Sting Timbers girls win again, play in championship game today
Photo courtesy TYLER RIEKEN Sting Timbers 00/01 girls goalkeeper Lily Foster, left, calls out to her teammates as teammate Bridget Rieken runs up the field in Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Green White SC of Illinois to complete group play at the US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup in Westfield, Ind. The two teams are scheduled to meet again this morning in the championship game.
WESTFIELD, Ind. — In what amounted to a dress rehearsal for today’s championship game, the Sting Timbers 00/01 girls soccer team defeated Green White SC of Illinois 1-0 on Saturday morning to complete group play at the US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup at Grand Park Sports Complex.
The two teams will meet again today at 4:30 a.m. PDT in the girls 18-and-under championship game of the national tournament.
On Saturday, Megan Drake scored the game’s only goal, on an assist from Bridget Rieken. Drake, a Coeur d’Alene High grad who has signed with Eastern Washington, leads the 18U girls division in goals with three.
The Sting Timbers went 3-0 and won the four-team group with 9 points. Green White (1-1-1) finished second with four points, followed by Vereinigung Erzgebirge United (0-1-2) of Pennsylvania with two points, and CUFC Gold (0-2-1) of North Carolina with one point.
VE United played the CUFC Gold to a 3-all tie on Saturday; they’ll meet again this morning in the third-place game.