Going tough at Indiana State Cup

Teams from Southern Indiana United and Net-Surfers found the going tough at the Indiana State Cup this month.

SIU has three boys' teams playing in the preliminary stages of the premier level tournament, held at Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, while Net-Surfers’ girls had two.

Going into the competition, which is part of the US Youth Soccer National Championship series, the best hope for local success seemed to be U16 Rampage. After a 0-0 tie on the first day against Fort Wayne Sport Club, it was in a position to seize its bracket on Sunday and book itself a place at the finals, which will be held at Goebel Park, Evansville from June 5-7.

However, a 2-0 defeat at the hands of IPSC Force and a 3-0 loss to Carmel United put an end to Rampage's tournament.

It was a baptism of fire for U15 Maverick's, who were finalist in last year's Indiana Challenge Cup and made the step up to State Cup company for the first time. It lost all three games to Cutters (0-1), eventual bracket winners FW USA Citadel (0-5), and Fusion Orange (1-2).

SIU's U18 team fared no better with defeats to the hands of FW Citadel (1-10), Dynamo FC Katner (0-6), and FC Pride (0-8).

Net-Surfers, meanwhile, was represented by its U13 and U14 teams. The U13s found SWISA Crush (0-7), Zionsville Eagles (0-4) and Fishers FSC Blue Lightning (0-6) too good, while the U14 team did manage to tie with Evansville SC 3-3, but went down to Fort Wayne Sport Club (0-6) and Fort Wayne Fever (1-8) in its two other games.