Four-goal game highlights DSC statement
Ralph Lundy, son of the longtime College of Charleston coach of the same name, scored four goals to lead

 

Discoveries Soccer Club Green to an 8-1 win over East Fishkill Thunder Thursday that secured the South Carolina team a place in the under-18 boys final at the U.S. Youth National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. For all of

 

Thursday's boys highlights ...

Lundy, one of six DSC players who will play for his father at Charleston in the fall, had two goals by the 11th minute, completed his hat trick in the 45th minute and added his fourth goal in the 82nd minute.

 

Dennis Moore and North Carolina-bound Enzo Martinez each had two goals for DSC.

 

The only other team to win two games is Sereno White. The Arizona team got two early goals from Riggs Lennon and hung for a 2-1 win over SCSA Gold of North Carolina.

In the McGuire Cup, the Baltimore Casa Mia Bays, the only boys team in Lancaster to have previously won a National Championship title, defeated Pike Indy Burn, 2-1, rallying thanks to goals by John Raley from the penalty spot in the 90th minute and Gary Weisbaum two minutes into stoppage time.

 

Longtime Eastern Pennsylvania rivals YMS Xplosion and Lower Merion Velez, who were in different groups last year and did not meet at the 2008 National Championships, played to a 0-0 tie in under-17 boys action.

 

Lower Merion, which had a 10-4 edge in shots, Triangle United and CZ Elite are tied for first place with four points.

(The three six-team divisions in which National League entrants are featured play single groups this year -- not two three-team groups as they were divided in 2008.)
 

Five girls teams remain perfect
THE GIRLS FINALS ARE SET in two age groups -- U-18 FC Bucks Vipers vs. Ohio Elite SA and U-15 Dallas Texans vs. San Diego Surf -- after the completion of the second day of play at the U.S. Youth National Championships in Lancaster, Mass.

 

The only other girls team to win its first two games was three-time finalist PDA Fire in the U-17 competition.

 

The big upset of the day was Eclipse Select's 2-1 win over defending champion Colorado Rush Nike in the under-19 division.

The Vipers beat Edmond SC Black, 2-0, on second-half goals by Jennifer Hoy and Madlyn Evans. Ohio Elite SA dominated Northern California powerhouse Pleasanton Rage, winning, 3-0, thanks to goals by Leslie Twehues, Alyssa Rich and Elizabeth Burchenal.

 

The three under-15 games produced only two goals but they decided the age group. The Surf beat FC Pennsylvania Strikers, 1-0, on Cassandra Callahan's late goal, while the Texans edged St. Louis Scott Gallagher on a first-half Amanda Elertson goal.

 

The Fire lead the under-17 standings after its second win, a 1-0 victory against Internationals thanks to Rachel Davitt's goal in the 42nd minute.

 

Rising Illinois sophomore Julie Ewing scored in the 82nd minute to give Eclipse Select its win over the Rush.

 

The 2008 national champions Dallas Texans earned their first win in under-16 play at the National Championships with a 3-2 win over Cleveland FC on goals by Kelly Monogue, Abby Smith and Taylor Grant.

 

The Texans' U-17s, their other defending champions back at the National Championships, had to settle for a 2-2 tie

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