WHAT A WEEKEND FOR THE CYCLONES

Our girls definitely came to play this weekend. But at the end of it all, we just fell short of taking home a State Title. Making it to the Quarter Finals of the Premier Group was no easy task. We won our first game against Novato, and tied Placer in our second game. Then we went on to play the Bay Oaks Blasters, and with 90 seconds left in the game we were up 1-0, but Bay Oaks found a goal with seconds left and ended the game with a 1-1 tie. With such a good showing on Saturday, we were put into the Premier Group which was filled with great teams. Our first game just happened to be with the team that went on to play in the State Cup Championship in the Premier Division. We played them strong, but they seemed to always have an answer. We lost a hard fought game 3-1. We were very proud of how our girls played.

As coaches we always think about the sequence of events. What if we would have been in the Platinum Group, could we have won State Cup? What if we would have held on and beat Bay Oaks and gone to the Super Group, how well would we have done? There are always what ifs when you start dissecting the weekend. All that we really know is this. Our girls played with the best of them, and play well they did. Bay Oaks Blasters went on to take 3rd in State and that was in the Super Group. The only team they lost to was the Mustangs who are the State Champions, and they only lost to the Mustangs 4-3. We tied Bay Oaks and we played them straight up. Konfusion went on to the State Championship in the Premier Group and lost 1-0. We had them on their heels early on in the game. They got 2 goals with some setup corner kicks. But we felt they are a team that we can beat. With that being said, we feel that this was a very successful weekend. We are very proud of everyone of our girls. Keep in mind, we have only been together as a team for less than 8 months. Wow, we have all come along way. One more tournament then the team PARTY.

HEY COACH WHERE'S OUR PICTURES

I can hear the mothers screaming. Don't worry all the pictures are finished. I am just waiting to see how we do at State Cup. All of your daughters look beautiful. A package with your daughters individual photo and a the team photo will be passed out shortly after State Cup. There will be no charge for photos, this is my gift to your family. So let's all get ready for State Cup. GOOOOOOOOOOOO Cyclones!

CVSA QUAILIFIES FOR UPPER BRACKET OF STATE CUP

YES, WE DID IT!! With only losing one game in the preliminary round of State Cup, we took second place in our bracket. This means we are guaranteed a place in one of the three upper division brackets come Sunday morning. We had some tough games, but our girls played like we new they could. Now ahead of us is Saturday's games on Nov. 17th. These will all be tough games, but if we come with a passion to win, all will work out fine. After Saturday's games, we will either be put in the SUPER, PREMIER or PLATINUM division come Sunday morning. It's a single elimination after that. It's going to be a great weekend, I promise. All we ask as coaches is to play Smart and Hard. LOOK OUT SACRAMENTO, HERE COMES THE CYCLONES.

CVSA Girls Under-10 TAKE LEAGUE TITLE

After the final game of the season was forfeited by Central United, CVSA girls under-10 take league title. Everyone should be very proud of themselves. We not only went undefeated, but we were only scored on 3 times in league play. We are the first ever Under 10 girls competitive team out of CVSA to take a League Championship. Keep in mind: We did all of this with a squad of 14 girls, and 6 of which should be playing under-9. We could not be prouder of all the hard work and commitment by players and parents. We had our growing pains just like all good teams do, but we pushed through them and became better coaches, parents and players. We do understand as coaches that medals and trophies only represent wins and losses, which is why we feel our success goes much further than that. Individually, players became stronger. As a team, we learned to win together and lose together with no excuses. Our girls never gave up in a game, even when a team would score first, our girls would always fight back. These are the things that we mark down as success. For our girls, we'll take these attributes into our every day lives. I could go on forever on all of the great things that came out of this season, but for right now I just have one last thing to say. I AM PROUD TO BE CALLED YOUR COACH.

STATE CUP NEWS: QUALIFYING ROUNDS SET FOR SATURDAY NOV. 17, 2007

We have been placed in Group BB, here are all the teams from that Group.

Bay Oaks Blasters (Blasters)
CVSA Cyclones (Cyclones)
Novato United 97 (nov u10 g)
Placer United Prestige '98 Girls Pulse (PUP '98P)

Yes you do recognize a familiar team, Placer United. This is not the Placer team that we played, it is one of their other teams.

All the coaches feel good about this Group. If our girls come to play on Saturday like we know they can, we should do very well. Here is our schedule time and place for Saturday's games.



....Time.............Home........Visitor............................Location
8:50 AM........Cyclones : nov u10 g..........Granite Regional Park, Field: 5

11:20 AM.......PUP '98P : Cyclones...........Granite Regional Park, Field: 9

2:40 PM..........Blasters : Cyclones...........Granite Regional Park, Field: 4


LET'S PLAY HARD GIRLS AND GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

No matter what the outcome of Saturdays games are, we will still be playing on Sunday, So remember. We play one game at a time

CLOVIS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Cyclones were represented very well at the Clovis Cross Country Championships this week. Four of our girls quailified for the race (Katrina, Cassidy, Gabriella and Emiko). All of them placed very well in the race. Special shot out to Gabriella for taking a 9th Place Medal! We are so proud of all the girls. It just goes to show you how well rounded our girls are. I still want any parents to email me with acomplishments that your daughter might be experience now, so we can post them. photo1@msn.com . GOOOOOOOOOOOOO GIRLS