Surf Cup Breakdown

Here is a breakdown of brackets A & B for Surf Cup.

Bracket A                                                         State / Rank         Region / Rank         National Rank
FCX NORTH BLACK                                      IL / 5                         II / 5                        140
SAN DIEGO SURF SC PREMIER               CAS / 21                     IV / 43                      132
TOPHAT 14 GOLD                                        GA / 3                        III / 11                        35
THUSC SODIUM                                           OR / 1                        IV / 22                        76

Bracket B                                                         State / Rank          Region / Rank         National Rank
DAKOTA REV SC RAMPAGE                     MN / 1                        II / 11                        111
EASTSIDE FC G'95 RED                               WA / 1                      IV / 26                          85
OSWEGO SOUTHSIDE SA 95 BLUE          OR / 3                       IV / 106                      328
TORO SC NUEVO                                         NE / 1                         II / 15                         141


From the sidelines
Bracket A I see Tophat from GA as a tough match up. I am basing this solely on their National ranking. As so far as the rest of the field, we have seen FCX before. August 9, 2009 in Virginia Beach, VA at US Club Nationals. You can read the results by clicking here.
San Diego's rankings don't do them justice but if Sodium plays their game, it shouldn't be an issue.

Bracket B is a different story. National rankings aside they are stacked with #1 ranked teams in their perspective states. We've seen Eastside FC and lost 2-1 our last meeting. (When Luty got taken out by the flying tent). And remember how dirty the last team we played from MN was? And I have no clue about Toro so I'll have to watch this bracket closely.

I want to leave you faithful readers with an entry from the 2009 Oswego Nike Cup where Sodium was playing ESUFC Arsenal. Sodium had 11 players left, the heat was sweltering and...well, you can click here and find out the rest.

Glued to my smartphone waiting for updates I'll be screaming; GO SODIUM!!