On To The Quarterfinals!

As expected Jarad Brisbin's Snohomish United went 3-0 in the group stage to win the group and book a spot in the state quarterfinals. United scored eight goals and didn't concede any. Next up for the senior captain is a 2/28 date with HPFC Heat who also went 3-0 in group play. Jarad's team did play HPFC in a tight match during the regular season, with Snohomish coming out of the road game with a 1-0 win.

Now on to the unexpected, good and bad. The Three Rivers United U16 team entered into a very tough group and managed a 1-1 road draw and an upset 1-0 home win. On Sunday the sophomore aged team found themselves in a pressure packed situation. With a win the group was theirs which also included a bye into the quarterfinals, a draw and they would advance to the knockout round, a loss and their season was most likely over. Jake Zoulek scored a goal to get his team the lead and it proved important as the match was tightly contested, there were goal scoring opportunities for both teams. In the final two minutes with United trying to conserve the victory Zoulek grabbed his second goal of the game to close out the match. United won 2-0 and finished unbeaten in their group with two wins and one draw. They scored four goals and only conceded one. Jake Zoulek scored three of the four goals. They will also play on 2/28 in a home quarterfinal match up with their opponent TBD.

Finally our U17 Celtic team was dealt a shock as they were in a three team bracket with teams they had beat 1-0 and 4-0 in regular season play, they were heavily favored to advance out of group play. After losing a 2-1 game to ECFC, they needed to beat a Crossfire "b" team. In an uncharacteristically high scoring game United lost 6-5 to end their season. The Southridge players were upset with some errors that were made in the game and dismayed at the call that led to a penalty kick that was scored against them which eventually decided the match.

So for five Southridge players the state cup dream lives on and for the other four they will start working hard to get themselves ready for the high school season that begins in three weeks.