3 Utah Teams Bring Home National Championships
7-27-21, Bradenton, FL
Utah Soccer brought home some hardware!
As of 7pm Friday, July 23rd, the State of Utah had just one US Youth Soccer National Championship Series Championship – courtesy of a Utah Celtic 19U Girls team in 2019. By 1:00pm on Sunday, July 25th, Utah had added three more Championship Titles thanks to the efforts of Utah Avalanche B08 Black SL (13U Boys), La Roca 05G PO (16U Girls), and Impact MN (18U Girls)!
Utah was the talk of the tournament- with 11 teams representing the State (tied for the most from any other state) and 8 advancing out of pool play (the closest State had 5 advance), Utah was all over the Bradenton, Florida’s Premier Sports Complex last month.
6 of the 8 teams who advanced out of pool play advanced and represented the State of Utah in the USYS National Championship Series Championship Match for their respective age groups! La Roca FC 2006 (15U Girls), Utah Celtic FC 04 (17U Girls) and Sparta JK 04 (17U Boys) all finished as USYS National Championship Series Finalists and took home silver medals. And Utah led the gold medal race with 3 Champions: Utah Avalanche B08 Black SL (13U Boys), La Roca 05G PO (16U Girls), and Impact MN (18U Girls)!
The 11 teams that represented the State were: Boys – U13 Avalanche B08 Black SL, U14 La Roca J. Milla, U15 La Roca S CS, and 17U Sparta JK 04. The Girls boasted a team in every single age group: 13U L30 Shock G08 JM, 14U Wasatch SC ZB 07, 15U La Roca FC Girls 2006, 16U La Roca 05 PO, 17U Utah Celtic FC 04, 18U Impact MN, and 19U USA Premier 02 PR.
“We are so proud of all the teams who represented Utah in last months USYS National Championships. This as a huge step that shows our commitment to the overall development of soccer throughout the state. With a team representing Utah in all 7 girl’s age brackets and in 4 of the boys’ brackets, Utah has never had this type of representation at the National Championships before. Congratulations to all the players, coaches and parents!!” Eric Landon, Utah Youth Soccer Technical Director.
In addition to team medals, Utah also had 23 athletes recognized as the Best XI, Golden Ball or Golden Glove recipients for the tournament! These athletes are listed below in order of age group.
Utah Best XI Award Winners
13U Boys
Jace Thomsen
Christian Sanchez*
Eduardo Solis-Rodriguez
Golden Ball: Christian Sanchez
Golden Glove: Will MacKay
13U Girls
Tally Smith
14U Boys
Jorge Beltran Iara
14U Girls
Ava Talaeal
Sophia Sivulich
15U Boys
Alan Fernandes
15U Girls
Isabelle Devey
Faith Nydegger
16U Girls
Kya Parke
Nevaeh Peregrina*
Golden Ball: Nevaeh Peregrina
Golden Glove: Emmalene McKeon
17U Boys
Alejandro Munoz
Owen Knecht
Mark Martinez-Rios
17U Girls
Avery Frischknecht*
Brooklyn Northcutt
Sierra Pennock
Golden Ball: Avery Frischknect
18U Girls
Sammie Sofonia*
Ella Pierce
Golden Ball: Sammie Sofonia
Golden Glove: Kamryn Willoughby
19U Girls
Emilie Rupprecht
Hailey Povilus
2021 USYS National Championship Series Rosters
13U Boys
Utah Avalanche 08 Black SL
USYS National Championship Series Champions
Drake Arnold
McKay Dahl
Aiden Espitia Vargas
Liam Harward
Tyler Jordan
John Lian
Will Mackay
Evan Morton
Isaac Murphy
Enoch Murphy
Owen Packard
Ethan Ploeger
Kaimana Rader
Christian Sanchez
Eduardo Solis-Rodriguez
Jace Thomsen
Alejandro Vasquez
Coaches: Nate Murphy, Michael Jordan, Jake Packard, Will Rader
13U Girls
L30 FC Shock – G08 JM
Macey Call
Eva Christensen
Jocee Eddy
Stella Edgar
Carlie Hobbs
Susan Lamb
Annie Layton
Saylor Miller
Nyxon Milliron
Jaida Morris
Addison Mosley
Lydia Neville
Marissa Simpson
Tally Smith
Tatum Thomas
Tessa Tomney
Kate Willard
Coaches: Zacc Call, Ryan Eddy, Jeff Morris
14U Boys
La Roca – J.Milla
Ramses Alvarez
Jorge Beltran Lara
Juan Cubillas
Zavier Gozo
Benjamin Granados
Abel Guevara-Lozano
Walter Kilgore
Preston Lawson
Luke Lovelady
Fred Mendez
Rafael Morales Soto
Carlos Nieto-Rosales
Bracken Overby
Kevin Rodea
Jah’mani Stapleton
Cael Tillman
Coaches: Jorge Alvarez, Cesar Botero, Ariel Bravo, Jose Milla-Garcia
