June 23, 2008

On the final day of group play, several Javanon teams knew they were playing their last match of the season, while others were hoping for a good result and some help to continue on to the semi-finals on Tuesday, with only the U18 Javanon 90 Boys holding thier own destiny.

The U13 Girls started off the day with a solid victory over Toro Booyah (Nebraska) 2-1. Needing help by way of aKCFC loss to advance, it was not to be. The first year experience including a victory over the advancing Toro Booyah side will be good to draw on for future trips to regionals for the 95 Girls.

The 92 Boys put a convincing victory into the books to try to make their claim at earning a semi-finalist berth with a 5-2 victory over PSA United. Needing a loss by KCFC it did not look good as KCFC held a 3-1 advantage at the half. KCFC's opponent, Vardar West, would not fold and battled back to a 4-3 victory sending Tim Chastonay's side on to Tuesday. Is fate with the 92's? The last time Tim had a U16 team at Regionals they won and went on to Nationals....

The 90 Boys, holding the cards to their fate, did not make things easy for themselves. Down 2-0, the comeback started with a goal well into the second half to close the gap. Needing only a tie to advance they kept both teams on edge until the closing minute of the match when the anticipated evening goal was scored to send the U18 Boys on to the Semi's against Shattucks St. Mary's.

The 91 Boys recovered from a devasting loss on Sunday to tie Pacesetter and take 2nd in what was arguably the "group of death" in the U17 Boys bracket. The 95 Boys finished their first exerience at Regionals on a positive note with a solid performance and 3-1 victory over Bangu Tsunami (MN). The victory put them in a 3 way tie for first in the group but lost out due to goal differential.