It was a beautiful sunny weekend in Idaho Falls and the beautiful game was on display at the 29th annual Idaho Falls Shootout, hosted by the Bonneville Youth Soccer League.
Sawtooth United F.C. sent 11 teams to the tilt, and one, the U-17 boys coached by Cameron Lawler, went 2-1 in pool play to advance to the championships final. SUFC finished runner-up to F.C. Athletico by a 4-0 score. Injuries decimated the team and Sawtooth played a man down in the finals, according to Lawler.
Erika Connelly's U-14 girls went 2-1 and would have gone through to the finals if they'd scored more goals in the point system. Gillian Hatch's U-17 girls compiled a 2-2 record and were one of six SUFC teams to qualify for their respective semifinal matches, including the U-13 girls who won their first game of the season.
SUFC will host its annual Soccer in the Sawtooths tournament, May 10-11 at Hailey Elementary. The tournament, for teams 12-under, features a festival-like atmosphere with a dunking booth, face-painting, barbecue and ice cream social.
SUFC Girls
U-11 Mills (0-3 record), coach Kipp Mills. SUFC lost 7-0 to K-OSS White; lost 4-1 to Synergy; lost 4-1 to Power White. Tournament champion—K-OSS White, 3-1 over K-OSS Black.
U-11 Ayub (0-3), coach Brisa Ayub. SUFC lost 3-2 to BYSL Plummer (goals Rory Cole and Maddie Watts); lost 5-0 to K-OSS Black; lost 3-1 to BYSL Clark. Goalie Maddie Watts. Most Valuable Player for the Tournament—Lucy Brannon.
U-13 (1-2 record, semifinalist), coach Ken Morrell. SUFC lost 5-0 to Impact White (Man of the Match Maddie Caraluzzi); won 2-1 over Odyssey (goals Maggie Williams and Maddie Caraluzzi, MOM Maggie Williams); lost 7-0 to Fly (MOM Ellie Swanson). Tournament champion—Fly 3-0 over Impact.
U-14 (2-1 record, semifinalist), coach Erika Connelly. SUFC lost 2-0 to Jackson Hole (MOM Alison Gasenica); won 1-0 over X-Clarkson (goal Sloan Storey, MOM Ali Appleton); won 1-0 over O-Black (goal Sloan Storey, MOM Storey). Tournament champ—Odyssey Black 5-1 over PVSC Velocity.
U-18 (2-2 record, semifinalist), coach Gillian Hatch. SUFC tied Xtreme 18 1-1 (goal by Jessica Martens); won 4-0 over PVSC Boom (goals by Aimee Evans); lost 4-0 to PVSC Intrepid; lost 2-0 to Xtreme 17. Tournament champ—Impact Black, 2-1 over PVSC Intrepid.
SUFC Boys
U-11 Avalanche (1-2 record, consolation champion). coach Mark Gasenica. SUFC lost 1-0 to Galaxy Black (Player of the Match Jon Scott); lost 1-0 Jackson Black (POM Taylor Cooper); won 6-1 over Blizzard (goals Desmond Porth 2, Eli Conrad 2, Austin Savaria, Roger Figge, POM Trenor Gould). Tournament champ—Galaxy Black over Galaxy White.
U-11 Boys Blizzard (0-3 record), coach Adam Porth. SUFC lost 6-0 to Galaxy White; lost 3-1 Jackson White (goal Sage Kelly); lost to Avalanche 6-1 (goal Kyle Mungall).
U-12 White (2-1 record, semifinalist), coach Trey Knox. SUFC won 2-1 over Mad Cats (goals Tyler Spence 2, assist George Kanellitsas); won 3-0 PVSC (Stephen Pfeiffer 2, Tyler Spence 1); lost 2-1 Jugar Juntos (Pfeiffer). Tournament champion—Strikers Black, 4-3 over Jugar Juntos
U-12 Navy (0-2 record), coach Jenni Conrad. SUFC lost 5-1 to Jugar Juntos (goal Gus Conrad); lost 2-0 Strikers Black.
U-13 (1-2 record, semifinalist), coach Aaron Thompson. SUFC lost 2-1 to Twin Falls (goal Cole Caminiti); won 2-1 over Ballistic (goals Zach Lindahl and Trevor Brand); lost to Xtreme Pumas 3-0. Most Valuable Player of the Tournament, goalie Adam Brown. Tournament champion—Twin Falls, 3-1 over Xtreme Pumas.
U-17 (2-2 record, finalist), coach Cameron Lawler. SUFC won 2-1 over Madison (goals Chris de la Cruz, Austin Cruz); lost 2-1 to F.C. Athletico (Austin Cruz); won 2-0 over Xtreme (goals Chris de la Cruz. Goalie Austin Moses' first shutout). Tournament champ—F.C. Athletico, 4-0 over SUFC.
