Delta United 99 Diamonds

The Delta Diamonds took third place out of 12 teams in the U13 Girls division in the Shamrock Tournament in Dublin on August 11th & 12th. The Diamonds started the weekend defeating the Heritage Clash 4-2 in a morning match and then survived an afternoon match in the heat winning 2-0 against a fresh Mill Valley Red Rockers team. The Diamonds finished first in their bracket on Saturday which set up a Sunday morning semi-final match against the Pleasanton Rage. The game was very even throughout most of the match. Unfortunately the Rage were able to capitalize on two of their very few scoring opportunities while the Diamonds shot the ball everywhere all match except past the Rage’s keeper. Our 2-0 loss to the Rage set the Diamonds up against the Clovis Crossfire Silver Cedillo in an afternoon match for third place. The Diamonds dominated most of the match but neither team could find a way to score until second half PK’s for both teams left the score tied 1-1. Two five minute OT’s ensued with the Diamonds pulling out the victory on a PK in the last minutes of the match. Congratulations to the Delta Diamonds for finishing in third place and earning bronze medals!