Claire Spring 2008 FCU   
FC United Girls U13 Spring 2008
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Sat 4/19
FCU 1 - Schaumburg 1
The rain held off and the field was in good shape. The tie score was indicative of an evenly fought game, although Amanda and Katherine each made quite a few great saves to preserve the tie.

Sun 4/20
FCU 1 - Carol Stream 0
No rain today. Nice sunny day. More great saves by both keepers and FCU won 1-0.

Sat 5/24 - G1
Pacesetter Invitational, Toledo, OH: MI Downriver Rush 1 - FCU 0
Tough loss to start the tournament. We hit the crossbar but did not score.

Sat 5/24 - Team
Pacesetter Invitational, Toledo, OH: The Team
Some down time between games provided some great photo opp's. If you only look at one set of pictures, this is the set to look at.

Sat 5/24 - G2
Pacesetter Invitational, Toledo, OH: FCU 6 - Lightning '95 Gold 0
The second game was much easier. Beautiful weather. A nice contrast to most of the Chicago area games this spring.

Sun 5/25 - Wedding
Pacesetter Invitational, Toledo, OH: Sunday Diversion
The outdoor ceremony portion of a 3-day wedding provided beautiful colors and sights on Sunday morning.

Sun 5/25 - G3
Pacesetter Invitational, Toledo, OH: FCU 2 - Eagles SC Blue 0
A Sunday victory put the girls into the playoff round on Monday. Fortunately, Alan did not cancel our hotel reservations.

Mon 5/26 - Semi
Pacesetter Invitational, Toledo, OH: FCU 1 - 0
An early Monday morning game. Not our strong time of day. But the girls played through the early morning overcast sky and wet grass to come out on top 1 - Nil on a sunny day. On the Championship Game in the afternoon.

Mon 5/26 - Final
Pacesetter Invitational, Toledo, OH: FCU 0 - 1
After 4 games of tough soccer, many injuries and 3 days in Toldeo, the girls fought hard. But they finished with a tough loss in the championship game,

PSI Awards
FCU U13 Premier - Pacesetter Invitational Tournament Runner Up
It was a good result for our girls. Worth the extra day in Toledo!

Sat 5/31
FCU 1 - Fire 0
Back to their winning ways in their last home game of Spring 2008.

Wed 6/11
Glenview 3 - FCU 1
It was beautiful spring evening for the last game of Spring 2008. With first place on the line, the girls came up short.There was nice lighting as the sun set, so I took quite a few close-up shots.

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