SNICKERS¨ Fair Play Award for girls' teams
- Under-16 Division
- Prince William Sparklers (Woodbridge, Va.)
- Under-17
- San Diego Surf*
- Under-18
- Weston (Conn.) Wild Thing
- Under-19
- Windy City Pride (Chicago)
*won national championship
adidas Goalkeeper Award
- Under-16
- Sarah Guagliardo, Prince William Sparklers (Woodbridge, Va.)
- Under-17
- Jamie Considine, San Diego Surf
- Under-18
- Michelle Lowe, Michigan Hawks (Livonia)
- Under-19
- Cheryl Gunther, Northport/Cow Harbor (N.Y.) Piranha adidas
Golden Boot Award for top goal scorer
- Under-16
- Liana Wooten, Prince William Sparklers (Woodbridge, Va.), 4 goals
- Under-17
- Brenna Mullen, San Diego Surf; Kelley Schweighart, San Diego Surf; Marilyn Marin, Sting '83 (Dallas); Amy Van Zandt, Sting '83 (Dallas), 2 goals
- Under-18
- Jessica Hamilton, Challenge 81/82 (Houston), 4 goals
- Under-19
- Kathleen Antongiovanni, Colorado Rush Nike (Lakewood), 5 goals
Southern California Blues(Under-16) and San Diego Surf (Under 17) win Championships
| Final results at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. |
| Under-16 Girls - Masotto Cup |
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Southern California Blues (Dana Point) 1, Prince William Sparklers (Woodbridge, Va.) 0 (OT) Goal
Scorers: The Blues put a 1-0 loss to the Sparklers on Friday behind them to come out on top for the Patricia Masotto Cup. With the win, the Blues became the first Far West champion to win the Under-16 national title since the Central Valley Mercury (San Jose, Calif.) in 1996. "What an indescribable feeling right now," Blues head coach Tad Bobak said."We have been together for six years, played over 83 games this year and overcome all the little adversities to win this championship. Throughout the year we have worked on shrinking our selflessness and enlarging our unselfishness, and that could be seen today as the team played for one another and worked for this title." Today's victory marks the first girlsÕ national title for Bobak, who guided a Fram Culver team led by Marcelo Balboa and Danny Pena to the Under-19 boys McGuire Cup in 1986. "The feeling is the same as with the boys the only difference now is that I am a little older with a little more gray hair," Bobak said. The Blues nearly got on the scoreboard in the opening minute when April Pettigrew hit a cross from the left side that teammate Kathryn Rivera headed just wide of the post. The Sparklers' best scoring chance of the game came in the first-half when Elizabeth Mumley was denied on a breakaway by Blues goalkeeper Kacie Jewell. With this the fourth match in six days for the both teams, the game was played at a slower pace and fatigue began to sink in as the game wore on. In the second minute of the first overtime period, Pettigrew was able to beat Sparklers goalkeeper Sarah Guagliardo to score the game's only goal. "I just wanted to get the ball on goal, and when I saw it go in I almost passed out with joy," Pettigrew said. "What a feeling to score game winning goal in the finals. I will always remember this." The Sparklers walk away with a 3-1-0 record and a respectable second place finish while the Blues finish the tournament with an identical record but with a national title. |
| Under-17 Girls - Moynihan Cup |
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San
Diego Surf 1 Goal
Scorer The Surf posted their fourth consecutive shutout to become the seventh consecutive Far West Regional champion to win the Under-17 title. The Surf earned the Moynihan Cup by playing stout defense throughout the National Championship and regional tournament, posting eight shutouts and allowing just three goals in 10 matches. Coach Colin Chesters credited his starting back line of Vanessa Valentine, Kaitlyn Pruett, Debra Rapp and Jennifer Williams for keeping the action calm for goalkeeper Jamie Considine, who made four routine saves in the final. "It's just a matter of talking a lot, keeping the defense organized and being very aggressive," said Considine, who joined the team in April. "That's what carried us through." San Diego managed all the offense it would need in the 34th minute. Kelly