The Vardar U16 Girls
defended their title defeating the Michigan Hawks 2-1 in the
2008 Michigan State Cup Championship Game held October 13, 2007
at Founders Park in Farmington, MI. This was the fifth year in a
row that the two teams met in the Final and the fourth year that
Vardar took the championship crown. The Hawks started the
scoring early in the first half but Kayla Mannino of Bloomfield
Hills equalized the score before the half ended. Then in the
second half, Megan Siebert of Troy received a cross from Mannino
to bang the second goal home which was all that was needed by
the Vardar squad to take the championship. For her efforts
Mannino was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Anna Sieloff was named the Most Valuable Goalkeeper.
The 2008 Michigan State Cup Championship culminates a 6-0
tournament for the Vardar girls. In preliminary matches the
Vardar girls beat Michigan Gators Blue (3-2), Ann Arbor Arsenal
(8-0), CA United (3-0), Michigan Rush Nike (4-0) and Vardar
North (3-0).
The Vardar U16 team is comprised of Amanda Anton, Kelsey Breaugh,
Kyla Cross, Angela Gerback, Melanie Jonas, Christine Kelly,
Kayla Mannino, Courtney McCoy, Niki Read, Megan Siebert, Anna
Sieloff, Kacie Steinbrecher, Sara Tweedy, Riley Wood, and Anna
Zambricki. The team is coached by Demir Muftari.
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