Championship Tuesday Set for 2005 SYL Finals
Semifinals completed after waiting out thunderstorms
Monday, November 21
TAMPA, FL -- On a stormy Monday in Tampa, Florida, the intensity at the 2005 Super Y-League North American Finals went up a notch as the field had been narrowed down from its initial 128 teams in 10 brackets to 40 semifinalists.
 Four finals were set from the early semifinals before a thunderstorm rolled through both the Ed Radice Sports Complex and University of South Florida facilities forcing postponements of the semifinals and consolation games, but the action would resume to complete the field for the 10 games on Championship Tuesday.
Two championship matches feature showdowns between unbeaten teams from the season and SYL Finals play while two others feature rematches of games from group play this week.
The U14 Boys Championship will see De Anza SC (12-0-2 overall) taking on the Chicago Magic (10-0-0 season), who swept their group play with three wins and downed the MetroStars 2-0 in the semifinals. De Anza SC knocked out the Michigan Wolves by the same 2-0 scoreline in their semifinal.
The U17 Girls bracket features both oddities in the championship with Match Fit Academy (12-0-0 season) taking on Charlotte SC (7-0-0 season) in the final after playing each other to a 1-1 tie on the first day of group play. Charlotte went on to win the group at 2-0-1 and down the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0. Match Fit Academy, meanwhile, finished 1-0-2 to earn a wild card berth to the semis, where they advanced via penalty kicks 3-2 after a scoreless draw.
The other group play rematch is in the U13 Girls bracket where the Cleveland Internationals will be looking to avenge a 3-1 loss on the second day of the tournament when they face Cavitt Academy in the final. Cavitt went on to win the group with a 3-0-0 mark while Cleveland finished 2-1-0.
Two other teams have a shot at finishing unbeaten.
The U15 Boys Reading Rage (11-0-1 season, 1-0-2 group play), who downed host HC United 3-0 in the semifinals will face Schulz Academy, who topped the New Hampshire Phantoms 5-2 in the semis.
The U17 Boys Chicago Magic (10-0-0 season, 3-0-0 group play) edged Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus 1-0 in the semifinals and will take on Storm Academy, who advanced with a 3-1 win over Cleveland Soccer Academy.
Check back Tuesday for more stories on the championship games, group play and more via USLsoccer.com and new official tournament news partner TopDrawerSoccer.com
Semifinal Results
U13 Boys
Washington Crossfire 0 :: 1 Michigan Wolves
Chicago Magic 0 :: 1 SCC Breakers
U14 Boys
MetroStars 0 :: 2 Chicago Magic
De Anza SC 2 :: 0 Michigan Wolves
U15 Boys
Reading Rage 3 :: 0 HC United
Schulz Academy 5 :: 2 New Hampshire Phantoms
U16 Boys
Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus 3 :: 2 Vancouver Whitecaps
HC United 1 :: 2 MetroStars
U17 Boys
Chicago Magic 1 :: 0 Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus
Storm Academy 3 :: 1 Cleveland Soccer Academy
U13 Girls
Atlanta Silverbacks Jrs 0 :: 1 Cavitt Academy
Cleveland Internationals 4 :: 0 Charlotte SC
U14 Girls
Mid Atlantic Soccer Academy 0 :: 2 Match Fit Academy
Cavitt Academy (0) 1 :(PK): 1 (3) Cleveland Internationals
U15 Girls
Penns Forest 0 :: 1 Spokane Shadow
Edmonton Force 0 :: 2 Chicago Magic
U16 Girls
Parsippany SC 2 :: 1 Seacoast United 1
Ottawa Fury 0 :: 1 Cleveland Soccer Academy
U17 Girls
Match Fit Academy (3) 0 :(PK): 0 (2) Reston FC
Vancouver Whitecaps 0 :: 1 Charlotte Soccer Club
Championship Matches
U13 Boys
SCC Breakers v Michigan Wolves
U14 Boys
De Anza SC v Chicago Magic
U15 Boys
Reading Rage v Schulz Academy
U16 Boys
Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus v MetroStars
U17 Boys
Chicago Magic v Storm Academy
U13 Girls
Cleveland Internationals v Cavitt Academy
U14 Girls
Cleveland Internationals v Match Fit Academy
U15 Girls
Spokane Shadow v Chicago Magic
U16 Girls
Parsippany SC v Cleveland Soccer Academy
U17 Girls
Match Fit Academy v Charlotte Soccer Club
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