Missouri Elite FC

The Missouri Elite FC 2000 Girls team added another championship title to their resume by winning the 2010 Founder’s Cup at Lake Country Soccer in Springfield, MO.  They defeated the Rush Nike team from Kansas by a score of 4-1 in the opening game on Saturday and then defeated Futura FC Brookside Roos by a score of 6-0 in their second game.  The Elite U11 girls played the North Arkansas Long Shots on Sunday morning and won 8-0 to advance to the finals.  They faced the Rush Nike team again in the finals and came away with a 2-1 victory to win the championship title.

The Missouri Elite FC 94 girls team had great first tournament as a team and also walked away with a championship title.  In their first game as a new team, the girls defeated Xtreme by a score of 5-0 on Saturday and then went on to defeat PUFC Lady Hawks by a score of 3-2 on Saturday evening.  It was a late goal by sophomore Macie Cotter (Willard) on a corner served by freshman Whitney Snow (Camden) that earned the Elite U17 team a 1-0 victory over a tough young Prodigy Topeka Tornado team from Kansas and sent the Elite U17′s on to the finals.  The Missouri Elite FC 94 girls took control in the finals and posted a 6-1 victory over the Mambas HS Premier team to win the championship title.

Congratulations ladies!  What a great way to start the new year!!

The eleven Missouri Elite FC teams that participated in the Ozark Summer Sizzler 3v3 tournament on Saturday, July 31, brought home 5 first place titles and 3 second place finishes.

Elite – Portugal (comprised of Poplar Bluff senior Allie Thomas, Parkview senior Kelsey Loderhose, Camdenton freshman Whitney Snow and Nixa freshman Bailey Pesek) finished first in the High School Girls Black division.  Elite – Netherlands (comprised of Nixa senior Kristen Miller, Nixa senior Kelsey Bartell, Rogersville senior Stevie Heidzig, and Lebanon junior Carsyn Beard) finished right behind them in second place.

Elite – Switzerland (comprised of Poplar Bluff junior Marissa Burroughs, Willard sophomore Macie Cotter, Clever sophomore Brionna Cooper, and guest player Lindsey Owens from Willard) finished first in the High School Girls Red division.

Elite – USA (comprised of Nixa freshman Andrea Marquez, Republic freshman Sara Marcotte, Republic freshman Tabby Iles, and Willard eighth grader Makenna Cotter) finished first in the High School Girls White division.

Elite – Spain (comprised of Nixa eighth graders Shalynn Thomas, Alyson Galler, Lindsey Frerichs and Kendall Letts) finished first in the U14 Girls Red division.  Elite – Argentina (comprised of Maggie Chappel, Parker Owens, Sierra Carlson, Rebecca Rosebrough and Kalie Huff) finished second in the U14 Girls White division.

Elite – Germany (comprised of Julia Snider, Maddie McLain, Brinae Cooper, Crozbi Gannon and guest Sarah McDowell) finished first in the U11 Girls division.  Elite – Australia (comprised of Morgan Gunther, Sydney Hazelrigg, Hannah Carr, and Carli Prosser) finished second in the U10/11 Girls division.  It went to the third tie-breaker to determine the winner as they tied head-to-head and scored as many goals as the team that won the bracket, unfortunately our girls gave up one more goal than the eventual winners.

Congratulations to all the participants in the Summer Sizzler 3v3 event.  It was a fun day filled with lots of Elite bonding opportunities.  Our club was very well represented.  Way to go Elite!!!

Here’s the link to the photo album for the event.  The password is summer2010.  Be sure to check out photos #557 (Crozbi), #839 (Hannah), #850 (Amanda) and #924 (Lou).

http://www.yogile.com/summersizzler2010

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.