
July 8, 2008 - Spokane Soccer Club Elite entered four teams into the prestigious US Club Soccer National Cup; U12 Boys, U12 Girls, U13 Girls, and U13 Boys. After the 4 day event SSC Elite had a combined record of 11 wins 2 losses and 1 tie! Bringing home two First place trophies, a second place and third place!
U12 Boys, coached by Ken Mays, finished third. They won their first game 3-1 against Pacific Premier (Seattle, WA) and their second game 5-0 over Evergreen SC (Everett, WA.) The third game was against Crossfire (Redmond, WA) and in a tough fought battle ended up losing 1-3 and finishing third.
U13 Girls, coached by Dan Philp, finished 2nd. In group play they won all three games without letting a single goal in! In the first game of group play was against PSSA (Bellingham, WA) they won 4-0. The second game of group play was against the Boise Nationals (Boise, ID) the score was 6-0. Final game of group play was against Snohomish United (Everett, WA) they won 1-0 and advanced to the Championship game. The championship game was played against the NW Nationals (Seattle, WA.) The game went into overtime after regulation was tied 1-1. In overtime NW Nationals got a goal and the girls run ended. A great showing for second place!
U12 Girls, coached by Jason Bellefeuille took home the first place trophy! In their first game they beat Les Bois (Boise, ID) 2-1. Second match was against crosstown club Spokane Shadow and the girls won 7-0. The final game against Westsound FC (Silverdale, WA) the girls took home the championship with a 4-1 win! Way to go Ladies!
U13 Boys, coached by Abbas Faridnia took home the first place trophy as well. In group play they won two and tied one advancing to the finals. In their first game they played Crossfire (Redmond, WA) and beat them 2-1. Second game was against FWU Storm (Federal Way, WA) and the boys tied 2-2. Final game of group play was against Les Bois (Boise, ID) and they won 5-3 advancing as the first place team. The final was against Westsound FC (Silverdale, WA) the boys took home the Championship with a 3-1 victory. Now it is off to Virginia for the boys as the Region G U13 premier Group representative for a chance at a National Championship!