SAN DIEGO, California – The Surf Cup continued its beachside festivities Saturday with U16-U19 players gathering together at the San Diego Polo Grounds for the start of another three-day tournament.  The air of this weekend was perceptibly white-knuckled with college coaches peppering the sidelines and teams competing for one of the most prestigious elite youth tournament titles in the country.

Following are details of our two feature matches. Scroll down for complete results.
 
U17 Girls – Arsenal FC 0,  D’Feeters 0

Arsenal FC and D’feeters came together for a rematch after playing against each other in June at the adidas Showcase in Houston.  California's Arsenal walked away with the 1-0 victory in the D'feeter's home state but couldn’t repeat the result today. An evenly matched game, where both teams were unable to break the stalemate ended up being a 0-0 draw.  

At the start, Arsenal defense was all over a few bad throws in by D’Feeters.  Arsenal had their first attempts on goal by Jasmine Martinez followed by Andrea Luttio off of a throw-in.  Whatever confidence Arsenal had from their previous victory over the D’Feeters was offset by the Texan side’s newcomer to the matchup – U20 Women’s National Team player Chioma Ubogagu.   

Ubogagu ran down the line with the ball and outran two defenders before passing the ball to Dani Herubin.  Herubin got the D’Feeters first goal attempt off a free kick after getting tripped, but the effort was kept out of goal.

Ubogagu also won balls 1v1 and had the technical speed to dribble past defenders all day.  She was the distributor in the front and the Arsenal team quickly caught on and double-teamed her for the rest of the game.

Arsenal forward Autumn Altamirano almost slid in a goal from inside the box.  A few minutes later, she tackled the ball away and made another attempt to put Arsenal on the scoreboard, but it too was kept out.

The D’Feeters were no longer able to play the aggressor as Arsenal had more of the chances in the first half.  Arsenal had to readjust for Ubogagu and switched to a 3-5-2 going into the second half.

Autumn Altamirano carried on her dynamic defense from the first half, tackling and passing.  Andrea Luttio crossed to Alexis Weaver who nearly snuck in an Arsenal goal.  Ubogagu responded by outrunning two defenders with the ball again, but Arsenal's keeper Amanda Robles slapped away the ball.  

Arsenal FC had plenty of opportunities inside the box but couldn’t finish, and the game ended in a 0-0 tie.

U18/19 Boys – Sereno SC 1, Strictly Soccer 1

Arizona side Sereno SC and Florida’s Strictly Soccer battled to a 1-1 draw in an afternoon match that was dotted with a number of questionable offside rulings.

In the fifth minute, Sereno’s Patrick Wall ran past Strictly Soccer defenders and attempted a shot that was stopped by the keeper.  In the next 10 minutes, Wall used his good feet to get a couple more chances for Sereno.

Wall had to leave the game when he bumped heads with a defender on a header attempt. He came down hard and had to be taken out to get checked but later got the all clear to return.

Sereno SC’s Thomas Kamos and George Malki did a good job in winning the ball from the Florida side and passing it to their teammates.  Thomas challenged his man and took the ball for a sprint down the middle and got to the inside of the box before a defender stopped him.

At one point, Kamos had the ball and dribbled circles around the other team’s defenders in a 3v1 situation, but the half ended without a goal from either end.

Sereno SC began the second half with a bang, as Brendan O’Brien scored after taking a pass from Malki and then finishing from inside the area.

Strictly Soccer’s Andrew Goffe offered a response a few minutes later – he ran the ball down from midfield to the box before firing in a goal from his team to level the score at 1-1.

Sereno SC had most of the chances for the rest of the game, but the scoreline did not change.

 

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 Mens U19 Super

Bracket A
Slammers FC  3  Strictly Soccer  0
Sereno SC White 0  Eastside FC Red  0
Slammers FC  1  Eastside FC Red  1
Sereno SC White 1  Strictly Soccer  1

Bracket B
Pachuca USA  1  Rebels  0
San Diego Surf  3  Pros White  1
Pachuca USA  0  Pros White  0
San Diego Surf  2  Rebels  1

Bracket C
United Futbol Black  2  HSC Bulls  1
Mustang Ajax  1  Texas Fire  0
Mustang Ajax  0  HSC Bulls  3
United Futbol Black  1  Texas Fire  2

Bracket D
Vancouver Whitecaps  1  LIJSL ODP  1
FC San Diego Gold  0  Bay Oaks Gold  1
Vancouver Whitecaps  1  Bay Oaks Gold  1
FC San Diego  2  LIJSL ODP  0

Womens U19 Super

Bracket A
So Cal Blues Bobak  1  FC Milwaukee  1  
Mustang SC Spirit  2  Legends FC  2
So Cal Blues Bobak  1  Legends FC  1
Mustang SC Spirit  2  FC Milwaukee  2

