The U10's coached by Lisa Busch went 0-2-1 in their first club soccer experience ever as they attempted to familiarize themselves with the 8 vs 8 format for under 10's. Although the girls never made it out of their group they were competitive in all the games but their first. Overall it was obvious the team was lacking in experience and cohesion, something which will only be remedied by more competitive games and a lot more practice. With their early tournament exit, the girls found lots of time to shop in the Nike tent.

The U11's (defending state champions) coached by Ron Downer found going a little tougher than they expected. As if they wore targets on their backs, teams came after them with fury but the girls survived a group play scare by the Rancho Santa Fe Attack, pulling out a tie with a second half goal by Kendall Holiday.

Things would again get difficult for the U11's as Mission Viejo held them to a partial score of 0-0 at half time of the semifinal match. Chelsea Card, however, came into the game in the second half dishing off an assist and scoring two goals of her own to put the U11 favorites into the finals against upstart Irvine.

Irvine's team started the game on fire as they pinned the defending state champs in their own end for most of the first half and after a barrage of shots, took a 1-0 lead into half time. The Blues came alive in the second half and again it was Kendall Holiday with the equalizer sending the game into two 5 minute overtime periods. Saving the day for the Blues in the last minute of the second overtime was Shannon Doersam who banged home a direct freekick from 20 yards at the top of the penalty area when the referee made a hand ball call on an Irvine defender.

The Under 12 girls, winners of last year's Surf Thanksgiving Tournament battled their way out of group play with 2 wins and 1-1 tie against 1995 U11 defending WAGS champion, Bethesda Dragons. The quarterfinal match was a tough game the Blues dominated against host team Surf that ended in a 0-0 draw. In the ensuing penalty kick contest Blues goalkeeper Staci Sinkway came up big as she saved two PK's and the Blues advanced to the semifinal against defending state champion, Santa Anita Redhots.

The Redhots dominated much of the semifinal match as the Blues had difficulty in finding any rhythm. The defensive line for the Blues led by Daniel Fenning, Stacey Lindstrom, Allison Vislay, and Emmy Dukolil were outstanding in holding off the Redhots time and time again. With 10 minutes left in the game, Blues forward Tessa Baker escaped down the left flank and got taken down in the area for a penalty which was converted by Sheena Jarvis. The Blues defense made the 1-0 score hold up and the girls squeaked into the finals.

In the final game against the Upland Celtics the Blues luck seemed to run out. 10 minutes into the game which was extremely physical, Daniel Fenning had to leave the game with an ankle injury and the Blues never seemed to recover from her loss. The Celtics scored their only goal minutes later which would prove to be the difference.

Although the Blues fought valiantly, they didn't have it in the finals as two more starters had to leave the game and Upland went on to win 1-0 in a game the Celtic clearly deserved.

The U13 Blues Surf experience proved to be one of inconsistency. The team played some of the best Blues soccer of the weekend but still managed to fall short of doing what it takes to win a championship of this calibre.

The team started off the weekend with a 2-1 victory over a hungry Jusa Stepsisters team. Then the girls turned around and lost to the Mustang Thunderbirds from Northern California 2-0. In the T-Bird game coach Tad Bobak felt his team played well and it was an even game with the Birds dominating early and the Blues coming on in the second half, but the Thunderbirds scored one goal early and the other late on a counter attack when the Blues were pushed up in the opponents half.

This left the U13's with a must win situation in their third game vs another Northern California opponent, the San Juan Spirits. The Blues responded with some of their best soccer putting on a clinic as Courtney Marino struck for two early goals. The team then cruised onto a 4-1 victory and a chance to play the Santa Barbara Legends in the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals the Legends proved to be too much and exposed the Blues defense scoring 3 unanswered goals to move onto the semifinals. One Blues player who deserves mention for her outstanding performance over the weekend was goalkeeper Erin Clark.

Unfortunately for the Blues U14's there exists a team they have never been able to defeat. That team is the Surf U14, winner of the State Championship in their age bracket for the past 4 years.