Last weekend, the South San Jose Youth Soccer League
’s Tornadoes Under-13 girls split a pair of matches, beating the
Orchard Valley Youth Soccer League Clash 5-0 and tying the Mountain
View Athletic League Cyberrays 0-0.
Last weekend, the South San Jose Youth Soccer League’s Tornadoes Under-13 girls split a pair of matches, beating the Orchard Valley Youth Soccer League Clash 5-0 and tying the Mountain View Athletic League Cyberrays 0-0.
Following are the results:
SSJYSL Tornadoes 5, OVYSL Clash 0
The Tornadoes faced off against the team that took their place in the OVYSL, the Clash, in league play on Saturday. The Tornadoes made sure the outcome was decided early, scoring less than two minutes into the game. Goalie Nicole Downing made a strong clearing kick that was controlled by Amanda Whitling at midfield. Whitling pushed the ball ahead to Bella Comin, who streaked in and scored from the right wing. The Tornadoes scored early and often in the game, their second goal coming when Lexi MacPhail pushed the ball ahead to Comin, who made a very nice cross to Taylor Johnson, who cashed the goal. Johnson then returned the favor, crossing the ball left to right to Comin, who netted the ball for a 3-0 score.
Midway through the first half, Coach Whitling shuffled the deck in an effort to keep the score in hand. With many players in unfamiliar spots, the Tornadoes would still add two more goals before halftime. Goal four came on a cross from Cloey LemMon to MacPhail, and the fifth came following a corner kick by Amanda Kline. The initial kick was turned away, but Kline controlled the rebound and centered the ball to Stephanie Wan, who scored to make it 5-0 at the half.
In the second half, Kline took over in goal for Downing. The Tornadoes’ shutout bid was jeopardized when the Clash got a point blank shot about 15 minutes into the half. But Kline deflected the shot, and controlled the rebound to squelch the threat. The Tornado defense, with Lindsay Pund, Sarah Block, Nikita Patel, Mary Thatcher, JC Clayton, and Alex Seda, made certain the Clash would not break their scoring drought at the Tornadoes’ expense. The only bad thing to come out of the game for the Tornadoes was a leg injury sustained by Block that would keep her out of action on Sunday.
SSJYSL Tornadoes 0, MVAL Cyberrays 0
On Sunday, the goals were not as easy to come by, as the Tornadoes played to a scoreless tie against the Cyberrays, who were third in the league standings, just ahead of the Tornadoes, entering the weekend’s play. Although neither team could find the back of the net, the Tornadoes controlled play, and had several good opportunities to score. The Tornadoes came very close to scoring on an excellent “top shelf” shot from Taylor Johnson, but the Cyberrays goalie leaped and made a punch save, sending the ball over the top of the goal and out of play. The Tornadoes travel to Golden Gate Park to continue league play next weekend.
OVYSL Timberwolves U14 boys beat Almaden Valley Burn
This weekend the Orchard Valley U-14 boys team, The Timberwolves defeated the Burn from Almaden Valley by a score of 6-0. This win gives the ‘Wolves a record of 5-0 at the midpoint of the season. Forwards Tyler Park, Roy Oneto, Benjamin Vega, Matt Elston, Marcial Gonzalez and Raul Quintanar have been dominant all season long. Controlling the midfield are Adan Arredondo, Emmanuel Aceves, Timothy Sterner, and Max Perkins. The solid defense of Tommy O’Mara, Michael Chrisman, James “Junior” Camacho and goalkeeper Jonathan Higgins have been outstanding. The Timberwolves have scored 30 goals so far this season and have only given up two goals.
