CA United Team Wins National Tournament

The Tampa Bay Sun Bowl is one of the nation’s most prestigious soccer tournaments. Accepting only the best teams from each state, the Sun Bowl brings together the nation’s top players to display their soccer talents. Since 2001, no team from Michigan had made it to the finals of the Sun Bowl. This year, our CA United U17 Boys not only made it to the final, they won!

CA began the tournament with pool play, racking up an impressive 3-0-1 record against teams from Texas, Florida, New York, and Wisconsin. One pool play victory was over the Wisconsin state champions. In the quarterfinals, CA defeated a team from Alabama, the Capital City Streaks, by a 4-1 margin. CA continued its winning ways in the semifinals, with a 2-0 victory over Ohio’s Classics Hammer FC. This set up a tense and emotional battle with BRYC Team Harkes from Virginia in the final. Peter Houston and Alex Potter scored early goals to give CA a 2-0 first half lead, but Team Harkes came storming back to tie the game at 2-2 and force overtime. The match was in question until a dramatic strike from 20 yards out by Faread Jamalifard gave CA the championship. Faread was also named Most Valuable Player after an outstanding tournament.

Members of the CA United U17 Boys team are: Joey Alva, Zachary Curtis, Ethan Felsing, Nick Gregg, Kris Hatch, Peter Houston, Faread Jamalifard, Jeff Jones, Connor Patterson, Alex Potter, Eric Schrauben, David Snyder, Michael Robinson, Evan Rosen, Josh VanWagner, Josh White and Jordan Wyant.

Congratulations to coach Bill Boyle and each and every member of the U17 team on this tremendous accomplishment!!