7/26/09 - Chico United capped an unlikely run, advancing through the playoffs and upsetting Azteca 3-1 to win the PASL-Premier Women’s Championship. The Santa Clara Men took a more conventional path to their third Summer Championship.
Chico started the season with an 0-5-1 record. The only ray of hope was a 1-1 tie against first place Santa Clara on June 20. That tie was followed by two one goal losses.
Easy wins over Silverline and Merced lifted them from 6th place to 4th and qualified them for the postseason tournament.
They earned a berth in the Championship Game with one goal wins over Azteca and Sacramento followed by a 3-3 tie against Santa Clara, the defending champion.
Their 2-0-1 record in round robin play earned them a return meeting with Azteca. Jessica Parker scored two goals and Cielo Jiminez continued her outstanding goalkeeping. Jiminez, who gave up just seven goals in the four games, was named tournament MVP.
In the Men’s Semifinals, Santa Clara and La Cabana had little trouble upsetting the two local teams. Santa Clara got two goals apiece from Clement Gonzales and Suad Arnautovic to beat Estadio Azteca 7-3. La Cabana was led by a hat trick from Miguel Ortiz and two goals from Jose Caballero.
Santa Clara went ahead in the second quarter of their Final against La Cabana and led 3-1 at the half. Suad Arnautovic had four goals and an assist to lead Santa Clara to a comfortable 8-4 win. Arnautovic garnered the tournament MVP Award with 10 goals and 3 assists in Santa Clara’s four wins.
| Day |
Date |
Time |
Home |
Division/Score |
Visitors |
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| Saturday |
July 25th |
9:00AM |
SD Fusion |
7-0 |
Scorpions |
Miguel Luna and Damian Quinn 2 goals each |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
9:45AM |
La Cabana |
6-3 |
Turlock |
Jose Caballero 3 goals and 1 assist, Oliver Jiminez 3 goals and 1 assist. |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
10:30AM |
Azteca |
W 1-2 |
Chico |
Jessica Parker 1 goal and Jordan Kramer 1 goal |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
11:15AM |
Heat |
W 3-2 |
OTW Santa Clara |
Jessica Macowitz, Mary Kate Fahy, and Tara Caldwall. all with 1 goal |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
12:00PM |
Estadio Azteca |
1-6 |
OTWSSC |
Suad Arnautovic 1 goal 1 assist |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
12:45PM |
SD Fusion |
5-0 |
Turlock |
Brian O’Connor 1 goal 2 assists, Kraig Chiles 2 goals 1 assist |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
1:30PM |
Heat |
W 2-3 |
Chico |
Chico- Danielle Jones 1 goal, Taylor Stahl 1 goal 1 assist, Tori Martin 1 goal. |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
2:15PM |
Azteca |
W 4-3 |
OTW Santa Clara |
Azteca- Monica Vasquez 1 goal, Nydia Ramos 1 goal, Falton Nicholas 1 goal, Becky Turner 1 goal. Defending women’s champs eliminated
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| Saturday |
July 25th |
3:00PM |
OTWSSC |
9-2 |
Sequoia |
Santa Clara- Suad Arnautovic 3 goals 1 assist, Vicente Figueroa 2 assists, Nelson Santana 2 goals 1 assist, Jose Bernabe 3 goals 1 assist.
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| Saturday |
July 25th |
3:45PM |
OTW Santa Clara |
W 3-3 |
Chico |
Santa Clara - Abby Kwait 2 goals; Chico- Jordan Kramer 2 goals |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
4:30PM |
Scorpions |
4-5 |
La Cabana |
La Cabana - Jose Caballero 2 goals; Sacramento - Jorge Fernandez 2 goals, 1 assist |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
5:15PM |
Azteca |
W 3-2 |
Heat |
Azteca- Monica Vasquez 1 goal, Jennifer Burroughs 1 goal, Nydia Ramos 1 goal.
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| Saturday |
July 25th |
6:00PM |
Estadio Azteca |
1-5 |
Sequoia |
Sequoia - Adam Artega 2 goals 1 assist, Noel Mendoza 2 goals. |
| Saturday |
July 25th |
6:45PM |
SD Fusion |
3-4 |
Estadio Azteca |
Estadio Azteca- Hugo Brambila 1 goal 1 assist, Pedro Lupercio 1 goal, Antonio Sutton 1 goal, Ato Leone 1 assist
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| Saturday |
July 25th |
7:30PM |
La Cabana |
9-3 |
Turlock |
La Cabana- Miguel Ortiz 3 goals, Edgar Rivas 2 assists, Manuel Ortiz 2 Goals 1 assist, Oliver Jiminez 1 goal 2 assists, Eduardo Velez 1 goal 1 assist.
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| Saturday |
July 25th |
8:15PM |
Sequoia FC |
2-3 |
Scorpions |
Sacramento - Jorge Fernandez goal, assists, GWG with 15 seconds remaining |
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| Sunday |
July 26th |
10:00AM |
OTWSSC |
7-3 |
Estadio Azteca |
Gonzalez 2 goals |
| Sunday |
July 26th |
11:00AM |
Scorpions |
2-7 |
La Cabana |
Miguel Ortiz 3 goals, Caballero 2 goals, assist |
| Sunday |
July 26th |
12:00PM |
Chico |
W 3-1 |
Azteca |
Jessica Parker 2 goals, GK Cielo Jiminez named tournament MVP |
| Sunday |
July 26th |
1:00PM |
OTWSSC |
8-4 |
La Cabana |
Suad Arnautovic scores 4 goals, 1 assist, named tournament MVP |
