{"id":6378,"date":"2026-04-21T00:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6378"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:35:57","slug":"konocti-unified-places-second-in-folsom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6378","title":{"rendered":"Konocti United places second in Folsom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Under-18 girls soccer squad opens season in Surf Challenge Cup, goes 2-2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FOLSOM &gt;&gt; The Konocti United under-18 girls soccer team placed second in the Surf Challenge Cup on Saturday and Sunday in Folsom. It was the first tournament this year for the squad as it posted a 2-2 record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Konocti United fell 2-1 to North State Soccer in the first of its two games Saturday. After falling behind 1-0 in the first half, Hailey Perez scored to tie it up before halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe started out a little slow, but Hailey Perez scored to tie the game just before halftime and helped settle us in,\u201d assistant coach Rebecca Joyce said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team bounced back with a 4-0 win over Sierra Surf SC behind Miki Rico\u2019s hat trick and another goal from Aleeya Bondi. Kylee Denham had an assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning to the field Sunday, Konocti United beat top-seeded Blues FC 1-0 on a Denham free kick in the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur defense held strong through the second half to secure the shutout,\u201d Joyce said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A second straight win earned Konocti United another shot at North State Soccer, this time in the championship game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy that point we were dealing with some fatigue and injuries, but the girls never stopped competing,\u201d Joyce said of the team\u2019s 3-0 loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The play of keeper Kassandra Rodriguez was a strength for Konocti United in all four of its games, according to Joyce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe had a standout tournament and made a number of key saves throughout the weekend to keep us in every match,\u201d Joyce said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Konocti United&#8217;s head coach is Flavio Arias.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under-18 girls soccer squad opens season in Surf Challenge Cup, goes 2-2 Lake County Sports on Facebook FOLSOM &gt;&gt; The Konocti United under-18 girls soccer team placed second in the Surf Challenge Cup on Saturday and Sunday in Folsom. It was the first tournament this year for the squad as it posted a 2-2 record. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6381,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6378\/revisions\/6381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}