Sodium blasts their way to undefeated first round

Sodium posted it's third shut out in OPL State Cup action Saturday with a 6-0 dismantling of BSC Portland. Scoring came early as Erika headed in the opening goal from a Jadyn corner kick! The crowd erupted in the beautiful sunshine at OES. Right before half Julie beat her defender into the 6 yard box, the keeper committed and she touched a perfect pass to an unmarked MacKayla for a 2-0 Sodium lead at half. To open the second Kelly dropped a long lead pass to a breaking Dani who popped the net for a 3-0 tally. Later, Luty bombed a goal kick which found MacKayla driving hard down the right side, she lofted a beautiful cross that found Dani's head and the back of the net! Again the crowd cheered and Sodium opened the lead to 4-0. Were they done? No way! Aliyah displayed her juggling prowess and shot the to Dani again who finished it into the BSC net for the 'hat trick'! Just before the final whistle Laura lined up her corner kick, shuffled and launched a beautiful ball into the box. The deflection found Mac at the top of 18. She settled and then ripped the net as the whistle blew and Sodium marched off with a 6-0 victory to end the round robin play. Despite players sitting out and playing different positions the team looked comfortable, poised and ready for the semi final round.

What it means
Sodium is #1 in their bracket. FC Portland will most likely win their bracket barring any weird outcome of their game against WSM. Given they have beaten their own B team and our Platinum team by so many goals, they will most likely be the overall #1 team by goal differential. No change for us since #1 overall plays #2 overall so we would be playing them anyway. OSSA will be #2 in our bracket and it looks like Arsenal will advance in the #2 spot from bracket #2.
So the Semi Final games will probably be Sodium vs FC Portland and OSSA vs Arsenal.

Note
Sodium allowed the fewest goals against of any team in either U15 brackets with 0.

Let's make sure we bring our best game from here on out. We have beaten FC the last couple times we have met and lets focus on doing what it takes to do it again. There is no tomorrow from this point forward. Two games remain between you and an OPL State Championship. The semi final game will be played on grass at rec #4 and the championship on rec #1. Stay focused on what got you here and what will take you to the next level.

You gotta love this time of year!

Never Back Down. Never Give Up. Never Lose Faith.

GO SODIUM!!