11/27/09 Beach FC vs SR United Aftershocks
The Aftershocks entered the San Diego Surf's Thanksgiving Tournament with a few bumps and bruises but in their first game against Long Beach's Beach FC they came out strong. After a few shots that were left wide K. Nestler took a shot from about 40 yards out that just passed the outreached hands of the goalkeeper. With that 1-0 lead the Aftershocks continued to push but to no avail. Then in the 2nd half with about 15 minutes left to play the Beach FC got a free kick from about 35 yards out which they headed in for the 1-1 tie which is how the game ended.
Beach FC 1 SRU Aftershocks 1
11/28/09
With rain coming down the tournament officials decided to have the teams go to penalty kicks to select a winner. The Aftershocks first went up against the Albion SC White and E. Sellner came up with a big save to give the Aftershocks the win.
SRU 1 vs Albion SC White 0
The second penalty game was against the South Bay Valley Black and again E. Sellner came up with another big save to give the Aftershocks their second win of the tournament.
SRU 1 vs South Bay Valley 0
Semi Finals
11/29/09
In the semi finals on Sunday the Aftershocks went up against the Utah Avalanche Black. The Avalanche came out quick with the first goal of the match an it seemed that the Aftershocks had no answer to the 1st goal from the Avalanche. Then out of no where S. Tosti took a pass and poked it in past the goal keeper for the tie. With about 10 minutes left in the match L. Bustos took a pass and with the Avalanche defense backing up she took a 20 yard shot that slipped past the hands of the Avalanche goalkeeper to give the Aftershocks a 2-1 win and take them to the finals against the Long Beach Beach FC.
SRU 2 vs Utah Avalanche 1
FINALS
Once again the Beach FC came to play a tough game and the Aftershocks played with them toe to toe. Then the Beach FC team got together a string of great passes and sure enough shot one in to give them a 1-0 lead. In the second half the Aftershocks came out with more force and Beach FC matched the force then with about 15 minutes left to play on a free kick S. Tosti took a shot from about 25 yards out which sailed right over the hands of the goal keeper into the net to tie the score. The game ended tie and went into golden goal overtime which also ended with the 1-1 tie and went into penalty kicks. Beach FC made 4 out of the 5 shots while the Aftershocks only made 3-5 and gave the championship to the Beach FC.
Overall the Aftershocks 3 great games and had 3 nail biting penalty kick situations and left San Diego with a 2nd place finish. Congratulations to the team and Coach Salzmann for a great tournament.