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.