Saturday was the perfect day for soccer at Regionals with the weather clear in the low 70's with light winds. Two Avalanche teams from Utah competed in the semi-final matches played at 8:00 a.m. in Lancaster, California. Avalanche 92 Premier saw their exceptional regional play come to an end with a loss. Avalanche 90 Premier is excited to compete in the finals on Sunday. Match recaps follow:

U19 girls UT-Avalanche Premier 90 verses WA-Shadow. Avalanche starts off strong in the first with 2 goals and half ended 2-0. Second half started with a PK against Utah that was denied but when clearing the ball a quick counter resulted in Washington scoring. Utah scored next to bring the match to 3-1 and Washington scored on a set play to close to one goal. Utah scored last to win the match 4-2. During regional play the utah teams has scored and impressive 30 goals and has allowed only 5. During regional play they have won four matches and tied one. Avalanche is no stranger to regionals having competed seven times in eight regionals. Avalanche advances to the finals on Sunday and will play 2008 Regional Camps Colorado Rush Nike who they tied during the preliminary round. The match will begin at 9:00 a.m. on field 20 for the championship. Good luck ladies, would be great to have you play for National Championship in July 2009.

U17 girls UT-Avalanche Premier 92 verses WA-Crossfire Premier. Avalanche came out against a very strong Crossfire team that had great speed of play and touch on the ball. They slowly wore down the Avalanche team and the final was 4-0 for the WA-Crossfire team. The Avalanche team played hard and finished with third place medals in their age group. This team will be strong next year and should be back for Far West Regionals in 2010.