Two youth soccer teams took home second place finishes in two pre-season tournaments to kick off their summer season.
Becker U15
The Becker U15 soccer team took second place in last weekend’s NW Kickers Spring Kickoff pre-season tournament.
Becker was placed into a U16-C2 division despite being made up of U14 and U15 players. The tournament was based strictly on points.
The girls lost a tough game Friday night to the U16 Galaxy team from St Francis, 7-2. Saturday, they beat the U16-C2 team from NW Kickers, 3-0. Sunday morning, they beat the U15-C2 White Bear Lake team 3-0 and in the afternoon beat the U16-C2 Gitchi Gummi (Duluth) team 4-1.
Cold and rainy weather conditions and lack of subs made things a little tough but the girls pulled together and show cased some great soccer. They ended up capturing second place with 31 points and were awarded silver medals by Minnesota United FC soccer player forward Geison Moura #99.
In all games, each team awarded their opponents a player of the game award. Receiving awards for Becker were Kalani Bauer, Lauren Sticha, Megan Peterson and Tory Nelson.
With only 1-1/2 practices under their belts, the Becker girls played a great tournament. The team will start game play in early June when all the high school sports are completed. A majority of the girls on the U12 team play on the high school soccer Team.
The U12 team consists of: Joey Rothstein, Maddy Corey, Megan Peterson, Kalani Bauer, Amber Vogl, Brittney Kostek, Lauren Sticha,Macy Eigen, Claire Voigt, Tory Nelson, Reilly Cencer, Lauren Gizzi, Kylie Schmidt, Laura Pearce, Allison Zimmer and Megan Dudek. The team is coached by Lisa Peterson and Doug Sticha.
Becker U13
The Becker U13-C2 Blaze soccer team played in a NSC Spring Cup pre-season tournament April 30 - May 3 in Blaine and took home second place.
The Blaze went 3-1-0 by beating teams from Centennial (2-1), Tonka United (3-1) and Eden Prairie (2-0). Becker lost the championship game to the Fusion (Plymouth and surrounding areas) by a score of 7-1. The Blaze were recently promoted to C2 after finishing the season undefeated last spring.
The team will start their regular season play this week.
The Blaze team consists of: Abbey Rothstein, Chloe Rothstein, Faith Madsen, Megan Gamble, Kaylin Peterson, Taylor Moen, Isabelle Swanson, KT Kirchoff, Emma Domka, Allison Schugel, Reagan Sternquist, Grace Tillman, Erika Miner, Ashley May, Raina Schmidt and Triniti Crossland. The team is coached by Gretchen Changamire.
