City FC White team
Congratulations to the City FC White team! Maya, Laniyyah, Kendall, Ciara, Abby, Melis, Tasi, and Malaika played four tough games to bring home the 2nd place trophy in the Second Annual Black History Futsal Invitational Tournament on Saturday, February 27th.
A DC Parks and Recreation sponsored event at Turkey Thicket Recreation Center, the tournament welcomed four competitive U19 girls teams representing Bell High School (Bell), DC Stoddert, School Without Walls (Walls), and the Southern Maryland Football Club (SMFC).
The City FC White team lost a tough first match, 2-5, to the SMFC. Starting at keeper, Malaika, initiated the first goal by passing around the backfield with Tassi, Maya, and Abby to move the ball up the court. Maya received the ball in the center and fed it to Melis who found the back of the net for her first goal of the day. Melis scored the second goal after receiving a square pass from Abby on the right flank.
After a twenty minute break, the girls played a tight game against Bell. With Malaika in goal again, Bell wasn’t able to find the back of the net. The City FC team won their second game, 1-0. After receiving the ball in the center of the court, Laniyyah connected with Tasi who dribbled past a Bell player to get the ball to Maya. Maya finished the play with a goal in upper right corner of the goal.
The City FC girls’ played Walls in their third game coming out on top with another 1-0 victory, and making it to the finals. Abby played in goal this game, giving Malaika some field time. Abby started the string of passes resulting in the winning goal. Abby to Malaika to Maya who one-touched it to Tasi who launched a shot in the upper left corner of goal.
In the finals the City FC girls picked up their game to compete with the seasoned SMFC. The girls increased their intensity of play by moving the ball around the court and taking more shots on goal. However, despite their best efforts, the girls were unable to pull off a victory.
This tournament was a wonderful opportunity for the City FC White team to play with other U19 girls in a competitive and fun-spirited manner. All involved showed much improvement in their play and cohesiveness as a team throughout the afternoon. Overall this tournament was a huge success and everyone had a fantastic time playing together on Saturday afternoon.
City Football Club (“City FC”), a program of DC Stoddert Soccer, was established in 2007 to provide District youth with a curriculum combining excellent soccer coaching and first-rate mentorship and college preparation. City FC is organized exclusively for charitable purposes as an educational non-profit. Its objective is to bring together the City’s youth for educational and recreational opportunities, including but not limited to soccer.
