There were several close games at this week’s Coast Soccer League matches. The small margin of victories and numerous ties are indicative that by the third weekend of play, most teams are now starting to find cohesiveness and flow within the game. It probably didn’t help that Southern California was going through a horrendous heat wave.

“The weather was about 100 degrees, we had several really hot games,” said Reggie Rivas, head coach of the Crescenta Valley Soccer Club U18 Girls team.

Crescenta Valley SC was one of the many squads that came away on the winning side of multiple very close games.

Saturday’s bout against South Bay Force almost saw a two-goal margin disappear. Winger Janelle Topete opened the scoring summary as she finished off a rebound from a cross by Delani Curtis. Taryn Leathrop doubled the lead after finding herself at the end off a corner kick from Delani.

“It was a great game, from the top all the way through, South Bay really battled us to the very end,” Rivas said. “Every game has been a dangerous game, it could have gone either way. We were fortunate to be on top.”

Sunday’s game against Ventura County Fusion wasn’t any picnic either. Lapse of concentration didn’t allow Crescenta Valley to extent its winning margin to a comfortable lead.

Delani’s blast on goal was put away by Jordan Royer off the rebound, while Delani also found the back of the net, giving Crescenta Valley a 2-0 lead by halftime once again.

“Delani is a playmaker, has great vision, and is a great distributor with the ball,” Rivas said. “We try to get her the ball as much as possible.”

The story seamed to repeat itself as the Fusion cut the deficit in half, but Jaden Osmon scored with 15 minutes left for the 3-1 lead. Ventura County added one last goal of its own, but it was too late as the final whistle ensued.

With the pair of wins, the Girls U18 Crescenta Valley SC is at the top of the CSL standings with 13 points.

On the boy’s side, U19 LAFC West Black had similar close calls, downing NVSC Rampage on Saturday and South Bay Force on Sunday with the same 3-2 score, giving LAFC West its first two wins of the season.

Meanwhile the Fullerton Rangers White U16 Boys tallied its first points. After going winless in three games, the team tied Albion SC 1-1, and followed with another draw against Select Cities Boca Jr., 2-2, on Sunday.
Below are the results of all the past weekend’s action in the Coast Soccer League.


SATURDAY
U15 Girls: Exiles Black 1 – 1 West Coast FC United

U16 Girls: Legends FC 2 – 1 So Cal Blues Draluck
U16 Girls: Tustin United Red 2 – 1 Eagles Blue
U16 Girls: Albion SC 0 – 0 Slammers FC
U16 Girls: Arsenal FC 2 – 0 Beach Soler
U16 Girls: Real So Cal White 3 – 1 Wolfpack Blue
U16 Girls: South Bay Force 0 – 1 West Coast FC

U18 Girls: Eagles Blue 3 – 0 Eclipse Blue
U18 Girls: West Coast United 2 – 1 FC Long Beach
U18 Girls: Cypress FC Elite 4 – 3 Arsenal FC Red
U18 Girls: VC Fusion 0 – 4 Palmdale Thunder
U18 Girls: MVSC 7 – 0 Desert United
U18 Girls: South Bay Force 1 – 2 Crescenta Valley SC

U19 Girls: Fullerton Rangers White 0 – 7 Real So Cal White
U19 Girls: Slammers FC 1 – 1 West Coast FC
U19 Girls: OSC Premier White 2 – 2 Wolfpack

U16 Boys: LAFC White East 1 – 2 West Coast FC
U16 Boys: Albion SC 1 – 1 Fullerton Rangers White
U16 Boys: ISC Strikers 2 – 1 Viking SC Vikings
U16 Boys: LAFC Black West 3 – 2 Arsenal FC
U16 Boys: Select Cities Boca JR 1 – 0 Real So Cal White
U16 Boys: Pateadores 1 – 3 South Bay Force

U17 Boys: FC Golden State 2 – 5 South Bay Force
U17 Boys: Aztecs FC 1 – 2 Viking SC Vikings
U17 Boys: Pateadores White 0 – 0 Slammers FC
U17 Boys: Cypress FC Premier 3 – 1 ISC Strikers
U17 Boys: Real So Cal White 3 – 1 Arsenal FC
U17 Boys: Central CA Blues 0 – 1 Eagles

U18 Boys: Ajax FC Red 5 – 3 Oxnard Pal Gold
U18 Boys: FC Deportivo Pachuca 2 – 2 The X-Treme Black
U18 Boys: Wolfpack 1 – 0 Santa Barbara FC White
U18 Boys: UIFC Brasil 2 – 3 Exiles Red
U18 Boys: Viking SC Supreme 2 – 3 Irvine SA Matrix
U18 Boys: Colton America 3 – 1 Tustin United
U19 Boys: OC Revolution 4 – 1 Pateadores Blue
U19 Boys: West Coast FC 4 – 4 Arsenal FC
U19 Boys: LAFC Black West 3 – 2 NVSC Rampage
U19 Boys: CRSC Brigae 1 – 3 South Bay Force
U19 Boys: LAFC East 0 – 2 Real So Cal
U19 Boys: United FC Back 3 – 1 ISC Strikers