Schweighart sent a pass to the endline that Krystal Sandza chased down left of the goal. She beat one Cosmos defender before chipping a sharp angle shot from 15 yards over Carmel goalkeeper Lauren Shockley. Sandza also scored the game winning-goal in the Surf's regional semifinal and final wins. The Surf overcame a significant team size disadvantage against the Cosmos, which concerned Surf coach Colin Chesters in both Friday's 2-0 win over the Midwest champions and in the final. "We had to match up with players a foot taller and 20 pounds heavier," Chesters said. "That's been very tough for us to handle in the past, but maybe we've never been motivated to handle it for 90 minutes like we did today. The girls played fantastic." The Surf swept the tournament awards as well. The team received the SNICKERS¨ Fair Play Award for sportsmanship, Considine earned the adidas Goalkeeper Award, and Brenna Mullen and Kelley Schweighart tied with Marilyn Marin of Sting '83 (Dallas) for the adidas Golden Boot Award. |
Results of Friday's day time games at Orlando
Under-18 Girls final on live Webcast: A live webcast of Sunday's championship match will air on US Youth Soccer's Web site, www.youthsoccer.org, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Two more finals set at Disney's Wide World of Sportsª complex
The Under-18
girls Kelly Cup final will be a rematch of the 1999 Under-17 national
final between Colorado Rush Nike (Lakewood) and the Michigan Hawks (Livonia),
won by the Rush, 4-0. The Prince William Sparklers (Woodbridge, Va.) and
Southern California Blues (Dana Point) advanced to the Under-16 Masotto
Cup title match after improving to 2-0 and six points with victories.
Only one more girls finalist berth remains, in the Under-19 division,
after the San Diego Surf and Carmel (Ind.) Cosmos II qualified Wednesday
for the Under-17 Moynihan Cup final. Colorado Rush's Under-19 squad has
already secured one berth in the Stewart Cup final. The finalists in the
Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 divisions still must play what amount
to championship-match previews in the final round of round-robin play
Friday.
| Results at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. July, 27, 2000 |
| Under-18 Girls |
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Colorado
Rush Nike (Lakewood) 4 Goal
Scorers: The Rush continued their quest for back-to-back titles by qualifying for the final, but the victory was costly. The Far West Regional champions will have to play without goalkeeper Kristen Winters, who broke her left leg in a collision with a Challenge forward with seven minutes left in the first half. Sarah-Gayle Swanson, a Parade All-America forward helped the Rush to their second consecutive shutout. It took only five minutes before the Rush demonstrated their firepower when Swanson played an accurate through ball to Mary McDowell, who beat Challenge goalkeeper Alex Gagarin for a 1-0 lead. Rush defender Lindsay Dornseif extended the lead in the 30th minute, and teammate Kelly McDonald netted her first goal of the tournament with an assist from Heidi Drummond in the 49th minute. Mary McDowell tallied her second goal of the match, third of the tournament, in the 60th minute. Under-18 Girls Michigan Hawks (Livonia) 2 Weston (Conn.) Wild Thing 1 |
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Michigan
Hawks (Livonia) 2 Goal Scorers The Hawks earned a second chance at the national title against Colorado Rush Nike by edging the 1998 Under-16 national champions. The Hawks, who have 15 players from last year's squad, are determined to win the national title and have gone 2-0-0 heading into their last round-robin match Friday at 9:15 a.m. ET against Colorado. Against Weston, the Hawks scored early with a goal in the 14th minute by Under-18 Women's National Teamstandout Robynn Morrell. Alyson Kehler scored the game- winning goal for the Hawks in the 62nd minute, before Weston was able to pull with one in the 73rd minute on Kirsten Buteau's goal. Weston meets Challenge 81/82, also at 9:15 a.m. ET Friday, with both teams seeking their only win at the National Championship.
