East Ridge Express 94 Second In Atlanta Cup
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Back row: L to R
Jarrett Curtis, Gage McNabb, Callum Wishart, Steven Sloan, Dustin Lewis, Will Taylor, Mark Koenig, Brian Rand, Sean McLain
Front row: L to R
Felipe Munoz, Seth Phillips, Brian Delaney, Andy Rosen, Adam Ray, Blake Norton, Mason Wortman, Ian Sullivan
The East Ridge Express 94 Red boys team coached by Andy Wishart traveled to the Atlanta Cup Soccer Tournament over the Labor Day weekend. The Atlanta Cup is the largest three day youth soccer tournament in the USA.
The team played very well on Saturday by winning their first game against SCUFC from South Carolina by a score of 2-1. Later that day they tied their second game against a Georgia team, GSA Phoenix by a score of 1-1 in a hard fought and well played battle. They played as well against another Georgia team, AFC Lightning on Sunday morning and won 2-1 which put Express 94 into the semi-finals on Sunday afternoon.
In the semi-finals, Express 94 played fellow Tennessee Division 1 team, Tennessee United SC in a great game with Express winning 2-1. The team met the Atlanta Spurs in the championship game on Monday afternoon in Marietta.
Express 94 led 1-0 until the Spurs rallied in the final minutes of the match to pull off an upset beating Express 2-1 with a penalty shot. It was a fun and well played weekend for Express 94 Red boys. They now look forward to their Division 1 league games in October.
Express 94 Red Boys are very grateful to be sponsored by State Farm Insurance, Aaron Franklin agent and Marmon Highway Technologies.