(article courtesy of US Youth Soccer)

Final pairings set at the US Youth Soccer Region III Championships

6/24/2009

Only one defending National Champion advances to finals, the Under-18 Girls Dallas Texans 91 Red. Under-16 Boys Dallas Texans 93 Red look to defend their Region III title.

Georgia and North Texas advance five teams each, North Carolina and Oklahoma advance four teams each, South Carolina and South Texas each advance two and Alabama and Florida are represented by one team each

FRISCO, Texas (June 23, 2009) – Teams have earned berths in the final matches at the US Youth Soccer Region III Championships in Frisco, Texas. The winners of tomorrow’s games will qualify for the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass., July 21-26, at Citizens Bank Fields at Progin Park.

Only one defending US Youth Soccer Region III Champions have the opportunity to win back-to-back titles tomorrow, the Under-18 Girls Dallas Texans 91 Red. Tomorrow, they face off against Edmond ESC 91 Black. Edmond’s Amy Grow earned a hat trick today to advance her team to the finals.

Ricardo Garbanzo scored twice for CESA 92 Premier (SC) in their 2-0 win over Eclipse Premier (S-TX) in one boys’ Under-16 semifinal. Garbanzo’s goals came in the 22nd and 47th minutes. CESA will face Dallas Texans 93 Red (TX-N), who scored a 3-2 win over Florida Rush Nike (FL) in the group’s other semifinal.

In one Under-17 Boys semifinal, Triangle United (NC) got a goal from McAmos Paye in the 90th minute to keep their match with ESC 92 Black (OK) from reaching overtime. Paye had previously scored in the 48th minute before ESC tied it off a Brian Byers goal in the 72ndminute. Triangle will face Lonestar 92B Red (S-TX) in tomorrow’s final after they defeated LSC 92 Gamblers 4-2 in the other semifinal.

The Under-19 Boys semifinal between AFC Lightning Premier (GA) and Dallas Texans Houston 90 Red (S-TX) remained scoreless for the first 40 minutes. However, in the 41st minute, David Flores scored for Texans and that goal was the deciding tally in their 1-0 win. NASA 08 Elite (GA) advanced in the other semifinal on penalty kicks. Solar 90 (TX-N) scored first when Joseph Cooper found the back of the net in the 27th minute, but NASA’s Jahbari Willis scored just before the end of regulation. After two scoreless overtimes, NASA prevailed on PKs, 4-3.

Four minutes in, the Under-17 Girls semifinal between GSA Phoenix 92 Red (GA) and Sting 92 (N-TX) was tied 1-1. Sting went up early when Randi Soldat scored four minutes in. Three minutes later, Phoenix answered, courtesy of a Taylor Gates goal. A tally by GSA’s Nicole Locandro in the 32nd minute was the game winner. Phoenix will face AFC Lightning 92 White (GA) in tomorrow’s final after Lightning defeated 91 Triangle FC Navy (NC) 5-2 in the other U17G semifinal.

Amy Grow had a hat trick for Edmond ESC 91 Black (OK) as they defeated Sting 91 (TX-N) 3-1 in one Under-18 Girls semifinal. Ellen Scarfone had the lone goal for Sting in the 76th minute. ESC will now face Dallas Texans 91 Red in tomorrow’s final. Texans got a pair of scores from Kimberly Castleberry in their 3-0 win over Lonestars SC 91 Red (S-TX).

Two North Texas teams battled in one semifinal of the Under-19 Girls division. Sting 90 (N-TX) and D’Feeters 90 (N-TX) were tied 2-2 through regulation and two overtimes, so it went to penalties. D’Feeters advanced 3-2 on kicks. Sting took an early lead when Dawn Ward found the back of the net in the 18th minute. D’Feeters drew things level thanks to Katherine Wright in the 54th minute and went ahead 2-1 in the 93rd when Jazmyne Avent scored. Six minutes later, Sting’s Rachel Shipley scored to tie things up again. D’Feeters will face BUSA 90 (AL) in Wednesday’s final. BUSA got a goal from Tiffini Turpin in the 47th minute and beat TopHat 08 Gold (GA) 1-0.

Complete scores from today’s action are below.

Under-14 Boys
Dallas Texans 95 Red (N-TX) 3, South Florida Elite FC 94 (FL) 1, OT Goal scorers: DTX- Sebastian Mata 2 (72:00, 80:00), Zachary Dunbar (82:00)
SFL- Matheus Ayrolla (80:00)

CASL Elite (NC) 1, Concorde Fire South 95 (GA) 1, PK 2-1 Goal scorers: CASL- Ryan Thompson (34:00)
Concorde- Philip Fendig (52:00)

Under-15 Boys
SCSA 93 Gold (NC) 2, Conforde Fire Elite (GA) 0 Goal scorers: SCSA- John Farmer (9:00), Benjamin Burdon (62:00)

Tulsa Soccer Club 94 Black (OK) 3, NYSA Celtic Green (OK) 1 Goal scorers: TUL- Anson Crouch (18:00), Benjamin Wilson (26:00), Dillon Ellard (33:00)
NYSA- Jose Cardona (4:00)

