Competing in the Men's Open and Men's B Divisions of the 2010 Kick for a Cure 6 v 6 Tourney in San Diego this past weekend, Angel City FC and ACFC both qualified for the Championship final but had to settle for silver for the second year running.
Angel City FC started slow Saturday racking up a 1-1 tie (Dan Klein) with TDAC Rovers and a tough 2-1 (Marius Sandvik) loss against the SD Storm Select. Sunday was do or die for the squad, which needed a win against Cortina FC for a chance to play in the Championship round. The match was close with Angel City finally breaking free in the second half to take a hard-fought 4-3 win off of goals from Ben Kull, Kirby Adams and David Woirhaye (the fourth was an own goal off a cross from the sidelines).
Coached by Billy Alarcon, Angel City met SD Storm Select for a second time in the final, going 2-2 through regular time and an OT period before moving on to the dreaded shoot-out tiebreaker, where the team was forced to settle for second ... again. Marius Sandvik and David Woirhaye struck for the home side during the match.
ACFC, in the Men's B Division, met less resistance on the Saturday, taking wins against FUBAR (which featured several younger teens) 5-0 (Marc Salomon; PK, Craig Blois (2), Marc Salomon, Mike Barthel), and a more competitive SBFC Managers 4-3, with a pair of goals from Mike Barthel and a single from Craig Blois in the second match, as well as a helpful own goal following a breakaway by Salomon.
Sunday saw ACFC face off against Pacific twice, once in regular play at 8 AM, and a second time in the finals. The early game saw a more disjointed side lose 4-0 to Pacific. But in the final ACFC finally took coach David Alarcon's words of wisdom to heart. The undermanned side stepped up with an injured Peter Wasek pitching in as goalie. Strong defence and a mobile midfield saw a much more competitive game where either side could have won. Pacific notched the lone goal mid-way through the first half, but ACFC pressed to the final whistle for the equalizer, generating several goal scoring opportunities. Lady luck did not shine down though.
All in all it was a great tourney and the club wants to thank the Kick for a Cure organizers for being such great hosts.
Special kudos to Peter Marlenga, who played seven matches between the posts for both squads, and to the Alarcon boyz for organizing and coaching the squads.
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It was a team effort every time. Thanks for the kudos, but not deserved in my opinion.
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