittany Morgan (59:00)
So Cal Blues- Sarah Halverson (31:00), Gabreilla Zarnegar (55:00)

PDA Fire (NJ) 2, ELA Elite (IL) 0
Goal Scorers: PDA Fire- Kristen Niederhaus (8:00), Julie Vajda (40:00)

Under-15 Boys
Lonestar 92 Red (TX-S) 3, Sereno 92 White (AZ) 0
Goal Scorers: Lonestar 92 Red- Martin Ontiveros (41:00), OG (48:00), Omar Vallejo (55:00)
 

Michigan Wolves 92 Black (MI) 1, PDA Larsson (NJ) 1
Goal Scorers: Michigan Wolves 92 Black- Douglas Beason (23:00)
PDA Larsson – Johan Hernandez (40:00)

Under-16 Girls
Michigan Hawks (MI) 1, Dallas Texans 91 Red (TX-N) 4
Goal Scorers: Michigan Hawks- Kristen Goncalves (18:00)
Dallas Texans 91 Red- Kimberley Castleberry (19:00) (50:00), Ellen Scarfone (39:00), Marissa Holden (55:00)

Pleasanton Rage (CA-N) 3, McLean Freedom (VA) 1
Goal Scorers: Pleasanton Rage- Sohie Metz (68:00), Olivia Klei (74:00), Amanda Luxford (80:00)
McLean Freedom- Caroline Miller (67:00)

Under-16 Boys
FC Delco Hammerheads (E-PA) 0, Michigan Wolves 91 (MI) 0

Real SoCal (CA-S) 3, Houstonians FC 90/91 (TX-S) 2
Goal Scorers: Real SoCal- Evan Raynr (13:00) (49:00), Christian Vazquez (56:00)
Houstonians FC 90/91- Blake Milton (50:00), Christain Cruz (73:00)

Under-18 Girls
Bloomfield Force (MI) 2, Arsenal World Class (NJ) 1
Goal Scorers: Bloomfield Force- Laura Heyboer (4:00) (90:00)
Arsenal World Class- Amber Brooks (85:00)

Solar 89 (TX-N) 0, Slammers FC (CA-S) 4
Goal Scorers: Slammers FC- Christen Press (20:00), Alyssa Davilla (27:00) (46:00), Kate Edwards (52:00)

Under-18 Boys
NFC Bluejays (NE) 4, Atlanta Fire United (GA) 3
Goal Scorers: NFC Bluejays- Matt Wadleigh (8:00), Chris Marquiss (31:00) (32:00), Tim Krueger (84:00)
Atlanta Fire United- Blake Brettschneider (40:00), Jonathan Collier (55:00), Stephen George (75:00)

Arsenal FC (CA-S) 0, Terryville Fire (E-NJ) 1
Goal Scorers: Terryville Fire- Joseph Tavernese (53:00)

 

US Youth Soccer National Championships
Saturday, July 28 | Championship Match Schedule

7:30 a.m.      Under-16 Boys Final            Field 8
                   Michigan Wolves 91 (MI) vs. Real SoCal (CA-S)

                   Under-16 Girls Final             Field 6
                   Dallas Texans 92 Red (TX-N) vs. McLean Freedom (VA)

8:00 a.m.      Under-18 Girls Final             Field 7
                   Slammers FC (CA-N) vs. Bloomfield Force (MI)

                   Under-18 Boys Final            Field 4
                   Arsenal FC (CA-S) vs. Terryville Fire (E-NY)        

9:15 a.m.      Under-14 Girls Final             Field 8
                   Slammers FC (CA-N) vs. Sting Dallas Royal 93 (TX-N)

                   Under-14 Boys Final           Field 6
                   Baltimore Casa Mia Bays (MD) vs. West Coast F.C. (CA-S)

 

Sunday, July 29 | Championship Match Schedule

7:30 a.m.      Under-19 Boys Final            Field 4
                   TBD

 

                   Under-19 Girls Final             Field 6
                   TBD

                   Under-17 Girls Final             Field 7
                   TBD

9:30 a.m.      Under-15 Girls Final            Field 4
                   PDA Fire (NJ) vs. So Cal Blues (CA-S)

 

                   Under-15 Boys Final            Field 6
                   PDA Larsson (NJ) vs. Michigan Wolves 92 Black (MI)

                   Under-17 Boys Final            Field 7

                   TBD