Sunrise Has Four Teams Play at the Nova Shootout

Three teams make semi's, u10s win the title

April 22, 2007 - Sunrise entered four teams in the Nova 5v5 Shootout. Three of our four teams made it all the way to the semi-finals, and the u10 team won the championship.

The u14 Select (92/93) team had split squads in the tournament. Both teams finished 2-1 in bracket play to advance to the semi’s. The girls had wins over Plantation, the Renegades (two different Renegade teams) and Cooper City. One of the teams dropped their semi-final match to Delray and the other lost to a third Renegade team.
 

The u11 team (95/96) also had a nice performance in the tournament. The girls defeated Miami Premier in the opener. In the second game, the team knocked off Wellington. The girls lost the third game to the Palm Beach Soccer Academy. The team then played the other Miami Premier team in the semi-finals. The girls played well but lost on a late goal.

The u10 girls (96/97) won this tournament for the second year in a row. It was the fifth straight tournament title for the u10s. The team defeated Miami Premier in the opener. In the second game, the girls had another exciting match with West Pines. Sunrise and West Pines always have close games. This one was close but Sunrise pulled away at the end to win 4-3. The final game was against Cooper City and the girls won that game to go undefeated in bracket play. The semi-final against the Renegades was a real battle. The Renegades are much improved since the last time these two teams met. Sunrise trailed in this game 3-2 with two minutes remaining. The team tied the game at that point to send it into overtime. Late in the second overtime, Julia Jaffe beat three players down the left side of the field to score the golden goal and send the team to the championship.

Surprise, surprise! The championship game was against West Pines. Making it the third time the girls have played West Pines in a championship game in the last few months. The teams had previously met at both the Orange Classic and the Gator Showcase. The girls played a masterful game and won 2-0 for the title over a very good West Pines team.

The u10s (96/97) after another exciting game against West Pines
The girls begin to get set for a side-in	Benson goes high to make the save