AYSO Region 120: Rush win Labor Day Tournament

COSTA MESA - The Costa Mesa Rush, a girls-under-12 team from AYSO Region 120, won four games in a row to win the 1999 Brian McMillan

Invitational Tournament over Labor Day Weekend.

The final scores of the games were 3-2, 3-0, 2-0 and 2-1 against teams

from Newport Beach, Pasadena, Tustin and Fountain Valley.

Two of the Rush’s wins came by way of shutout, led by goalies Shannon

Arnold, Kindra Bailey, Kristin Ciralli and Kelly Wherry.

The Rush’s goals were scored by Arnold, Alicia Smith, Elizabeth

Greyshock, Mahea Hookano, Jenny Sarris and Amanda Loera.

Strong defense was provided by Melanie Dorsman, Bethany Vergara and

Janele Shockley.

In other Region 120 action:

Team USA 3, Tidal Wave 0 - In boys-under-12 action, goals were scored

by Eric West, Brian Cortez-Herrara and William Brisno.

The goals were set on the solid offensive play from Brian Perez,

Andrew West, Cody Waldron, Kyle Worel and Nick Ippolito.

Ippolito and Jonathan Howse were each solid at goal as well.

Dynamite 0, Wildcats 0 - In girls-under-10 action, both teams were

dominant on defense in the scoreless tie.

Brook Urmson, Samantha Strodel and Lauren Nordstron led the Wildcats’

defense, while Kristina Roche and “T” Pfeifer were solid on offense.

Firecrackers 5, Goldrushers 0 - Jennifer Whitaker and Megan Kipp each

scored two goals to lead the Firecrackers in girls-under-10 soccer.

Holding the Goldrushers off the scoreboard wre Brennan McVeigh, Ashley

Silletto and Lauren Kipp.

Blue Lightning 4, Red Bombers 2 - In boys-under-10 action, after falling behind, 2-0, the Red Bombers’ Trevor McGuff scored twice to tie

the game by halftime, only to have the Blue Lightning score twice more in

the second half.

Despite the loss, Francisco Moreno, Adam Seagondollar, Gregory Vinson,

Anthony Arellano, Luis Labrado and Josh Gonzales played well on both

sides of the field.

On defense, Renny Martinez, Matthew Hillberg, Juan Soto and Peter

Schreyer broke up numerous Blue Lightning drives, while goalies Nicholas

Vinson and Dontay Lesser stopped numerous shots.

Alleygators 3, Hornets 1 - Cody Spoulos scored off an assist from Adam

Gardner.

Spoulos scored again, this time unassisted, and Brian Cozza closed out

the Alleygators’ scoring with a third-quarter goal.

Raul Munoz scored the lone goal for the Hornets.

Rockets 7, Sharks 0 - In boys-under-8 action, Jonathan Knauer scored

his first goal of the season for the Rockets.

Andrew Roth, Angel Beas and Matt Viles also scored goals for the

Rockets, while goalies Knauer and Aaron King kept the Sharks off the

scoreboard.