Two Sawtooth United F.C. youth soccer teams earned the silver for finishing second in their divisions during last weekend's Idaho Falls Shootout soccer tournament in wind-blown eastern Idaho.
Coach Tizz Miller's U16 girls scored eight goals in three preliminary contests and went all the way to the championship contest before falling to Extreme 2-1. Goalkeeper Kathryn Farmer was a standout with two shutouts for the local girls.
After falling behind 2-1 in the second half, "we had plenty of chances to score the rest of the half but couldn't finish. It was a good game but we wanted gold," said coach Miller.
Coach Greg Gvozdas' U14 Girls' Gold squad made off with a pair of 1-0 wins on goals by Grace Lagodich and Kelly Chapman, but they lost to Kaos 4-0 Saturday and fell again 4-0 to Kaos in the championship game.
Ten Sawtooth United F.C. soccer teams competed in the 76-team field. The Bonneville Youth Soccer League sponsored the 27th annual Idaho Falls Shootout, which was formatted in 15 divisions from U12 to U19.
The five SUFC girls' teams went 4-4-2 the first day, Saturday, while the boys' teams went 1-6-3 for an overall record of 5-10-5 in the 20 games played Saturday. On Sunday the local teams went 3-8-1 for a total Idaho Falls record of 8-18-6.
Final spring tournament for SUFC teams is the 2006 Idaho Youth Soccer Association President's Cup May 19-21 primarily at the new Sunway Soccer Complex in Twin Falls.
Sawtooth United F.C. results from the Idaho Falls Shootout meet:
Other girls results
U12 SUFC Girls Navy (0-2-1): SUFC (coached by Sonneland in the U12 Girls Red division) lost 2-1 to Wildcats; tied Eagles 0-0; lost 4-0 PVSC White. Players of the Match were Grace Carroll, Gracie Eagan and Lucy Paisley. Emma Johnson scored a goal. Emily Sonneland got a shutout.
U12 SUFC Girls Gold (1-2): SUFC (coached by Hatch in the U12 Girls Black division) won 6-0 over Extreme (MVP Erin Murphy); lost 3-1 to Bozeman Blitzz Blue (MVP Nicole Roos); lost 2-0 to Dynamites (MVP Kelly Hennessy).
U14 SUFC Girls Navy (1-2): SUFC (coached by Kolkelmann in the U14 Girls Red division) won 2-0 over Odyssey (goals Ellen Davis and Karlie Jeneson); lost 4-0 to Eagles; lost 1-0 to Extreme.
U14 SUFC Girls Gold (2-2): SUFC (coached by Gvozdas in the U14 Girls Black division) won 1-0 over Bozeman Blitzz (goal Grace Lagodich); lost 4-0 to Kaos; won 1-0 over Extreme (goal Kelly Chapman); lost 4-0 in the championship to Kaos. Strong play all weekend from goalie Madison Gove, defender Taylor Hayes, and midfielders Kelly Chapman, Aly Ward, Ashley Hesteness and Tanner Dredge.
U16 SUFC Girls (2-1-1): SUFC (coached by Miller in the U16 Girls Black division) won 3-0 over Rapids (2 goals by Elsa Sweek, 1 goal by Aimee Evans, Kathryn Farmer got the shutout, Man of the Match Laura Elgee); tied Xtreme 16 by a 0-0 score (shutout by Caiti Leo, MOM Emily Eshman); won 5-0 over Odyssey (2 goals apiece by Sam Johnson and Elsa Sweek, 1 goal by Makayla Cappel, shutout by Kathryn Farmer, MOMs Bailey Ireland and Makayla Cappel); lost 2-1 in the championship to Extreme (goal Hannah Hennessy, MOM Kathryn Farmer for stellar defensive play).
Other boys results
U12 SUFC Navy (0-2-1): SUFC (coached by Zarkos in the U12 Boys Red division) lost 2-0 to Rush; lost 3-0 to Benefica despite dominating the game with a 3-4-3 alignment; and had a lively effort Sunday playing the unbeaten Rockets to a 0-0 draw. The record did not reflect the team's fine performance all weekend.
U12 SUFC Gold (0-2-1): SUFC (coached by Chaldu in the U12 Boys Black division) lost 2-0 to FC Pumas; tied Blacksnakes 0-0; lost 1-0 to Marauders.
U13 SUFC (0-3): SUFC (coached by Gasenica in the U14 Boys Red division) lost 3-0 to Rush (MOM Andrew Pfeiffer); lost 3-2 to Idhao Falls Xtreme 13 (goals Chris Delacruz and Tanner Farrow, MOM Tanner Farrow who broke his arm and continued playing and had a great header goal); lost 2-0 to Ballistic (MOM Charlie Evans).
U14 SUFC (1-1-1): SUFC (coached by Thompson in the U14 Boys Black division) won 2-0 over Pumas (goals Flanigan and Pike); tied Idaho Falls Xtreme 14 by a 0-0 score; lost 1-0 to Twin Falls Rapids in the semi-final. Man of the Tournament goalkeeper Hector Lopez.
U19 SUFC (1-1-1): SUFC (coached by Campbell in the U19 Boys division) lost 4-2 to Stallions; tied 4-4 with Ballistic 18, which was the best team Sawtooth has faced all year; and the SUFC squad finished the tournament Sunday with a win over a team that had crushed SUFC two weeks ago—thus demonstrating significant improvement.