USASA National Cup Finals

Seattle, Washington

August 3-5, 2007

North Carolina's own State Cup finalists and Region 3 Women's Amateur Champions, the Triad United Aces, completed their Cinderella National Cup experience in Seattle, Washington this week losing in the finals to a very good New York Eastern Athletic Club team, 4-2.  This was a single elimination competition, so the Triad United Aces had defeated Region 2's winners, St. Louis SC, 3-2 at 6pm on August 3rd in a nail-biting match.  Their opponents in the Finals on August 5th defeated the Region IV Champions, SF Nighthawks.

Quote from Triad United Aces Coach, Craig Fedor, "Not a bad showing for a second year program amongst the powerhouses of Women Amateur Soccer.  One of the Four teams in the Final Four and a lot of people were asking, 'Who are they?'  The other three teams came from prestigious Club Organizations with lots of money, team warm-ups, and complete uniforms.  Region I was represented by the New York Eastern Athletic Club(NYEAC),  Region II by the Saint Louis Soccer Club that had beaten the two time defending National Champs from Chicago to defend there region, and Region IV by the San Francisco Hawks from the W League on the West Coast. 

Results:

Semifinals

Finals

New York Athletic Club - 4

Triad United Aces - 2

Congratulations to North Carolina's Triad United Aces!!

Photo of Region 3 Champions

Triad United Aces

Players in Alphabetical (not photo) Order: Jennifer Cristy, Heather Deutschle, Bre Anne Easter, Natalie Friddle, Ashley Hawkins, Kelly Hess, Jennifer Kennedy, Diane Metzger, Heather Mitrisin, Kimberly Mullen, Joy Nsubuga, Lindsey Ozimek, Meredith Paisley, Jessica Patterson, Ashley Rex, Cassandra Rex, Katherine Ryan, Joy Scott, Amanda Smith, Callie Thomas, Kasie Thomas and Laurie Wood.

Coach: Craig Fedor

Road to National Cup Finals:

The Triad United Aces Women's Amateur Soccer team earned a bid to the National Cup finals in Seattle, Washington by winning the Region 3 National Cup tournament.  This team gave up one goal over Memorial Day weekend in the Region 3 Tournament that was held in Fayetteville, NC.  They defeated the state champions from South Carolina 4-0 and went on to defeat the defending Region 3 Champions from South Texas 2-0.  This team was anchored by four current UNC-Greensboro players and four former UNC-Greensboro players.  The team was coached by Mr. Craig Fedor of Greensboro.