SUNDAY
U14 Girls: So Cal Blue Dodge 4 – 0 Crescenta Valley SC Blue
U14 Girls: Arsenal FC 2 – 0 Real So Cal White
U14 Girls: La Verne Lazers 1 – 1 Legends FC
U14 Girls: SCU Blue 1 – 3 West Coast FC
U14 Girls: Wolfpack Blue 2 – 1 South Bay Force
U14 Girls: Slammers FC 2 – 1 So Cal Blue Kale

U15 Girls: Albion SC 0 – 2 So Cal Blues Pearson
U15 Girls: Real So Cal White 2 – 0 Slammers FC
U15 Girls: Legends FC 0 – 3 West Coast FC
U15 Girls: LAFC 0 – 1 Beach FC

U16 Girls: So Cal Blues Draluck 1 – 0 Tustin United Red
U16 Girls: Real So Cal White 3 – 1 Albion SC
U16 Girls: Slammers FC 1 – 3 South Bay Force
U16 Girls: Wolfpack Blue 1 – 1 Arsenal FC
U16 Girls: Beach Soler 1 – 1 Eagles Blue

U17 Girls: Real So Cal White 1 – 2 Slammers FC
U17 Girls: So Cal Blues Pearson 2 – 3 Beach Soler
U17 Girls: West Coast United 1 – 0 Beach Joyner
U17 Girls: Arsenal FC-S 6 – 0 CZ Elite Soccer
U17 Girls: Legends FC Black 4 – 0 Eagles
U17 Girls: Legends FC 2 – 1 ISC Strikers

U18 Girls: Eclipse Blue 0 – 0 Cypress FC Elite
U18 Girls: FC Long Beach 0 – 1 MVSC
U18 Girls: South Bay Force 0 – 2 Eagles Blue
U18 Girls: Crescenta Valley 3 – 2 VC Fusion
U18 Girls: Palmdale Thunder 7 – 0 Desert United
U18 Girls: Arsenal FC Red 2 – 0 West Coast United

U19 Girls: ISC Strikers 1 – 3 Arsenal FC
U19 Girls: Beach FC 2 – 4 Eagles
U19 Girls: Eclipse White 1 – So Cal Blues Dodge

U14 Boys: Pateadores 0 – 4 CZ Elite Soccer
U14 Boys: South Coast Bayern 1 – 1 Arsenal FC-S
U14 Boys: Santa Monica United Blue 1 – 0 NVSC Blue
U14 Boys: West Coast FC 4 – 1 Celtic Harps
U14 Boys: Fullerton Rangers White 2 – 0 Real So Cal White
U14 Boys: FC Man United 3 – 1 Real So Cal Blue

U15 Boys: FC Golden State 3 – 0 Santa Barbara SC White
U15 Boys: Arsenal FC 3 – 4 ISC Strikers
U15 Boys: Oxnard Pal Blue 1 – 3 Laguna Niguel SC Blue
U15 Boys: LAFC West 2 – 6 South Coast Bayern
U15 Boys: CZ Elite Soccer 0 – 0 FC Golden State Black
U15 Boys: MVSC Titans 0 – 6 Pateadores

U16 Boys: South Bay Force 2 – 1 West Coast FC
U16 Boys: Viking SC Vikings 0 – 3 Pateadores
U16 Boys: ISC Strikers 0 – 3 Albion SC
U16 Boys: Real So Cal White 2 – 2 LAFC Black West
U16 Boys: Fullerston Rangers White 2 – 2 Select Cities Boca JR
U16 Boys: Arsenal FC 1 – 1 LAFC White East

U18 Boys: Oxnard Pal Gold 1 – 2 UIFC Brasil
U18 Boys: Viking SC Supreme 5 – 3 FC Deportivo Pachuca
U18 Boys: Irvine SA Matrix 2 – 0 Wolfpack
U18 Boys: Santa Barbara SC White 3 – 1 Exiles Red
U18 Boys: Tustin United 2 – 1 Ajax FC Red
U18 Boys: The X-Treme Black 2 – 3 Colton America

U19 Boys: South Bay Force 2 – 3 LAFC Black West
U19 Boys: Arsenal FC 0 – 1 United FC Black
U19 Boys: Real So Cal White 1 – 1 OC Revolution
U19 Boys: Pateadores Blue 1 – 0 CRSC Brigade
U19 Boys: West Coast FC 3 – 1 LAFC East
U19 Boys: ISC Strikers 3 – 2 NVSC Rampage