Teams represented in tomorrow’s finals include 17 California South teams, five California North, three Oregon, two Washington, two Arizona, two Colorado and one local team from host Nevada.

California South’s Slammers worked hard today to gain a spot in the Under-18 Girls final. Going up against Real Colorado Nationals in overtime, the Slammer’s Ashlee Elliott was able to take advantage of an opportunity and find the back of the net. “This is the epic of all things,” said assistant Slammers coach Walid Rahoury after the match. “We are one game away from going to the national championships.”

Coach Ziad Rahoury was also impressed with the girl’s play, “The first half was 50-50, but the girls created many chances in the second half. Our strategy was to break them wide and divide to get in crosses. Real Colorado was well organized in the back with four across and we were able to use the crosses to make opportunities. The last 15 minutes we tried to hold them with our defense.”

Under-18 Boys Arsenal scared their fans and coaches today as the game needed an overtime to determine the winner after a 1-1 tie in regulation.  Arsenal’ Hector Jimenez had the first hit off of a free kick. It wasn’t until the final 15 minutes when Las Vegas’ own Las Vegas Premier 89, scored off a penalty kick to tie giving over 650 local fans something to cheer about. That was the first goal Arsenal has given up during this year’s regional championships.

Going into overtime the Premier were down two players and a coach due to red cards but kept the game going. Arsenal had only been playing 11 due to injuries and two and a half ours in the Las Vegas heat was taking its toll. In overtime, Arsenal’s Rafael Garcia scored early to give them the lead. Later in overtime, Danny Rodriguez found the back of the net again to clench Arsenal’s place in tomorrow’s finals and keep the dream of four consecutive national titles for another day.  Arsenal will face Colorado Rush Nike at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow.

The Under-17 Boys Real Colorado Nationals will be one of two Colorado teams advancing to tomorrow’s games. They won against Arizona’s Gilbert Arsenal, 2-0. Jacob Fronapfel (33:00) and Taylor Kemp (51:00) both scored to help their team on to the finals. Real’s coach Loren Donaldson said, “The tournament is a long tournament and usually the team that possesses the ball usually wins.”

When asked about their final game, Donaldson said, “We played the Surf in the first round and tied 1-1. It was one of the better games in the tournament. Surf is a great team; they have a lot of big name players. I think it is going to be a good game because they are a great team.”

Complete scores from today’s action are below.

More than 250 top boys and girls US Youth Soccer teams from 14 state associations are competing for the US Youth Soccer Region IV Championships, June 18-24, at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex and the Kellogg Zaher Sports Complex in Las Vegas. Daily reports and complete results from the tournament will be available on www.USYouthSoccer.org and http://Championships.USYouthSoccer.org. 

Regional winners of the Under-14 through Under-19 brackets earn a berth to the 2007 US Youth Soccer National Championships to be played July 24-29, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.

Today’s Scores…

Under-12 Boys
(WA) Crossfire Premier 94 0, (CS) FC Barcelona 4
Goal Scorers:
Barcelona- Reymundo Soto Perez (14:00), Nestor Limon (24:00), Eduardo Calazada (30:00), Anthony Maldonado (56:00)

(WA) Eastside FC 94 Red 3, (AZ) SC del Sol Xtreme White 0
Goal Scorers:
Eastside- Jordan Morris (8:00) (15:00), Ryan Harber (35:00)

Under-12 Girls
(CS) Slammers FC 1, (OR) Southside Ireland 2
Goal Scorers:
Slammers- Mayra Almazan (24:00)
Southside- Madison Leek (20:00), Mollie Freel (59:00)

(HI) Ka’oi Rampage 1, (NV) Neusport FC 95 Green 4
Goal Scorers:
Ka’oi- Tierra Reyno (58:00)
Neusport- Ayana Williams (7:00), Megan Stanton (10:00), Kassandra Cerda (16:00), McKenzie Karas (56:00)

Under-13 Boys
(NV) WI Neusport Green 1, (CN) Santa Clara Sporting 93 5
Goal Scorers:
Neusport- Glenn Anderson (66:00)
Santa Clara- Jonathan Monterroso (16:00) (31:00), Julio Morales-Zavala (20:00) (49:00), Alex Jin (43:00)

(NV) Vegas United 0, (CS) X-Treme Italia III 1
Goal Scorers:
X-Treme- Henry Rios (40:00)

Under-13 Girls
(AZ) Sereno White 0, (CS) San Diego Surf White 1
Goal Scorers:
Surf- Nicole Sherwin (9:00)

(WA) Crossfire Premier 93 1, (CN) Mustang Rampage 2
Goal Scorers:
Crossfire- Mary Leahy (12:00)
Mustang- Briana Gaines (59:00) (63:00)

Under-14 Girls
(UT) La Roca GA 1, (CS) WI Arsenal FC White 4
Goal Scorers:
La Roca- Kamilla Deeb (28:00)
Arsenal- Brianna Gonzalez (34:00), Alexandra Quincey (60:00), Kimberly Albeno (69:00), Alexis Weaver (70:00)

