Scores are starting to be posted from the first full weekend of youth soccer across the U. S. And we are seeing some interesting scores that will definitely affect rankings when they roll out next Tuesday.
Here are a few Saturday soccer scores involving nationally ranked teams in the U14 and U15 divisions:
(UR = Unranked)
U14
ECNL
UR Tennessee SC ECNL vs #4 Concorde Fire Platinum ECNL 0-6 *This post has been edited to correct the score of the 2010 Tennessee SC vs Concorde Fire Platinum. Originally the ECNL site has reported that TN SC won the game 6-0, but that score has now been reversed.
ECNL Regional League
#5 Sting SC RL NTXT vs BVBIA RL 4-0 The Sting start off their Regional League play with a solid shutout against BVBIA. Gustavo Tavares Pancheco coming through with a solid 2 assists in the game.
#21 Germantown Legends RL vs UR Arkansas Rising RL 7-0 There must be something in the water in the state of Tennessee. The 2010 Germantown Legends Regional League boys also have two shutout victories in a row. In their first three games of the season they've racked up 17 goals while only giving up 1.
U15
ECNL
UR FC Dallas White ECNL vs #8 Tulsa SC ECNL 1-2 Tulsa had to take to the road and visit Dallas at the Toyota Center. But they still managed to come away with the 2-1 victory.
UR Florida Elite ECNL vs #9 Florida Kraze Krush ECNL 2-0 Florida Elite moves to assert itself as the 2009 ECNL boys team to beat in Florida. The always super competitive Florida Division will likely have many surprises for us this year. Holds your hats Florida fans, this year will likely be a wild one.
UR CESA Triumph ECNL vs #17 South Carolina United FC ECNL 2-1 Over in Greer, SC what looks like a tough CESA team picked up the upset win.
ECNL Regional League
#3 Germantown Legends RL vs UR Arkansas Rising RL 4-1 After two consecutive shutouts to start Regional League play the Germantown Legends gave up their first league goal of the season. A comfortable victory but a closer margin than our system had expected. It will be interesting to see if this affects the rankings.
#18 BVBIA RL NTX vs UR Sting RL NTX 4-1 Just like above, another comfortable 4-1 victory for the ranked team. This was the first ECNL Regional League game of the year for both teams.