Athletes of the Week: 2006 Alaska Rush Soccer Club makes history:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The soccer cleat fit perfectly for the 2006 Alaska Rush girls soccer club, whose Cinderella run last month at the 2023 U.S. Youth Soccer Far West Regional Tournament in Boise, Idaho, ended with a championshipThe program became the first from the 49th state to win the prestigious tournament that features the best teams in the region from each age group after taking down Utah in the championship game 4-1.
“In the finals, we were like, ‘Okay, we have made history, we didn’t come this far to get second place,’” Katelynn Seibert said.Many of the members of the team had been playing together for years and knew their time remaining on the field together was ticking down. While Alaska is typically represented at this tournament, past results, plus limited outdoor training and exposure often lead to these programs being overlooked by opponents.
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