The Santa Barbara Soccer Club’s U12 girls include, top row: Kate Dalforno, Molly Autio, Miranda Fenton, Hayley Carolan, Claire Early, Sofia Garcia-Capelletti, Amoreena Hammond, Blythe Hastings, Jazara Hutton, Coach Marco Medina. Bottom row: Ella Molyneux, Alyssa Hernandez, Melia Amble, Dayne Wagner, Josy Uyesaka
The Santa Barbara Soccer Club’s girls Under-12 team placed first in the Celtic Cup with a 1-0 victory over Pateadores of Irvine in the championship game.
The teamed started the tournament with a tie, 1-1, against the Celtic Harps, then went on to beat the Pateadores, 2-1. Sunday, Santa Barbara came out strong but could not overcome the Celtic Academy, taking a 2-1 loss. However, their pool play was extremely tight and after careful evaluation of all games played, Santa Barbara was in first place and entered the championship game.
Top scorer for the tournament was Sofia Garcia-Capelletti, followed by Dayne Wagner and Kate Dalforno.
The majority of the girls have been together for 1 1/2 years and coached by Marco Medina.
