LANCASTER, Calif. – The US Youth Soccer Region IV Championships semifinals were in full swing Saturday with the action and team spirit at its highest level so far this week. Fans filled the sidelines and teams had an added motivation knowing match results could earn them a slot in the championship round.

The winners of Sunday’s games will qualify for the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass., July 21-26, at Citizens Bank Fields at Progin Park.

Five defending US Youth Soccer Region IV Champions have the opportunity to win back-to-back titles Sunday, and Under-19 Girls CO Rush Nike (CO) has the chance to advance to the National Championships and capture back-to-back National Championships.

Utah’s Avalanche Premier Under-19 Girls took control of the first half of the game against Washington’s Shadow-Bushey with goals by Shantel Flanary and Nikisha Fernandes in the 18th and 41st minutes. Down 2-0, Alison Fenter put Shadow on the boards in the 59th minute. Jamie Nelson netted a 66th minute Avalanche goal and Fernandes hit her second in the 73rd minute for the 4-1 lead. Fenter put a second up for Shadow, but it wasn’t enough, and Avalanche won 4-2.

With the Eagles (CA-S) Under-19 Girls, looking to go for a 3rd National Championship title and CO Rush Nike out to defend their 2008 National Championship title the two teams gave their all on the field. CO Rush had the lone goal of the game in the 84th minute thanks to Emmalie Pfankuch. The 1-0 win earns CO Rush a slot in the Region IV Championships match where they will play Avalanche Premier of Utah, a team they tied with in prelims.

In one of many games that went into overtime today, CO Rush Nike Under-19 Boys pulled out a 4-2 victory over Oregon’s WSM Gunners. It was 2-2 at the end of regulation after Drew Williams and Casey McCool goals in the 5th and 41st minutes for WSM and goals from Rush’s Patrick Freeman and Steven Emory in the 79th and 90th minutes. In overtime, Edward Prugh had a 92nd minute shot and Emory pulled off his second goal in the 113th minute. Colorado faces Cal South’s DMS 11 in the finals.

The Under-19 Boys DMS 11 (CA-S) had a shutout in today’s game against NM Rush Premier (NM). Zachary Hendrickson had the first DMS goal in the 21st minute, followed by back-to-back goals from Daniel Steres and Robert Mediaros in the 46th and 48th minutes. Steres had another in the 67th minute and Kenton Boswell finished off the 5-0 win in the 85th minute.

Under-14 Girls, So Cal Blues took an early lead over fellow Cal South team, X-treme Breakaway with goals from Amber Munerlyn in the 10th minute and Sydney Fuertes in the 17th minute. Munerlyn extended the Blues lead to 3-0 in the 61st minute for the win and a seat in the finals.

It was a battle of cross-state teams, for the Under-14 Girls from Cal North’s Mustang Blast and Cal South’s SD Surf White. Stephanie Amack had a 52nd minute Mustang goal and SD Surf’s Margaret Gulczynski’s evened the score in the 70th minute. The 1-1 score remained until the end of regulation and throughout the overtime period leaving the game to be decided by PKs. Mustang won that battle for a slot in the finals to play the So Cal Blues.

Sereno (AZ) teams in the Under-15 Boys and Girls age group have both earned spot in the Region IV championship matches.

The Under-15 Girls had a 2-1 win over Evergreen Green (WA) in today’s game. Sereno 94 White’s Danielle Leon netted one in the 18th minute and Evergreen’s Lindsay Licht evened the boards in the 26th minute. Lucy O’Leary gave Sereno the lead 2-1 lead with a 29th minute goal. Sereno held onto that lead to capture a semifinals win. Sereno will play So Cal Blue in the finals match.

Sereno 94 White Under-15 Boys earned their seat in the championships match after today’s 4-1 victory over Washington Premier (WA). Angel Rascon scored the first three Sereno goals in the 19th, 53rd and 75th minutes to complete a hat trick, and Nicholas Cavaretta hit Sereno’s fouth goal in the 78th. Bryce Joling scored Washington’s goal in the 50th minute. Sereno will play Arsenal FC (CA-S) in the championship match.

The Under-16 Boys age group had close matches today as both were decided in overtime. The game bringing together two Cal South teams, Arsenal FC and West Coast FC, went into overtime after West Coast’s Juan Mendoza had a 44th minute goal and Arsenal’s William Roman had a last minute goal in the 80th. Andre Lara had the sole Arsenal goal in the 88th minute for the 2-1 win.

The first 15 minutes of the Under-16 Boys game between Foothill MVLA Raptors of Cal North and New Mexico’s Elite FC Gladiators was action packed. The Gladiators’ Julio Velasquez scored one in the 3rd minute, but Foothill’s Juan Magana-Alvarez evened the score in the 8th minute. Teammate Joshual Prasad put Foothill in the lead with a 15th minute goal. Foothill thought they had the win, but Gladiators’ Nico Muniz put one away in the 80th for the 2-2 tie. With the help of his teammates, Muniz netted 84th and 92nd minute goals in overtime for Gladiators’ 4-2 victory.

