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Spitfire Travel to Boulder, CO
The U16 girls Sacramento Spitfire traveled to Boulder, Colorado to
attend the Rocky Mountain Cup College Showcase on June 16 - 18. Teams
from across the US competed at this beautiful location.
Spitfire got off to a rocky start - thanks to altitude and delayed
planes due to weather. Their first game of the event against the
Pueblo Rangers Twisters was interrupted just after the start of the
second half by the blast of the evacuation horn due to a lightning and
thunder shower that briefly passed over the fields --- this stuff does
not happen in Sacto! They called the game over after 30 minutes of
everyone hiding in their cars
in the parking lot. Score 0-0.
Spitfire rallied in the second game of the day against the Boulder
County Force Red - with ending score 1-0 and tremendous saves by their
goalie Chelsea Wager-Smith and the determination of Maddy McEvilly in
the mid.
Saturdays game brought better weather and excellent play by the
Spitfire. Spitfire beat the Fort Collins Arsenal White 2 - 0; and the
second game of the day left the Spitfire with a winning score of 9 - 0
against Fort Worth United, sending them to the Semi-Final. Both the
offense and the defense played wonderfully and the passing was great.
Semi-Final game against Dallas on Sunday found the Spitfire tired -
with several players experiencing symptoms from the altitude change.
Along with weird weather conditions that left several easy-ups and
spectators to tumble like tumbleweeds down the field, Spitfire played
a lack-luster first half with Dallas ending with 1 point lead due to a
foul in the box.
But in the second half, the Spitfire came alive and played perhaps
their most exciting half of their season. Spectators from both sides
were impressed by aggressive play from the heart in that half.
With the charge called by Coach Karen on a corner kick by Texas for
all Spitfire to go to the goal -- goalie Chelsea streaked all the way
down the field to throw herself at the opponents goalie in attempt to
head the ball in -- spectacular playing that will leave Colorado
talking about the Spitfire for years to come!!!
The team gave it their all, but the final outcome was 0 - 1 in favor
of Texas. After a wonderful tour of the University of Colorado -
Spitfire flew back in Sacramento to rest up for more great soccer!
To view video clips of the exciting play - go to the team webpage on
the Sac United website under pictures.
Goal scorers in the tournament:
Ashley Purkins - 2
Aubrey Mapes - 1
Camile Cholger - 2
Cassie Rodriguez - 2
Colby Smith - 1
Kaitlin Kemp - 1
Maddy McEvilly - 1
Nydia Ramos - 1
Vickie Ramirez - 1
Press Release
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