Strong showings for Potomac area clubs at ECNL San Diego Showcase

Potomac area ECNL clubs Bethesda SC, Maryland United FC and Richmond United traveled West this past weekend to compete in the ECNL San Diego Showcase among a collection of teams from every region of the United States. Among the top performances of the weekend included the Maryland United U-16s who went a perfect 3-0-0, the Richmond United U-15s going 2-1-0 with a pair of quality wins over top California sides, and the Maryland United U-18s who went 1-0-2 picking up points in every game.

[player_box id=48448 leftright=right]Kori Locksley scored in each game for the Maryland United U-16 squad which earned a 2-0 win over California side MVLA on Friday, a 1-0 win over Oregon side Crossfire United on Saturday and a 2-1 win over Eagles SC of Southern California on Sunday. Along with Locksley’s 3 goals and 1 assist and a superb team effort defensively throughout the event, Jamie Shiflett added two goals for MUFC while Alexis Hogarth and Gabrielle Rivera each added 1 assist. [player_box id=43425 leftright=right]

[player_box id=44525 leftright=right]Richmond United’s U-15 side shut out a strong San Diego Surf team 2-0 on Friday and followed up with a gritty 2-1 win over De Anza Force on Saturday before falling in a tough 2-1 match to Crossfire United on [player_box id=51528 leftright=right]Sunday. Paige Franks and Jordan Canniff led United with 2 goals each, Natalie Maurer netted one and McKinley Burkett and Kiersten Hening each had 1 assist at the showcase.

Meanwhile, the Maryland United U-18s allowed just 1 goal in San Diego. MUFC opened the event with a clean sheet in a scoreless draw against FC Nova (Idaho), beat Santa Rosa United (California) 3-1 on Saturday and followed with a 0-0 match against Pleasanton Rage (California) on Sunday.

See below for full results of Potomac area teams at the ECNL San Diego Showcase…

U-15

U-16

U-17

U-18