14U Girls
Wasatch SC 07G ZB(UT)
Abigail Affleck
Brynlee Austin
Macie Burton
Raegan Cornell
Abigail Gough
Isabella Gray
Taylee Hughes
Lexie Lund
Beth Manwill
Abigail Olsen
Brooklyn Phongsavath
Remi Rawlings
Taya Rich
Sophia Sivulich
Ava Talaeal
Sydney Torres
Anndi Wright
Coaches: Zach Burton, Oune Phongsavath
15U Boys
La Roca S A Bravo
John Cisneros
Kaden Coons
Kaleb Cowley
Alexander Dunham
Gavin Fenn
Alan Fernandes
Josue Flores Varela
Denzel Gonzalez
Pedro Gonzalez Payan
Josiah Henderson
Brody Laga
Matheo Ledesma Heredia
TJ Lightfoot
Kyle Livermore
Dylan Quero Roque_Dup
Chase Radford
Diego Rembao
Cristian Rodriguez
Aratt Rodriguez Herrera
Devon Soares
Andrick Villafana
Lal Zar
Coaches: Danilo Acosta, Celso Santos, Fabricio Soares, Joel Fernandes
15U Girls
La Roca FC G2006
USYS National Championship Series Finalists
Rhea Canas Pearson
Reese Carmody
Erin Cate
Cara Christopherson
Kaitlin Dean
Isabelle Devey
Lauren Enright
Hannah Kallias
Lucy Kesler
Molly Mascardo
Brinley Mattsson
Sarah Newman
Faith Nydegger
Kate Ockene
Callie Price
Kate Pulley
Sienna Roemer
Isabella Sackett
16U Girls
La Roca 05G PO
USYS National Championship Series Champions
Oakley Anderson
Berkley Binggeli
Annabelle Boyden
Ashlyn Gwynn
Meg Harrison
Emery Jacobs
Eve Laycock
Mia Lopez
Emmalene McKeon
Rilyn Newman
Kya Parke
Nevaeh Peregrina
Afton Perry
Michelle Rodriguez
Chloe Sadler
Kimber Sederholm
Belle Sorenson
Coaches: Ariel Bravo, Francisco Ovalle, Kelly Parke
17U Boys
Sparta B04 Premier JK
USYS National Championship Series Finalists
Bryan Aguilar
Spencer Bell
William Brockbank
Amir Cherkaoui
Jordy Fernandez Torres
Cristian Garcia
Rixx Goodrich
Chandler Gunn
Dylan Hernandez
Kevin Jara
Paul Kim
Owen Knecht
Jonah Knubel
William Marshall
Mark Martinez-Rios
Oliver Morton
Alejandro Munoz
Kasper Nilsson
Noah Pogue
Matthaus Staley
Carson Turpin
Coaches: Brian Babcock, Marco de Ruiter, Justus Koelliker, Louis Lavell Staley
17U Girls
Utah Celtic FC 04
USYS National Championship Series Finalists
Sariah Brady
Kennedy Dibb
Ellie Ford
Avery Frischknecht
Bryanna Hofheins
Whitney Hughes
Chelsey Hughes
McKinsey Hutchings
Kalolaine Iongi
Nixan Jackson
Camryn Jorgensen
Mika Krommenhoek
Bailey McArthur
Brooklyn Northcutt
Sierra Pennock
Jasmine Romo
Natalie Scott
Pyper Vance
Molly Wakefield
Elle Young
Coaches: Steve Magleby, Jerry Pennock, Caitlin Young
18U Girls
Impact MN
USYS National Championship Series Champions
"Four years ago, a bunch of girls sat around a hotel conference table and set some team goals. Some of them seemed unattainable at the time but enough of them were within reach so we set to work AND WORK THEY DID. At Nationals, our team played our last 5 games together. The only goal left that forever seemed unattainable was now a reality and they fought fiercely for it. I am beyond proud of them for their commitment, perseverance, and determination. They taught me to expect nothing less from them. On behalf of the team, I would like to thank UYSA!! We have continually felt your support over the years and especially over the last few weeks. Congratulations to all Utah teams that were there! It was such a fun experience to share with so many others from Utah! We feel very proud to come from such a great state. Thank you!" -Mondis Neff
Grace Bergstedt
Ella Carmody
Alexandra Dolce
Tatium Frazier
Rozlin Gomez
Annie Hales
Lydia Harris
Halle Hathaway
Abby Holtby
Megan Jewell
Kassie Leonce
Emma Neff
Ella Pierce
Sayler Schlosser
Sammie Sofonia
Ashlyn Stromberg
Emma Swain
Ali Swensen
Lily Webster
Aly White
Kamryn Willoughby
Cadence Young
Coaches: Mondis Neff, Christian Neff, Pardis Brown
19U Girls
USA Premier 02G PR
Andelin Baldwin
Sophie Burt
Sage Burt
Pyper Cuff
Kara Dickey
Reagan Doty
London Ewing
Lillia Fisher
Addison Gardner
Samantha Gordon
Lilly Kimball
Whitney Lopez
Kate Munger
Hailey Povilus
Jordyn Roth
Emilie Rupprecht
Sage Stott
Caroline Stringfellow
Teagan Thurgood
Evelyn Trammell
McKayla Wetsel
Coaches: Dennis Burrows, Keith Jeff, Patrick Rennie, Fred Velez
