The SCA 99 Boys, coached by Neil Turnbull, captured the NorCal Spring League Silver Region 5 title on the final weekend of play with a resounding 10-0 victory over Healdsburg. Heading into the last match, the squad was tied for first place with Santa Rosa United, but secured the championship on goal differential. Both teams finished with identical 7-1-1 records, but SCA outscored all opponents a massive 44 goals to 10.  In the final match, the scoring was lead by Raleigh Berry, David Luis and Brady Scott with two goals apiece. Scott and Ethan Waters secured the clean sheet with the goalkeeper duties.

Coach Neil Turnbull was very pleased with the team’s performance in the final match and their improvement during the season. “A lot of things we’d worked on over the season came together,” said Turnbull. Providing offense all season long was Dominic Christobal, newcomer Thomas de Jong, and Christopher West. Dino Santia led all scorers with team high 9 goals. The midfield was anchored by Berry, with key performances by Michael Buzard, Nicolas Carle and Ethan Waters. The tight defensive backline was lead by Angel Gutierrez, Sumeet Dulai, Jared Miller, Jeffrey Mondragon-Vivas and Jackson O’Neil. Scott and Waters handled the majority of the goalkeeping that contributed to 4 team shutouts.

Turnbull went on to say the team’s transition to the 11v11 format was “very pleasing from a coaching perspective because the boys took what they learned from the training field and applied it to the games they played during spring league.”