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West Allis (June 6, 2005) – Seven teams claimed STATE CHAMPION titles yesterday, and have earned a trip to Sioux Falls, SD to represent their club and the Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association at the Region II tournament later this month. Match Day 5 of the spring portion of the 2005 Wisconsin State Cup, held all of the drama, suspense, thrills and agonies that come with championships. Claiming the 2 nd spring title, in the first game of the day were FC Milwaukee U13 boys who defeated Mequon SC 2-0. They were quickly followed by the Madison 56ers U13 girls who surpassed FC Milwaukee 2-0. The Madison 56ers victory was the first insurance win against an FC Milwaukee championship sweep.

Yahara Blue U14 boys followed suit, reaffirming that Madison area teams can and will compete with Milwaukee area teams and soundly defeated FC Milwaukee 4-0 in the third title match of the day. A 2-0 score line was posted by FC Milwaukee over SC Waukesha Freedom in the U14 girls final. FC Milwaukee claimed another title in the U15 boys match beating Paper Valley Youth Soccer Club – Neenah 4-0. The U16 boys' final had an all Madison flavor, featuring the Madison 56ers taking Yahara Middleton 2-1 in overtime with a golden goal. The victory was somewhat somber due to Mohamed Elfarra (Yahara-Middleton), who was wheeled off the field in the early minutes of overtime, after suffering a compound leg break. “The prayers of the Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association and the members of both teams go out to Mohamed Elfarra,” said Kelly Ross, Executive Director for WI Youth Soccer during the post game awards presentation. “We wish Mohamed a safe and speeding recovery, “Ross finished.

The U17 boys' game between Yahara United and Brookfield Red was all that it was billed to be, providing attacking soccer, skilled defensive play and plenty of adrenaline throughout. Surprisingly, Yahara scored in the 1 st minute of play from the kick-off and held the lead up until approximately the 80 th minute when Brookfield found a seam in the Yahara defense to draw level. A tense moment followed thereafter, whilst the crowd held its breath as all in attendance observed a brief discussion between the Referee and the Assistant referee. The referee declared the goal valid and the match proceeded into overtime where Brookfield again, found another seam in the Yahara defense and buried the game winning golden goal. Steve Adlard, Brookfield 's coach eloquently stated during the post game awards presentation, “There are no losers in a game like this. There's only another thing for one team.” Adlard stated, “This was a very good game. You (Yahara) are a very, very good team. This was one of the best U17 games Wisconsin has seen in several years.”

With the seven titles awarded yesterday, only 1 remains up for grabs. The U19 boys division features the Elm Grove Villagers and FC Milwaukee next week in Elm Grove.

The Wisconsin State Cup tournament is an open invitation tournament for any properly registered team which is a member of a Wisconsin Youth Soccer affiliated club and is the 1 st stage in US Youth Soccer's National Championships Series. Teams winning the U13-U19 boys and girls divisions, advance to the Midwest Regional Tournament; the 2 nd stage of US Youth Soccer's, National Championships Series. Teams winning the Region 2 tournament at the U14 and older boys and girls divisions, advance to US Youth Soccer's National Cup Finals.

The Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association is a non-profit and educational organization whose mission is to foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of Wisconsin 's youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age and competition. WI Youth Soccer is the largest youth sports organization in the state and serves US Youth Soccer and the United States Soccer Federation as the administrative body for youth soccer in Wisconsin . WI Youth Soccer as a statewide body registers nearly 57,000 players, over 8,000 dedicated coaches, most of who also are volunteers and countless other administrative volunteers statewide. WI Youth Soccer is one of 55 member State Associations to US Youth Soccer.