Bracket B
San Diego Surf White  1  Honolulu Bulls  0
Loudon Red  2  Juventus SC Destiny  0
Loudon Red 1  Honolulu Bulls  0
San Diego Surf White  3  Juventus SC Destiny  0

Bracket C
De Anza Force Blue  1  Real Colorado  2
Real So Cal White  1  Vancouver Whitecaps  3
De Anza Force Blue  1  Vancouver Whitecaps  2
Real So Cal White  1  Real Colorado  0

Bracket D
Slammers FC  1  Eastside FC  0
Vista Shockwave  0  Irvine Strikers  1
Slammers FC  1  Irvine Strikers  0
Vista Shockwave  0  Eastside FC  3

Boys U16 Super
Bracket A
Aztecs FC  3  NYSA Celtic Green  0
CDA Academy  3  Real So Cal White  1
Aztecs FC  1  Real So Cal White  0
CDA Academy  4  NYSA Celtic Green  0

Bracket B   
Santa Clara Sporting  2  Placer United Gold  0
Crossfire Premier  1  San Diego Surf  1
Santa Clara Sporting  1  San Diego Surf  0
Crossfire Premier  2  Placer United  0

Bracket C
Central California Aztecs  1  Concorde Fire Elite  0
Arsenal FC  2  Atletico Santa Rosa Milan  2
Central California Aztecs  0  Atletico Santa Rosa Milan  0
Arsenal FC  1  Concorde Fire Elite  1

Bracket D
Texas Fire SC  1  Slammers FC  4
Concorde Fire  1  Pateadores White  1
Texas Fire  1  Pateadores White  4
Concorde Fire  0  Slammers FC  2

Boys U17 Super
Bracket A
Real So Cal White  3  San Diego Surf White  0
MVLA Raptors Gold  1  Texas Fire  2
Real So Cal White  3  Texas Fire  1
MVLA Raptors Gold  2  San Diego Surf White  0

Bracket B
West Coast FC  1  Crossfire Premier  0
Elite FC Gladiators  1  South Bay Force Blue  1
West Coast FC  1  South Bay Force Blue  1
Elite FC Gladiators  3  Crossfire Premier  0

Bracket C
Santa Clara Sporting  0  Legends FC  0
FC San Diego Gold  2  Tulsa Red  3
Santa Clara Sporting  1  Tulsa Red  2
FC San Diego Gold  1  Legends FC 1

Bracket D
Alpharetta Ambush Red  3  Pateadores Blue  2
Stockton Monarcas  1  South Bay Force Black  0
Alpharetta Ambush Red  1  South Bay Force Black  1
Stockton Monarcas  1  Pateadores Blue  3

Girls U16 Super
Bracket A
San Diego Surf White  1  Placer United Gold  1
FC Virginia Cardinals  1  Quickstrike FC  1
San Diego Surf White  3  Quickstrike FC  0
FC Virginia Cardinals  1  Placer United Gold  1

Bracket B
San Juan SC Blue  0  Real So Cal White  3
CZ Elite  1  Crossfire Premier McCormick  1
CZ Elite  1  Real So Cal White  2
San Juan SC Blue  0  Crossfire Premier McCormick  0

Bracket C
Fort Worth FC  1  Santa Clara Sporting  0
Slammers FC  0  Real New Jersey SC  2
Fort Worth FC  0  Real New Jersey SC  2
Slammers FC  1  Santa Clara Sporting  0

Bracket D
Chantilly SC  2  Mustang SC  3
Legends FC  1  So Cal Blues Pearson  3
Chantilly SC  0  So Cal Blues Pearson  4
Legends FC  0  Mustang SC  2

Girls U17 Super
Bracket A
Slammers FC  1  Real Colorado  1
De Anza Force Blue  1  Bethesda Dragons  3
Slammers FC 3  Bethesda Dragons  0
De Anza Force Blue  2  Real Colorado  1

Bracket B
San Diego Surf White  0  Pride SC  0
Syosset SC/FC Sting  1  Santa Clarita United  0
San Diego Surf White  0  Santa Clarita United  0
Syosset SC/FC Sting  2  Pride Sc  2

Bracket C
Arsenal FC  0  D'Feeters  0
So Cal Blues Dodge  3  Mustang SC  0
So Cal Blues Dodge  2  D'Feeters  0
Arsenal FC  1  Mustang SC  0

Bracket D
Eagles Premier  1  Albertson SC  0
MVLA Avalanche  0  Real So Cal White  2
Eagles Premier  2  Real So Cal White  2
MVLA Avalanche  1  Albertson SC  0