Crossfire Premier Does Well at ManU

Beaverton, OR - Crossfire Premier '91 finished in 11th place in the U.S. Finals of the 2006 Manchester United Cup over Memorial Day weekend. They started strong on Friday by dominating but tieing Slammers FC 0-0. In their afternoon contest Crossfire was upended by Real Colorado 0-1.

On day two (Saturday) Crossfire started with a win over Tabagators 1-0 then played Southern Cal Strikers for a chance to move to the quarter-finals. Similar to game 1, Crossfire Premier '91 had more opportunities to score than their opponent, but failed to connect and the game ended 0-0.

For the qualifying round, Crossfire finished in third place behind Slammers and Strikers.

In the consolation rounds starting Sunday, Crossfire lost to Lonestars 0-1 on Sunday but came back to win on Monday, 1-0 over Bethesda in PKs.

Congratulations to tournament champion Southern Cal United.

It was a great weekend of high quality and evenly matched soccer where the top 20 teams in the US battled for the opportunity to move on to the world championships in Sweden.

A big THANK YOU to Nike for making this tournament weekend something that the girls and their families will cherish forever. Nike, you are a world class corporation doing great things for youth soccer. Your corporate headquarters were a fitting location to showcase the top tournament in the US for youth soccer players. It was a privilege and honor for our team to play there this weekend, and we count ourselves fortunate to be a Nike Premier Club.