Complete scores from today’s action are below.

Under-12 Boys
Redwood Juventus CRS (CA-N) 3, Neusport FC (NV) 2
Goal Scorers: Redwood – Jesus Enrique Miwa (11:00), Julian Borceguin (38:00)
Neusport – Miles McRae (7:00), Phillip Hopper (49:00)

Santa Clara Sporting (CA-N)5, Sereno 97 White (AZ) 2
Goal Scorers: Sporting – Omar Hermosillo (29:00)(36:00)(48:00), Collin Hossum (54:00)(59:00)
Sereno – Fergus Shanks (8:00), Juan Hernandez (30:00)

Under-13 Boys
Santa Clara Sporting (CA-N) 4, NWSSA Eagles (OR) 0
Goal Scorers: Sporting – Lynden Gooch (4:00)(12:00), Alejandro Flores Martinez (26:00), Andrew Playton (28:00)

West Coast FC (CA-S) 5, Washington Premier FC (WA) 0
Goal Scorers: West Coast – Christian Carrillo (13:00)(20:00), Steven Ortiz (30:00), Michael Cronk (45:00), Kevin De Niz (70:00)

Under-14 Boys
West Coast FC (CA-S) 1, Albion White (CA-S) 0
Goal Scorers: West Coast – PKs 5-4

SC del sol 95 White (AZ) 3, Eastside FC Storm (WA) 1
Goal Scorers: SC del sol 95 White – Daniel Gavin (23:00)(84:00), Pewee Gibson (73:00)
Eastside – Beau Blanchard (62:00)

Under-15 Boys
Sereno 94 White (AZ) 4, Washington Premier FC (WA) 1
Goal Scorers: Sereno – Angel Rascon (19:00)(53:00)(75:00), Nicholas Cavaretta (78:00)
Washington – Bryce Joling (50:00)

Arsenal FC (CA-S) 3, Players United (NV) 2
Goal Scorers: Arsenal – Own Goal (45:00), Juan Chavez (76:00), Jordan Gibbs (88:00)
Players – Edgar Nava (9:00), Brian Gutierrez (13:00)

Under-16 Boys
Arsenal FC (CA-S) 2, West Coast FC (CA-S) 1
Goal Scorers: Arsenal – William Roman (80:00), Andre Lara (88:00)
West Coast – Juan Mendoza (44:00)

Elite FC Gladiators (NM) 4, Foothill MVLA Raptors (CA-N) 2
Goal Scorers: Gladiators – Julio Velasquez (3:00), Nicolo Muniz (80:00)(84:00)(92:00)
Foothill – Juan Magana-Alvarez (8:00), Joshual Prasad (15:00)

Under-17 Boys
United FC (CA-S) 4, Slammers FC (CA-S) 2
Goal Scorers: United – Jesus Garcia (37:00), Hector Romo (75:00), Ryan Neil (91:00), Dakota Collins (119:00)
Slammers – Amilcar Olguin Jr. (36:00), Jay Levin (90:00)

CZ Elite (CA-S) 5, Rio Vista FC (NM) 1
Goal Scorers: CZ Elite – Eder Arreola (13:00)(21:00), Jesus Gonzales (46:00), Michael Shaddock (55:00), Hector Rincon (61:00)
Rio Vista – Darren McAfee (83:00)

Under-18 Boys
WSM International 4, Atlante S.D. (CA-S) 3
Goal Scorers: WSM – Eric Hurtado (21:00)(37:00), Jean Marie Mwanga (74:00)(89:00)
Atlante – Jesus Alvarado Medina (43:00)(61:00), Jorge Valenzo (54:00)

Sereno White (AZ) 1, LV Premier (NV) 0
Goal Scorers: Sereno – Brendan O’Hearn (2:00)

Under-19 Boys
DMS 11 (CA-S) 5, NM Rush Premier (NM) 0
Goal Scorers: DMS –Zachary Hendrickson (21:00), Daniel Steres (46:00)(67:00), Robert Mediaros (48:00), Kenton Boswell (85:00)

CO Rush Nike (CO) 4, WSM Gunners (OR) 2 - OT
Goal Scorers: CO Rush – Patrick Freeman (79:00), Steven Emory (90:00)(113:00), Edward Prugh (92:00)
WSM – Drew Williams (5:00), Casey McCool (41:00)

Under-12 Girls
Arsenal FC (CA-S) 3, Pride Predators (CO) 0
Goal Scorers: Arsenal – Nickole Argentieri (28:00), Stacie Moran (53:00), Andrea Herbst (59:00)

Mustang Mavericks (CA-N) 3, CISC Velocity (AK) 0
Goal Scorers: Mustang – Arianna Zamora (2:00), Madeline Gibson (37:00), Hailey Balma (40:00)

