SOCCER: Local U19 players win Washington Youth Soccer Founders Cup

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Thanks to Alex Fernandez for the report on local champions:

On the heels of a long line of other Highline team success; the Highline Select Boys U19 ’04/05 came out victorious in the Washington Youth Soccer Founders Cup this weekend. After a long regular season, it is the pinnacle month-long tournament for Select teams in this area. They won their semi-final Friday night 3-1 and won the final on Sunday; after ending tied 2-2 in regulation, they secured the win, 4-2 in penalty kicks.

Photo:

Standing: Assistant Coach Scott Roberts, Nolan Whorton, Levi Kuhn, Yuto Shingai, Tyler Christman, Sam Holman, Dylan Roberts, Caleb Purgatorio, Zach Arthur, Emil Bernau, Matthew Rhinehart, Zach Hanczyc, Head Coach Andres Lara

Kneeling: Rex Reifel, Jackie Wittman, Ashton Sawade, Byron Barrera, Tavi Fernandez, Samson Abraham, Alex Frakes, Cameron Moore

Alex says almost everyone on the team, including both coaches, lives in West Seattle, adding that many are high-school seniors. Players interested in joining this team or any others in HSA can find out about tryouts here.

Congrats! February 7, 2023 (9:09 am)

Congratulations everyone! That is a huge accomplishment and nice work seniors, way to go out in style!!

Batty February 7, 2023 (10:13 am)

Well done Lads – this is a big deal!

SJ February 7, 2023 (11:05 am)

This is awesome!!! Congratulations to all of you :-)

Ek February 7, 2023 (8:27 pm)

U14 Girls won, too, and U13 Girls were finalists! Go HSA!!

WSB February 7, 2023 (8:36 pm)

Congratulations to them too. We only knew about the U19 boys because this report was sent to us – if someone would like to send a photo and report about the U13 girls’ win too, we’d be happy to publish it!