The Missouri Elite FC U14 girls finished second in the 2010 Ozarks Coca-Cola Dr Pepper Cup held at Lake Country Soccer in Springfield, MO on April 10-11. The Elite U14 team went 3-0 in pool play to reach the finals. The began their run by defeating Panathinaikos on Saturday morning 1-0 on a long-range goal scored by stopper Andrea Marquez. Elite then defeated Qwest on Saturday afternoon 2-0 with goals from Shay Thomas and Alyson Galler. Elite finished pool play on Saturday morning with a 1-0 victory over Springfield Soccer Club 95/96 II on another goal from Shay Thomas to move on to the semi-finals. Bailey Pesek scored two goals and Shay Thomas got her third of the tournament as Elite rolled past Blue Valley SC Stars Liverpool in the semi-finals by a score of 3-0. Elite goal keeper Katie Harlan was credited with earning the shutouts in the first four games. In the final, Elite finished second to KC Select Surge by a score of 4-1. Shay Thomas got her fourth goal of the tournament late in the game after KC Select had built a four goal lead. Congratulations to the girls for making on a strong run to the final and a well played tournament.
Archive for April, 2010
U14 Girls Reach Final
Sunday, April 11th, 2010Elite U10 Opens Spring League with Big Win
Monday, April 5th, 2010
The MO Elite FC 2000 team started the spring league season off with a big win on Saturday, April 3rd. Competing in the U10 Boys Blue bracket, the girls played their first official game against the boys. Elite got goals from 5 different players in their 5-0 victory over the Nighthawks. Maddie McLain (pictured above courtsey of SGFsoccer.com, please check out more of his photos available for purchase via his website) opened the scoring for Elite on a big corner that went off the keepers hands and into the goal. Crozbi Gannon lofted another big shot up and over the keeper from just outsite the 12-yard box to give Elite a 2-0 halftime lead. Julia Snider scored next for Elite seven minutes into the second half when she broke through the defensive line and launched a shot on goal. The first shot was knocked down by the keeper, but Julia pounced on the loose ball and placed it past the keeper to extend the lead to 3-0. Brinnae Cooper scored goal number four after executing a beautiful take-over from Snider in the center of the field just outside the penalty area and firing a bullet past the keeper into the right corner of the goal. The fifth and final goal of the game was scored by Bailie Robinson on a strong PK shot taken after she was tripped from behind in the box as she got past the last defender and headed to goal. Well done ladies!!!