Under-13 Girls
Mustang Fury (CA-N) 2, LOSC Extreme (OR) 1
Goal Scorers: Mustang -  Jessica Gillespie (7:00), Erin Donnelly (69:00)
LOSC – Adrian Nixt (50:00)

West Coast FC (CA-S) 2, Sereno 96 White 1
Goal Scorers: West Coast – Chloe Hemingway (56:00), Isabella Guerry (70:00)
Sereno – Jorian Baucom (40:00)

Under-14 Girls
So Cal Blues (CA-S) 3, X-treme Breakaway (CA-S) 0
Goal Scorers: Blues – Amber Munerlyn (10:00) (61:00), Sydney Fuertes (17:00)

Mustang Blast (CA-N) 2 , SD Surf White (CA-S) 1
Goal Scorers: Mustang – Stephanie Amack (52:00)
SD Surf – Margaret Gulczynski (70:00)

Under-15 Girls
Sereno 94 White 18 2, Evergreen Green (WA) 1
Goal Scorers: Sereno – Danielle Leon (18:00), Lucy O’Leary (29:00)
Evergreen – Lindsay Licht (26:00)

So Cal Blues (CA-S) 3, Rio Vista FC Eagles (NM) 2
Goal Scorers: Blues – Lauren Benner (14:00), Jennifer Stanley (56:00), Danielle Spriggs (107:00)
Rio Vista – Catarina Acosta (39:00), Ashley Williams (80:00)

Under-16 Girls
So Cal Blues (CA-S) 2, Slammers FC (CA-S) 1
Goal Scorers: Blues – Erica Mazeau (24:00), Haley Rosen (99:00)
Slammers –Tessa Andujar (25:00)

Deanza Force Blue (CA-N) 3, Eagles (CA-S) 0
Goal Scorers: Deanza – Alesha Blair (8:00), Brianne Chaffeur (22:00), Ashelee Wilhelmsen (27:00)

Under-17 Girls
Crossfire Premier (WA) 4, Avalanche Premier (UT) 0
Goal Scorers: Crossfire – Annelise Sittauer (12:00)(45:00), Emily Hurd (63:00), Alexandra Beahan (89:00)

Real So Cal Blue (CA-S) 1, So Cal Blues (CA-S) 0
Goal Scorers: Real – Michelle Manning (105:00)

Under-18 Girls
Pleasanton Ridge (CA-N) 4, Real SO Cal White (CA-S) 0
Goal Scorers: Pleasanton –Madelyn Payne (12:00) (88:00), Ahsha Smith (55:00), Megan Jurado (78:00)

So Cal Blues (CA-S) 2, Slammers FC (CA-S) 1
Goal Scorers: Blues – Zakiya Bywaters (15:00), Lauren Matheson (20:00)
Slammers – Mary Schmidt (62:00)

Under-19 Girls
CO Rush Nike (CO) 1, Eagles (CA-S) 0
Goal Scorers: CO Rush – Emmalie Pfankuch (84:00)

Avalanche Premier (UT) 4, Shadow-Bushey (WA) 2
Goal Scorers: Avalanche – Shantel Flanary (18:00), Nikisha Fernandes (41:00) (73:00), Jaime Nelson (66:00)
Shadow – Alison Fenter (59:00)(84:00)

Finals Schedule | June 22, 2009

Boys
Under-12	7 a.m.	(CA-N) Redwood Juventus CRS	(CA-S) Legends FC
Under-13	10:30 a.m.	(CA-N) Santa Clara Sporting	(CA-S) West Coast FC
Under-14	8:30 a.m.	(CA-S) West Coast FC	(AZ) SC del sol 95 White
Under-15	10 a.m.	(AZ) Sereno 94 White	(CA-S) Arsenal FC
Under-16	9 a.m.	(CA-S) Arsenal FC	(NM) Elite FC Gladiators
Under-17	7:30 a.m.	(CA-S) United FC	(CA-S) CZ Elite
Under-18	11:30 a.m.	(OR) WSM International	(AZ) Sereno White
Under-19	Noon	(CA-S) DMS 11	(CO) Colorado Rush Nike
Girls
Under-12	10 a.m.	(CA-S) Arsenal FC	(CA-N) Mustang Mavericks
Under-13	7:30 a.m.	(CA-N) Mustang Fury	(CA-S) West Coast FC
Under-14	11:30 a.m.	(CA-S) So Cal Blues	(CA-N) Mustang Blast
Under-15	7 a.m.	(AZ) Sereno 94 White	(CA-S) So Cal Blues
Under-16	Noon	(CA-S) So Cal Blues	(CA-N) Deanza Force Blue
Under-17	10:30 a.m.	(WA) Crossfire Premier	(CA-S) Real So Cal Blue
Under-18	8:30 a.m.	(CA-N) Pleasanton Rage	(CA-S) So Cal Blues
Under-19	9 a.m.	(CO) CO Rush Nike	(UT) Avalanche Premier

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.