State Cup Play

For 11 Southridge soccer players the club season is almost wrapped up and the only thing left before high school ball is the US Youth Soccer Washington State Championship Cup.


It got under way last weekend with the U16 United team which has sophomores Jake Zoulek, Chandler Mertens, Brandon T. and freshmen Conner Mertens all playing for them.

United got a tough opening round game with State League champs SCFC Fury. This is a team United struggled with all season and lost to them three times. On Saturday however United were able to come up with a result after a 1-1 tie. Jake Zoulek scored the lone goal and although Fury equalised a few minutes later getting an opening round draw and earning some points on the road was a great accomplishment. United play a tough Columbia Timbers team at home on Sunday and will be happy to earn another draw against a tough opponent.

Senior Jarad Brisbin and his Snohomish United team also opened their play last weekend and faced their first hiccup of the season. After winning the state league by going 10-0, Snohomish drew BFC 0-0. Again, the important thing in the group stages of a tournament is to get a result in your first game and Snohomish has done that. They play John Zouleks Sun City team this Sunday in Yakima. Zoulek however has decided to not play state cup in an effort to be fit for the high school season.

The U17 Celtic team that has Bill Landefeld, Josh Mendoza, Conner Cravens and Zach Russell open their state cup play with old foes Emerald City at home on Saturday. These two teams know each other well as they have both earned promotions each of the last three years and both played at the states highest level this year. In their only match up of the regular season Celtic won 1-0. Look for the winner of this game to win the group stage and book a spot in the quarterfinals.

I will update the blog after the weekend games, Good luck 3 Rivers and Southridge players!

Conditioning Camp

Our conditioning camp will start February 2nd at Lampson Stadium and will run from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The camp will run the entire month of February and will be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

The goal of the camp is to get as close to match fitness as possible so we don't have to spend the first two weeks of practice running.

Only five more weeks until the first day of practice!