State Cup Weekend Updates

Sodium takes home a pair of victories in State Cup action this weekend.

vs FC Ruby - Sodium came out a little sluggish to face a tough Ruby squad Saturday. Late in the second half Hannah Lautenbach found the upper right corner of the net from about 23 yards out giving Sodium a 1-0 lead! The lady warriors hung onto the shut out to take home the max 3 points.

vs RVSC - Sodium UNLOADED on the Powerstrikers Sunday morning to send a message for State Cup. The scoring barrage went something like this;
Emmy Owens drive deep down the right side. Cross to an awaiting MAC Kearney with a little help from the defender. 1-0
Jadyn McMillan down the right side again crosses from 24 yards to a crashing Hannah Lautenbach. 2-0
Laura Camp on a PK from 22 yards out goes untouched upper right side. 3-0
Half Time
KJ on a break-a-way. 4-0
Marissa Reid dances through 3 defenders and nutmegs keeper. 5-0
Emmy down the right again, cross to Elie Beard. 6-0
Marissa Reid on a break-a-way. 7-0
Elie Beard draws defenders to her on left, crosses to a wide open KJ who waltzes it in. 8-0
MAC Kearney on a solo break from mid field caps the night. 9-0
The remainder of the game was keep-a-way to run out the clock.

Around the Bracket


Saturday 4/10
PCU 0 vs Magic 1
Sherwood 0 vs LOSC 5
FC Ruby 0 vs THUSC 1
FC Platinum 4 vs O.C. Pioneers 0
BSC Black 1 vs OR Rush 6
Arsenal 2 vs WSM Venom 0
Hotshots 1 vs RVSC 0

Sunday 4/11
THUSC 9 vs RVSC 0
FC Platinum 2 vs BSC Black 1
Hotshots 0 vs FC Ruby 0

From the sidelines
I am going to vent a little on safety. I don't care what team you play for, something needs to be done when your opponents are intentionally trying to injure your players. The RVSC team has a classless blow-hard for a coach and their play and players reflect that. Their coach received multiple warnings for yelling at the center official and had the AR in his face several times. The first warning came after Lexi had beaten her defender, had a clear break for the goal, and was intentionally taken down from behind. The RVSC player received a red card and the coach a warning for yelling at the ref. How many goals ahead does a team need to be before a coach realizes it might not be the refs? He was even getting loud and obnoxious when we were up by 9! In the second half alone there were half a dozen whistles for flagrant fouls. How many players have to hit the turf before the ref steps in? It was ridiculous on several levels. First that the RVSC coach teaches this. How could he not? If a Sodium player tried that on the field their cleats would barely have left the turf before their butt hit the bench with an earful from Tom! Second, the safety of the players on the field. The ref's should have addressed it with the RVSC coach well before it got to that level. In the last few minutes there were several fouls where the RVSC player made absolutely NO attempt at the ball. The contact was made solely to injure the Sodium player. And THAT'S where I draw the line. When a coach lets his players intentionally injure another player, that coach needs to be retired. He is a hazard to the safety of other players, his players and the league. The RVSC players were saying stuff to the fans as well as trash talking our players. I have lost what little respect I had for this organization and I feel for FC Ruby having to travel all the way to Medford just take the field against this classless, bush-league team and their idiotic coach. This team got exactly what it deserves today, a butt-kicking and a 6 hour drive to think about it.

I will get off my box now.

GO SODIUM!!