Soccer teams are fit for ties

AYSO Region 55 kicked off its 2005 season last Saturday with a full

slate of action.

Here’s a look at some of the division results:

Girls’

Under-10 Division

Soccer Sisters 2, Sour Skittles 2

The teams traded goals and played to a tie in their season opener.

Natalie Anzivino scored early in the first quarter to put the Sour

Skittles in the lead, but Briana Kutinsky scored for the Soccer

Sisters to tie the score.

The Sisters were able to take their first lead on a goal by Devon

Graber late in the opening quarter, but Amber Rodriguez -- set up by

Emily Thiem -- scored in the second quarter to tie the match at 2-2.

Dana Conlisk stopped six shots on goal for the Sisters and was

backed by strong defensive play from Jessyca Lackey, Nathalie Muniz

and Jamie Fox.

Under-12 Division

Knockouts 1, Mad Dogs 1

Alexa Vellawoweth of the Mad Dogs fired a shot that rebounded into

the net for the game’s first score. Lindsay Conlisk scored in the

third quarter for the Knockouts.

Niki Geiger of the Mad Dogs and Kasha Rusch of the Knockouts

turned in strong performances in the net.

In club soccer action:

Code Red 4, Irvine 0

South Coast Code Red began its fall club soccer season Saturday

with a shutout of Futbol Club Irvine.

Kelly Mitsumori opened the scoring on a pass from Alli Budd to

give Code Red a 1-0 lead. It became 2-0 when a corner kick by Osiris

Ceja bounced around in the goal area, caromed off several players,

and was finally put away by Breanne Justice.

Kirsten Marony set up the third Code Red goal of the first half by

sending a long pass to Erika Longoria, who maneuvered by several

defenders and then placed a solid shot into the back of the Irvine

net.

Longoria capped the scoring in the second half when she scored off

another feed by Marony.

Tiffany Van Tress, Rachel Pasternak, Ashley Haprov, Lauren Hanson

and Jodi Hwang provided solid defense to held secure the shutout.

JUSA Select 2, Code Red 1

Erika Longoria and Andrea Ecker combined on a scoring play for

Code Red to tie the score, but Junior United Soccer Assn. Select got

the game-winning goal in the second half.