Monday, 12 May 2008

Mad River Youth Soccer League – Weekend Update





The first weekend in May saw a slew of MRYSL teams on top of their game.

On Saturday, May 3 the U12 Boys came in on top of Rogue Valley’s TNT team at Bloomfield School with a score of 1-0 for their first win of the spring season. The first half saw lots of shots on goal but no one scored until early in the second half when Edgar Martinez was able to slot one in after some great team work by the Mad River boys.


Kaylee, Katerina and Alissa work on their game faces.


Hailey, Alex and Gloriana celebrate a Lightning win.


Korrine and Alex high five another Lightning goal.

The U12 Girls had a pair of shutouts in Oregon, starting Saturday by beating Medford’s Rogue Valley Soccer Club (RVSC) Crush 1-0 with a goal by Brittney Glavich. Sunday the girls again kept their opponents from the scoreboard with a goal apiece for Alissa Thompson-Mooney, Karinne Dadigan and Michaela Schunk. Final score Mad River 3, RVSC Venom 0. Lightning also came out on top in a "friendly" against the Power Strikers, a top ranked U12 Gold level team. The 1-0 match was decided by an under-the-crossbar goal from outside the box by Alissa Thompson-Mooney following a deflected corner kick by Day Robins.

It was a close game for the MRYSL U14 Boys on Sunday, May 4 in Crescent City where Cesar Maldonado and Santiago Reynosa, Jr. had two goals each against a team from Ashland, Oregon. Final score 5-4 Ashland. Meanwhile, the U14 Girls team shut out the RVSC Lightning during a game at Bloomfield School which ended with a score of 1-0 on a goal by Annie Ewald.

The U16 Boys had their second weekend sweep, beating the team from Table Rock Soccer Club (TRSC) on Saturday 3-2 in a tense game that traded goals between TRSC and MRYSL, with Mad River goals by Casey Coelho and Elliott Patzkowsky. Matt Macari got the last Mad River goal to put MRYSL on top. In a driving wind on Sunday at Bloomfield School, MRYSL goalie Jamison Snead kept every RVSC U17 shot from hitting its mark. Late in the second half MRYSL worked some great passes and Patzkowsky put one in the net for MRYSL to end the game 1-0, Mad River.

On Sunday, May 4 at the Rotary field in Eureka, the MRYSL U19 Girls kept the Humboldt Youth Soccer League (HYSL) team from putting any score on the board. Starting with goals by Hannah Garrett and Julia Middlemiss, the Mad River girls were up 2-0 at the half. The second half saw a goal by Aiiya McCarthy and a pair by Mouse Diggins to put the final score at Mad River 5, HYSL 0.

The MRYSL U19 Boys weren’t quite so lucky and reversed the MRYSL/HYSL order in their match against the team from HYSL who won their Sunday game at Rotary field 5-0.