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.