Under-16 Boys
Dallas Texans 93 Red (N-TX) 3, Florida Rush Nike (FL) 2 Goal scorers: DTX- Joseph Ritter (24:00), Eduardo Aranda (34:00), Cody Keyes (60:00)
FL- Patrick Moore (29:00), Bruce Follensbee (62:00)

CESA 92 Premier (SC) 2, Eclipse Premier (S-TX) 0 Goal scorers: CESA- Ricardo Garbanzo (22:00, 47:00)

Under-17 Boys
Lonestar 92 Red (S-TX) 4, LSC 92 Gamblers (LA) 2 Goal scorers: Lonestars - Ruben Lopez (24:00), Kristopher Trypak (16:00), Omar Vallejo 2 (51:00) (88:00)
LSC- Patrick Mullins 2 (43:00, 47:00)

Triangle United (NC) 2, ESC 92 Black (OK) 1 Goal scorers: TRI- McAmos Paye (48:00, 90:00)
ESC- Brian Byars (72:00)

Under-18 Boys
DSC 90 Green (SC) 4, Eclipse 91 Black (S-TX) 2 Goal scorers: DSC- Enzo Martinez 2 (14:00, 29:00), Ralph Lundy (56:00, 64:00)
ECL- Daniel Cruz (37:00), Robert Head (39:00)

91 Norcross Fury Gold (GA) 5, Gulf Coast United FC 91 3 Goal scorers: NOR- Christopher Thomas (11:00), Kofi Gwayu (25:00), Malick Camara (40:00), Theodore Yang (70:00), Saudin Garanovic (80:00)
GCU- Jordan Godsey 2 (51:00, 78:00), Henderson Hewes (85:00)
Under-19 Boys
Dallas Texans Houston 90 Red (S-TX) 1, AFC Lightning Premier (GA) 0 Goal scorer: DTX- David Flores (41:00)

NASA 08 Elite (GA) 1, Solar 90 (N-TX) 1 (PK 4-3) Goal scorers: NASA-Jahbari Willis (90:00)
SOL- Joseph Cooper (27:00)

Under-14 Girls
Hurricane FC 95 Rhein (OK) 3, D’Feeters 95 (N-TX) 0 Goal scorers: HUR-Claire Kelley (11:00), Elizabeth Keester (55:00), Shiloh Price (70:00).

CASL 93 Spartan Elite Black (NC) 1, Sting 95 (N-TX) 1, PK 2-1 Goal scorers: CASL-Markie-Lynn Studnicky (69:00) ST-Caitlyn Heap (49:00)

Under-15 Girls
North OKC 94 Red (OK) 3, NASA Elite II (GA) 3, PK 3-1 Goal scorers: NOKC-Madison Mercado 2 (40:00, 50:00), Emily Precure (85:00) NASA-Brooke Theobold (12:00), Bria Washington (53:00), Hannah Lones (108:00)

Dallas Texans 94 Red (N-TX) 1, Challenge 94 (S-TX) 0 Goal scorers: DTX-Kelsey Shimmick (3:00)

Under-16 Girls
GSA Phoenix 93 Red (GA) 1, Sting 93 (N-TX) 0 Goal scorers: GSA-Annie Speese (30:00)

Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) 3, Team Boca 92/93 (FL) 0 Goal scorers: PV-Gabby Regazzo (11:00), Theresa Diederich (21:00), Morgan Brian (79:00)

Under-17 Girls
GSA Phoenix 92 Red (GA) 2, Sting 92 (N-TX) 1 Goal scorers: Taylor Gates (7:00), Nicole Locandro (32:00) ST-Randi Soldat (4:00)

AFC Lightning 92 White (GA) 5, Triangle FC Navy Girls 2 Goal scorers: AFC-Carli Shultis (32:00), A'shanae Monroe (45:00+), Amanda McCalla (62:00), Erin Emerson (73:00), Katrina Frost (90:00+) TRI-Gloria Douglas 2 (60:00, 89:00)

Under-18 Girls
Edmond ESC 91 Black (OK) 3, Sting 92 (N-TX) 1 Goal scorers: ESC- Amy Grow 3 (24:00, 50:00, 53:00)
ST- Ellen Scarfone (76:00)

Dallas Texans 91 Red (N-TX) 3, Lonestars SC 91 Red (S-TX) 0 Goal scorers: DTX- Marissa Allen (65:00), Kimberly Castleberry 2 (77:00, 80:00)

Under-19 Girls
BUSA 90 (AL) 1, TopHat 08 Gold (GA) 0
Goal scorers: BUSA- Tiffini Turpin (47:00)

D’Feeters 90 (N-TX) 2, Sting 90 (N-TX) 2, PK 3-2 Goal scorers: DF-Katherine Wright (54:00), Jazymne Avant (93:00)
ST- Dawn Ward (18:00), Rachel Shipley (99:00)

Tomorrow’s regional winners of the Under-14 through Under-19 age groups earn a berth to the 2009 US Youth Soccer National Championships to be played in Lancaster, Mass., July 21-26 at Citizens Bank Fields at Progin Park.

The James P. McGuire Cup is the oldest trophy in youth sports dating back to 1935 with the inaugural youth championships. The Under-19 Boys National Champion will hoist the McGuire Cup. This is the 74th anniversary of the storied cup.