Four Teams from RSL Florida Reach the State Finals

5/20/07

RSL Florida sent five senior teams, more than any other club in the state, into the final week-end of State Cup play. Of the five teams, four made it to the finals for a chance to play for the state title. Adrian Bush, General Manager for RSL Florida states; “This is an outstanding accomplishment for the club and the players. We have certainly set the bar very high and look forward to continued development as a club.”

The U-17 girls have come really far and what they did to get to the title game was nothing short of phenomenal. They played every seeded team in the state and demonstrated tremendous effort. The U-17 girls will be the first to represent RSL Florida at the Southern Regional tournament. These newly crowned state champions serve as fantastic role models for our younger girls teams who are looking to follow in their footsteps.

The RSL Florida girl’s competitive program provided heavy competition at every age group as the losses suffered were all in extremely tight games. The U-14’s played through the Round of 16; the U-13 (lost 1-0) and U-15 girls (lost 2-1) made it to the quarterfinals before getting knocked out; the U-19 girls (lost 2-1 in double overtime) made the final four; the U-16’s were finalists and lost (1-0) in the championship game and the U-17’s won the State Title.

Also winning the State Title game were the U-17 boys team who repeated with back-to back state championships. Bush comments on the win; “This team has unbelievable character and drive for excellence. They worked their way through 8 games in State Cup and never gave up a goal. I’m not sure that has ever been done in the history of FYSA State Cup. We are very happy to be representing Florida in the Southern Regional games and hope to be competitive.”

Of the U-13 boys and the other teams that lost in the final four or finals Bush states; “These teams have nothing to feel bad about; each had over 50 teams in their age groups that did not get a chance to play on to the last week-end. We are very proud of their accomplishments this season and look forward to building in 2007-08.”