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FRISCO, Texas (July 27, 2007) – The forecasted rain missed Pizza Hut Park this evening and the final preliminary matches continued without delay. The final schedule has been determined as teams raced to collect the necessary points to secure their ticket to this weekend’s final games.

Brief recaps of several games are below…

Under-19 Boys
The Under-19 Boys Dallas Texans Red 88 team played the Chicago Magic to determine their fate for advancing to the finals. Magic coach John Hannan explained how tonight’s game “was a different type of game” for them. Magic had already secured their place in the finals based on their earlier success, so the game was all up to the Texans.

The Texans had to win or tie to advance, and their keeper Maros Valko, a native of Slovakia, helped achieve the tie. Valko moved from Slovakia to play soccer in America last year. He originally played on the Under-18 Texans, but coach David Hudgell felt that with his talent and heart would be a great fit with the Under-19 team at nationals.

The Texans have extra support and pressure from the hometown crowd and packed sidelines. When asked how the team reacted to the large crowds, Texans coach Hudgell said that “the players were a bit edgy. Everyone wants to play, and everyone wants to play well in front of their friends and family.”

For Chicago Magic head coach Hannan, winning the national championship would “show recognition as far as years of development” for the club. When asked what winning the national championships would mean to the Texans team Hudgell said, “It would just mean everything to win it at home the last time they play together as a team.” The Dallas Texans Red 88 and the Chicago Magic will meet again Sunday at 7:30 a.m. to determine the national champion.

Under-19 Girls
Tonight’s Under-19 Girls division provided excitement and ultimately confusion for the teams. The bracket featured numerous scenarios on who could advance. CASL Spartan Elite tripled their goal total for the week in the 3-1 win over Sereno White. Sarah Winslow scored in the 64^th and teammate Allie Sadow added another five minutes later. Sereno’s Nicole Dobrzynski scored in the 75^th in an effort to begin the climb back. It was Winslow again in the 87^th to solidify the win, 3-1.

At the conclusion of the match, a cautious CASL team awaited word from the Carmel United and PWSI Cardinal match. The result of the match was not final due to a protest that is currently under review by the national championships committee and US Youth Soccer Board of Directors.

Under-17 Boys
Andromeda 90 (N. TX) found its best opportunities in the last five minutes of the match to score the two goals needed to tie FC Delco 89 (E. PA) and become a national finalist. The Andromeda knew going into tonight’s game that they needed to at least tie to earn their spot in Sunday’s final.

Andromeda’s Anthony Gerhart said, “After the first goal our momentum shot up. We realized that we needed to at least tie to move on, so we kept pushing it back inside the box.” In regards to being one of the top two teams in the nation, Gerhart said, “It’s unbelievable. I never would have though about it when I started select (soccer) and I never thought about it building up to be one of the best two teams in the nation and us being one of them.”

Andromeda’s head coach Oscar Borgarello said, “As a player I was here once, but as a coach, in 20 years, this is my first time. Everything has to go your way and this is our time. We have one more game to play against a team that I was very, very impressed with.”

FC Milwaukee and Real Colorado Nationals were keeping one ear open for the loud cheering from Andromeda and FC Delco during their match to be sure they knew what outcome was needed for its teams to advance. Milwaukee won 2-0 and earned their berth in Sunday’s final. In today’s match, Ethan Finlay scored the first goal off a volley (22:00) and Mario Falsetti finished a corner off a header (60:00).

Milwaukee coach Tony Wright said, “We are happy to get a chance to play Andromeda again. In the first game we learned their tendencies, players and style.”

FC Milwaukee and Andromeda 90 face off for the Don Greer Cup on Sunday, July 29 at 9:30 a.m.

Under-17 Girls
Sunday’s final game will be a more intense repeat of tonight’s Dallas Texans 90 Red vs. Eagles SC match. The finals schedule had already been determined before today’s match as both teams won their first two preliminary games.

Today the Eagles’ Kelsey Owen got the game started with a goal in the 8^th but it would be the Dallas Texans taking the win with scores from Kelsey Blincow and Anne Kendzior in the 19^th and 23^rd respectfully.

Complete schedules and game results are available throughout the day at http://Championships.USYouthSoccer.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 3 Evening Session Results – Preliminary Matches

Under-17 Girls
Richmond Strikers Elite (VA) 0, Michigan Hawks 90 (MI) 2
Goal Scorers: Michigan Hawks- Clare Stachel (50:00), Marilyn Wargo (82:00)

Dallas Texans 90 Red (TX-N) 2, Eagles (CA-S) 1
Goal Scorers: Dallas Texans 90 Red- Kelsey Blincow (19:00), Anne Kendzior (23:00)
Eagles- Kelsey Owen (8:00)

Under-17 Boys
Andromeda 90 (TX-N) 2, FC Delco 89 (E-PA) 2
Goal Scorers: Andromeda 90- Jason Guehier (85:00), Anthony Gerhart (89:00)
FC Delco 89- Steven Miller (10:00) (12:00)

FC Milwaukee (WI) 2, Real Colorado National (CO) 0
Goal Scorers: FC Milwaukee- Ethan Finlay (22:00), Mario Falsetti (60:00)

Under-19 Girls
87 CASL Spartan Elite (NC) 3, Sereno 88 White (AZ) 1
Goal Scorers: 87 CASL Spartan Elite- Sarah Winslow (64:00) (87:00), Allie Sadow (69:00)
Sereno 88 White- Nicole Dobrzynski (75:00)

CUSC Cyclones (IN) vs. PWSI Cardinals, TBD

Under-19 Boys
So. San Jose/San Juan Ruckus (CA-N) 1, Baltimore Casa Mia Bays (MD) 5
Goal Scorers: So San Jose San Juan Ruckus- Jeffrey Cosgriff (83:00)
Baltimore Casa Mia Bays- Victor Faustino (8:00), Matt Beckman (12:00) (26:00) (28:00), Jonathan Ports (21:00)

Dallas Texans Red 88 (TX-N) 0, Chicago Magic 87/88 (IL) 0