Solid Gold continues golden run

Solid Gold, a boys’ Under-10 Gold Division All-star team out of AYSO

Region 117, continued its winning ways in the 2001 Area 11-K All-star

Tournament by collecting a pair of victories last weekend.

Solid Gold first defeated Region 5, 2-0, then followed that triumph by

shutting out Region 55, 6-0. Both games were played at Peterson

Elementary School in Huntington Beach.

Against Region 5, Michael Chairez and Kevin Kuwahara each scored to

help give Solid Gold its third tournament win.

Chairez came up big again in the second game leading all scorers with

four goals and an assist. Carlos Rodriguez scored the other two goals and

Brandon Messer came up with a pair of assists to complete the 6-0 win

over Region 55. The victory improved Solid Gold to 4-0 in tournament

action.

Goalies Kyle Day and Trevor Warren combined in the net to hold their

opponents scoreless. Along the way they got outstanding defensive help

from Joel Antista, Jonathan Crouch, Alec Stone, and Ryan Little.

Messer, Drew Russell and Lucas Vandeman controlled the midfield and

set up key passes to forwards Rodriguez, Chairez and Kuwahara.

Solid Gold outscored its four tournament opponents, 18-2.

“I’m proud of every single one of these players,” Solid Gold Coach

Juan Rodriguez said. “They have given their best performance as a team so

far.”

Solid Gold will continue Area 11-K tournament play Saturday at

Peterson Elementary School.