The girls took a break and headed down to the State Capitol, and had a nice tour. They were given a little extra treat when the California Highway Patrol Bicycle Enforcement Team, and one of the CHP bomb sniffing dogs and his handler, told the girls about their jobs at the Capitol.

 

Then the girls headed back up to Granite Regional Park to play Mission Valley United. The goalies for this game were Angelina and Samantha again. Unfortunately they lost this game 4 – 0.

 

The girls and their families had a night of fun at a pizza parlor with the team on Saturday. Sunday morning the girls met up with Modesto United. The goalies for this game were Jordan Page and Jordan Adami. Castro Valley won this game 3 - 0. The goals were made by Angelina, and two were made by Jordan Page. Jordan’s goals were made with assists from Jayda, and also from our goalie Jordan Adami. 

 

Castro Valley United then went on to the quarter finals for the Nor Cal State Cup, against the Livermore United Team. The girls won this game 1 – 0, which put them into the semi-finals in Manteca the next weekend. Jordan Page made the one and only goal for this game.

 

It was a COLD and blustery morning in Manteca on November 21^st , when the girls faced off against the Danville Mustang’s at the semi-finals for the Nor Cal State Cup Championship. The goalies for this game were Angelina and Samantha. The girls played hard,  Jayda made the one and only goal on a penalty kick. Unfortunately the Mustang’s won the game scoring two goals against our one.

 

The girls did Castro Valley Soccer Club proud this season. This was the first time CVSC has had their D1 U9 girls make it to the Nor Cal State Cup Semi Finals. It was nice to see how much the team improved as a whole over the course of the season. Coach Hulbert moved the girls around a lot in their positions, but for the most part these are the positions played by each girl: Forwards were Jordan Page, Angelina Ferreira, and Samantha Allenbach, Mids were Ria Panjwani, Jayda Garay, Lisbeth Anton, and Tiffani Cheng, and the Defenders were Audrey Vance, Jordan Adami, Rachel Liu, and Eva Hathcox.  The girls were disappointed in not coming home with a trophy, but they should be proud of their accomplishments this season. I know their parents are! GOOD JOB CASTRO VALLEY UNITED UNDER 9, DIVISION 1, GIRLS TEAM!

On Halloween the U9 D1 girls played in Lafayette against the Lamorinda girls team. It was an early game and a cool morning. Coach Andy showed up on crutches, and at first we thought he was dressed up for Halloween as an injured soccer player, but realized he had injured himself the night before in a soccer game. The goalies for this game were Jordan Page and Samantha Allenbach. Jordan Page made the one and only goal, which won the game for the girls, 1-0.

 

On November 1^st , the girls traveled out to San Ramon to play Arsenal. Although the Castro Valley girls were not able to get a goal in this game, they put up a good fight, and stopped Arsenal from getting any more goals than the three they did make.  The score of 3 – 0 for this game is a big improvement on the score from the last time they played Arsenal, earlier this season. The goalies for this game were Jordan Page and Jordan Adami.

 

Next weekend they will have their two final games at Five Canyons, before heading to Sacramento the following weekend for the Nor Cal State Cup.