That’s when goalie Galen Lott made a key save and Brian McKim, Patrick Evans, Austin Hinzman and finally Carson scored to secure the Phoenix win over a Mat-Su team that had beaten them two weeks earlier at the Ina K tourney. (full article)

Congratulations Galen and the rest of the Phoenix 92 team for the championship and a bit of revenge (we just lost to the same team in the finals of the Ina K tournament a few weeks ago). We talked to some of the Mat-Valley players after the game and they were gracious and looking forward to a possible rematch in State Cup. Let’s hope that comes in the finals…

And for the family who is reading this, here are a few shots of Galen (click the photos for the larger versions). This from the current tournament:

And this from a few weeks before (gotta love those soccer tans):