00 Desert Elite Girls Red/Black Stars & Stripes Champs
(April)  The 00 Red and Black together win the U12 Division Championship winning 3 games and tying 1 with 5 goals for and 1 against. Playing in their first tournament together, the girls dominated play and kept the ball from the other team with great possession, movement off the ball which creates numerous scoring opportunities.  In the final vs the Hammers, the team dominated play from the opening whistle to the end of the game. With 2 great goals and a very stubborn defense it was a joy to watch.  Congrats .

99 Desert Elite Girls Black win Yavapai Cup
(April) The 99 Girls Black won the Javapai Cup with some exciting soccer. After a long layoff with no competitive games for 5 weeks the girls played awesome soccer. They won 3 games and tied 1 with 9 goals for and 4 against. The games were played in hard wind storms but the girls battled and hung together and it was fabulous to watch. In the final game vs San Tan, the girls took control from the start with 3 quick goals -1 from the run of play and 2 from set pieces. But in the second half the girls held on tight together and absorbed the pressure as San Tan scored 2 times making it a close one. The final score 3-2 and a well deserved championship. Congrats.

98 Desert Elite Boys Red Arizona State President's Cup Champions
(March) After an undefeated Maricopa League Division I Season 2, Desert Elite 98 Red Boys were ready for more winning. They did it this weekend when they brought home the President’s Cup silver bracket championship. Though down several players, they were able, with one loaner, to field a team that won their first game in Tucson on Saturday, taking it 7-2.  The team returned home on Sunday to take on CCV Stars 98 White with one less player than the day before. Though the end of the first half was 0-0, the red kicked it in gear the second half finishing the game 2-0. Guess all the  OAP with coach Jeff worked as the 98 boys did not run out of energy.  The second game of the day saw the 98 Boys down one more player and the game started well with a score of 1-0 until a PK gave the other team a chance to tie it.  The 98 boys got the game back with a score of 2-1 until a score at the very end caused the game to end in a 2-2 tie.  More

99 Desert Elite Girls Red Arizona State President's Cup Champions
(March) The Desert Elite 99 Girls ended their season on a euphoric high with the triumphant capture of the Arizona State Presidents Cup.  With a depleted squad due to injuy (both Carly and Lauren were kicking every ball from the sidelines) the girls overcame adversity and shut out their opponents in all their games, scoring 5 goals along the way.  After a nail biting but deserved penalty shoot out win in the semi final, the girls came out full of energy in the final. From the first whistle it was clear that the girls were willing to go the extra yard to bring the championship home to Cave Creek and despite dominance, especially in the midfield, and many chances in the first half, it was a stalemate at half time.  The deadlock was broken almost immediately in the second half as Peyton latched onto a cross field pass and as the keeper came out she calmly finished with a left foot shot into the bottom corner.  There was more pressure from Elite but the second goal was elusive and there was always the chance that Ahwatukee could get back into it but the back four held strong and broke up every attack that came at them.  With 10 minutes to go a well worked move from Elite and some great work from Nicole on the right gave Emma time and space in the middle to round the keeper and smash the ball into the net as though she never wanted to see it again.  Ahwatukee then threw caution to the wind and put Elite under lots of pressure but when they finally got past the stalwart defence, Mikayla was on hand to turn any shot away and Elite held onto the shut out to claim the Cup.  Fantastic achievement girls, each and every one of you!!!!!