ESPNHS Girls' Soccer

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The annual US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program Girls Thanksgiving Interregional completed play Friday with final-round matches for the 1996 and 1997 age groups.

Zoe Higgins' 65th goal lifted Region IV (West) to a 1-0 victory over Region II (Midwest) to complete a perfect run through the 1996 age group. Region IV also posted the best record among the 1997 age group teams, going 2-0-1 following a 3-2 win over Region II on Friday.

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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The annual US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program Girls Thanksgiving Interregional continued play Tuesday with second-round matches for the 1994 and 1995 age groups.

Following two rounds of play, all four 1995 age group teams are 1-1. Meanwhile, Region I (East) and Region III (South) surged to the top of the standings following Tuesday wins.

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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The annual US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program Girls Thanksgiving Interregional continued play Monday with the 1996 and 1997 age groups at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla.

Region II (Midwest) and IV (West) won the 1996 matches while Region III (South) and Region IV won the 1997 contests.

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The state rankings are updated each Monday throughout the fall season. The POWERADE FAB 50 is released each Tuesday.

NOTES: The fall season includes the following states: California (fall), Connecticut, D.C., Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia (private), Washington, West Virginia. The number of ranking positions for each state is based on the size and competitiveness of the state.

Rankings through Nov. 20:

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It was 7:35 a.m. Wednesday morning and members of the Central Valley (Monaca, Pa.) girls’ soccer team trickled into class – they were visibly tired.

The night before, Central Valley was humbled 5-1 in a Pennsylvania Class AA state semifinal match. It wasn’t the margin of defeat that was the story. After all, longshot Central Valley lost to a Villa Joseph Marie (Holland, Pa.) team generally regarded as one of the strongest in the nation.

The story here was travel.

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ESPNHS takes a look at the players to watch for US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP) Girls Thanksgiving Interregional, which begins this weekend on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. Nearly 300 players representing each of the country's four US Youth Soccer regions in four age groups will take part in the event.

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ESPN Boston covered the match between Peabody Veterans Memorial (Peabody, Mass.) and Oliver Ames (North Easton, Mass.). Click here for the full match report and video interviews.

ESPNHS soccer tracks results of the Top 25 teams in the POWERADE FAB 50 in this forum. If we are missing a result, e-mail Sheldon Shealer at Sheldon.Shealer@espn.com.

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US Youth Soccer announced its rosters for the upcoming ODP Girls Thanksgiving Regional, which will be held at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., from Nov. 20-25.

Complete rosters.

The state rankings are updated each Monday throughout the fall season. The POWERADE FAB 50 is released each Tuesday.

NOTES: The fall season includes the following states: California (fall), Connecticut, D.C., Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia (private), Washington, West Virginia. The number of ranking positions for each state is based on the size and competitiveness of the state.

Rankings through Nov. 13:

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Katie Mohr scored three goals in the first 12 minutes as Maria Carrillo (Santa Rosa, Calif.) handled Montgomery (Santa Rosa, Calif.), 5-0, in the CIF North Coast Division 1 final.

Read more about Maria Carrillo's victory and a stunning school accomplishment in the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat.

Strongsville (Strongsville, Ohio) needed only one goal and a stelalr defense to defeat Dublin Jerome (Dublin, Ohio), 1-0, to win the Division I state title for the fourth time since 1998.

Read a complete match report from the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

Each week during the high school season, ESPNHS highlights five weekend matches that have a compelling storyline or could have significant state, region and/or national implications. This is the final week for the matches to watch for the fall high school season.

This week, three playoff matches pitting POWERADE FAB 50 teams highlight the weekly schedule.

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Even though they are defending ECNL Flight B National Champions, Carmel United enters the season with something to prove.

"We want to play against the absolute best competition," says Ralph Richards, head coach of the U18 and U17 Carmel United squads. Both teams won the Flight B national title last year, and both have been promoted to Flight A for this season.

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Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), last year's POWERADE FAB 50 fall national champion, saw its undefeated streak ended Wednesday night, a victim of an upset loss to St. Ursula (Toledo, Ohio) in penalty kicks following a scoreless match.

Read a match report from the Falls News Press.