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Prince
William Sparklers (Woodbridge, Va.) 3 Goal
Scorers |
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Blues
(Dana Point) 2 Goal
Scorers |
Results
at the 2000 SNICKERS® US Youth Championship as
Colorado Rush Nike (Lakewood) go through to Under-19 title game
The Under-17and Under-19 divisions complete round-robin play Friday, July 28, followed by the championship matches on Sunday, July 30. The top two teams in each age group based on points will advance to the national championship match. Teams are awarded three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. Tournament play continues Thursday with the second-round matches for the Under-18 and Under-16 divisions.
| Results at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Wednesday July, 26, 2000 |
| Under-19 Girls |
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Colorado
Rush Nike (Lakewood) 1 With both teams needing a win to keep their hopes alive for a national championship, this match came down to who wanted it more after both teams played matches just 24 hours earlier. Colorado met the challenge and pulled out a win on Brian Crossan's goal in the 81st minute. Vardar III, the 1999 Under-18 runner-up, was eliminated with their second loss and will conclude their tournament appearance Friday against group leader FC Delco Dynamo. |
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Colorado
Rush Nike (Lakewood) 3 Goal
Scorers Kathleen Antongiovanni and Camile Flenniken each scored their second goals of the tournament to lead the Far West Regional champions into Sunday's championship match. Colorado scored all of its goals in the first half. Antongiovanni and Flenniken connected in the 15th and 18th minutes, respectively, and Lindsey Griffin added the third goal in the 38th minute. Rush goalkeeper Kelly Conway also stopped a Windy City breakaway in the second half to preserve the shutout. Colorado will meet winless Sting '81 in the final game of round-robin play Friday, while Windy City will face the Northport/Cow Harbor Piranha for the other championship berth. Both games are at 8:30 p.m. ET. |
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Northport/Cow
Harbor (N.Y.) Piranha 3 Goal
Scorers The Piranha remained alive for their third national championship in four years by rebounding from Tuesday's loss to Colorado. Northport opened a 2-0 lead with two goals in the three-minute span of the first half. Heather Taylor scored with an assist from Lauren Schwarz in the 21st minute, and Beth Totman connected with an assist from Erin Zambelli in the 24th minute. Amy Morrison brought the Southern Regional champion Sting within 2-1 with a minute left in the first half. Zambelli added a goal in the 76th minute for Northport. The Piranha lost their tournament opener last year before winning three consecutive matches for the Under-18 national title. "In the first game, we seemed tired, but today we looked refreshed and ready to go," Piranha midfielder Megan Mills said. "We've been in this position before, so we just have to go out and win." |
| Under-17 Girls |
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Carmel
(Ind.) Cosmos 3 Goal
Scorers The Cosmos came from behind with all three goals in the second half to earn a slot in the championship final on Sunday against the Surf. The Cosmos and Surf will square off in the final game of round-robin play Friday at 11 a.m. ET in a preview of the Moynihan Cup final. The Sting took the early lead in the 8th minute when Jessi Moore knocked in goal from 6 yards after teammate Ashley Gavigilo had two consecutive shots blocked by Cosmos goalkeeper Lauren Shockley. The Cosmos finally responded early in the second half when Lyndsey Bordenave scored in the 48th minute. It wasn't until the 79th minute that the Cosmos took the lead when defender Jamie Fabrizo struck a 45-yard free kick into the Sting goal. Three minutes later, Cosmos second-half substitute Colleen Redmond beat her defender, dribbled around Sting keeper Ashley Stern and put the ball into the goal for a 3-1 lead with eight minutes to go. The Sting pulled within one in the 88th minute when Amy Van Zandt tapped in a 5-yard shot that proved to be too little, too late. |
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San
Diego Surf 2 Goal
Scorers In a match in which both teams showcased outstanding soccer skills and sportsmanship, the Far West Regional champion Surf defeated the Hotspurs to eliminate the Region I champions from title contention and advance to the championship match Sunday against Carmel. Surf goalkeeper Jamie Considine has yet to concede a goal in the tournament with consecutive 2-0 results. Against Chantilly, Surf forward Kelley Schweighart tallied her second goal of the tournament in the 24th minute. Kim Castellanos then extended the Surf lead with a goal in the 60th minute that ended the Hotspurs' title chances. The Hotspurs will play Sting '81 on Friday at 11 a.m. with both looking for their first tournament win. |
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