This past week has been the Utah State Soccer Cup tournament that hosts all the best teams in Utah for the playoffs. Our team had to play into the quarter finals because of the rough season that we've had the past season. We were able to secure a spot at the quarter finals against the #2 team in our league. We played an incredible game against them and won in Pk's (overtime + kicks). Then we advanced to the semi finals against the #3 team and were able to beat them 2-1. Today was the final game against the #1 team in the state and we did very well. We held them to 0-1 until the last few minutes of the game when we pressed to get the tying goal and got countered on. The boys ended up losing the game, but quickly focused on the incredible run they had in this tournament which showed them all what they are capable of. The best part of it is that they all played together so well and believed in each other. Each member of the team was important!
Before the game some of the players gathered together for a moment of prayer/silence to gather themselves before the start of the game. It's a neat moment for all of them.
One of our former teammates, Noah, who moved to California this year, was in town for the game and it was so fun to see him. You can see already that the boys are happy with their play and while second place is hard to swallow, it was an amazing run!
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