The San Diego Soccer Academy (SDFA) GU11 team wpn the Carlsbad Cup.  The girls had a great weekend dominating and controlling the ball in their games.  

 

Front Row L-R, Nicole Vonsotolos (#15), Alexi Vonstolos (#11), Sophia Dent ((#2), Emily Hempton (#5), Cami Day (#8) Middle Row L-R, Rachel Brenk (#33), Niah Martinez (#21), Megan Donovan (#18), Karly King (#3), Micaela Rafael (#28) Back Row L-R, Coach Bo Nielsen, Rebecca McCallum (#9), Nikki Labrador (#22), Emily Krask (#13), Goalkeeper Silvia Roy, Kila Eadie (#6), Coach Jen Lalor-Nielsen (not pictured Chole Eustis).

The team was placed in the U11 Bronze Division of the Carlsbad Cup defeating the 4S Avengers (6-0), CV Manchester Red (5-0), Carlsbad Lighting Red (8-0), RSF Attack (7-2) in the semi- finals and Poway Vaqueros (7-0) in the finals. 

 

The Carlsbad Cup is a Class 1 competitive socer tournament in San Diego's coastal north county put on by the Carlsbad Lightning Soccer Club.

Semi-Finals A  SAN DIEGO FOOTBALL ACADEM  7   RSF ATTACK ATTACK G00 GR  2    Semi-Finals B  CV MANCHESTER RED (CAS)  1     POWAY VAQUEROS VAQUEROS         2

Final  SAN DIEGO FOOTBALL ACADEMY  7   POWAY VAQUEROS VAQUEROS   0

 

Goals in the final game were scored by Niah Martinez, Sophia Dent, Emily Hempton, Cami Day, Megan Donovan, Nicole Vonstolos and Rebecca McCallum. 

 

It was exciting for the girls because Coach Jen Lalor-Nielsen had been out of town all weekend with the WPSL's San Diego SeaLions but made it back in time to coach the girls on Monday and lead them to victory!  

 

Coach Jen Lal-Nielsen said, "I am so proud of this team for their commitment to practices and for dedicating extra hours of work each week. They are a fun team to work with and I love to watch them perform skills/moves when they play. They had a great tournament and played extremely well in all the games."

 

Coach Jen continued, "It was also very special for this team to become tournament champions because we are a new club and it was our first tournament we won together as SDFA."