(CS) Slammers FC 3, (CO) Pride Predators 0
Goal Scorers:
Slammers- Kaitlin Hellmann (34:00), Scarlett Fallon (64:00), Alexandrea Elliott (70:00)

Under-14 Boys
(CS) Force SC 2 (PK 3-1), (NM) Admiral Elite Gladiators 1
Goal Scorers:
Force- Claudio Rodriguez Huete (41:00)
Admiral- Nicolo Muniz (61:00)

(CS) WI West Coast FC 1, (WA) Washington Premier FC 92 0
Goal Scorers:
West Coast- Mario Soto (70:00)

Under-15 Boys
(CS) Valley United Blast 2, (CS) WI FC Barcelona 3
Goal Scorers:
Valley- Cesar Rodriguez (10:00), Eduardo Gonzalez (27:00)
Barcelona- Daniel Amaya (1:00), Gilen Guenther (27:00), Amilcar Oliveros (33:00)

(CN) Santa Clara Sporting 0, (AZ) Sereno White 1
Goal Scorers:
Sereno- Thomas Ramos (70:00)

Under-15 Girls
(NM) Classic En Fuego 0, (CN) Mustang Spirit 1
Goal Scorers:
Mustang- Emily Hurd (64:00)

(CS) WI So Cal Blues 3, (CN) Mustang Spirit 2
Goal Scorers:
So Cal- Rachel Manning (23:00), Gillian Hogan (56:0), Christina Hart (81:00)
Mustang- Jessica Castillo (35:00), Ashley Edwards (69:00)

Under-16 Boys
(CO) Ft. Collins Arsenal Gold 0, (OR) WSM Internationals 6
Goal Scorers:
Internationals- Jacob Parker (9:00), Erik Hurtado (20:00) (54:00), Jean Marie Mwanga (43:00), Jackson Ray (60:00), Daniel Maeda (69:00)

(CS) San Diego Surf White 1, (CS) WI Real So Cal 3
Goal Scorers:
Surf- Lee Abelkop (76:00)
Real- Jeremy Castro (11:00), Christopher Cummings (17:00), Evan Raynr (71:00)

Under-16 Girls
(CN) WI Pleasanton Rage 5, (CS) Slammers FC 0
Goal Scorers:
Pleasanton- Natalie Alatorre (37:00), Mariah Nogueira (50:00), Lauren Kennedy (66:00), Lindsay Brown (72:00), Kimberly James (81:00)

(OR) FC Portland Sapphire 1, (HI) Leahi 91 Premier 0
Goal Scorers:
Portland- Christina Libke (14:00)

Under-17 Boys
(OR) WI WSM Gunners 1, (CS) San Diego Surf White 2
Goal Scorers:
Gunners- Jace Green (10:00)
Surf- Amani Walker (39:00) (77:00)

(CO) Real Colorado National 2, (AZ) Gilbert Arsenal 0
Goal Scorers:
Colorado- Jacob Fronapfel (33:00), Taylor Kemp (51:00)

Under-17 Girls
(CS) WI Slammers FC 1, (CO) Real Colorado National 0
Goal Scorers:
Slammers- Ashtin Larkin

(CS) Eagles 1, (UT) Avalanche Premier 0
Goal Scorers:
Eagles- Nicole Sweetman (11:00)

Under-18 Boys
(CS) Arsenal FC 3, (NV) Las Vegas Premier 89 1

(AZ) Sereno White 0, (CO) Colorado Rush Nike 1
Goal Scorers:
Colorado- Joshua Belfrage (6:00)

Under-18 Girls
(CS) WI Slammers FC 1, (CO) Real Colorado National 0
Goal Scorers:
Slammers- Ashlee Elliott (93:00)

(CN) Mustang Blast 4, (OR) FC Portland Maroon 1
Goal Scorers:
Mustang- Natalie Weeks (12:00), Brenna Schaaf (22:00), Karin Volpe (38:00), Courtney Grixti (45:00)
Portland- Kristin Kelly (62:00)

Under-19 Boys
(WA) Washington Premier FC 87 0, (CN) So. San Jose/San Juan Ruckus 6
Goal Scorers:
Ruckus- Pierre Meloty Kapella (14:00), Jeffrey Meyer (31:00) (42:00) (63:00) (54:00), David Estrada (86:00)

(HI) HSC Bulls 88 1, (CS) San Diego Surf White 2
Goal Scorers:
Bulls- Justin Katto (80:00)
Surf- Daniel Ortega (9:00), Jamel Wallace (11:00)

Under-19 Girls
(AZ) Sereno White 3, (UT) Avalanche Premier 0
Goal Scorers:
Sereno- Kiara Bosio (4:00), Jessica McDonald (61:00), OG (87:00)

(CS) Southern California Blues 2, (CO) Real Colorado National 1
Goal Scorers:
So Cal- Kasey Moore (39:00), Kristin Olsen (50:00)
Real- Kelly Labor (2:00)