Wisconsin Soccer Central

A last-minute goal ended SC Waukesha Blue's quest to claim the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Under-15 girls championship on Wednesday morning.

The Wisconsin state champion took the early lead, but Bailey Korhorn equalized for Alliance Academy Black and then scored the winner off a corner kick in the 80th minute as the Michigan side prevailed 2-1 in Beavercreek, Ohio.

Kylie Sprecher (Menomonee Falls) scored for the second straight game, with her 13th-minute goal putting SC Waukesha Blue ahead in the regional final. It was Sprecher's third goal of the tournament.

Korhorn, though, levelled the score in the 32nd and found the net again in the final moments – SC Waukesha had allowed only one goal in its first four games.

Marquette's Liz Bartels scored her fourth goal of the regional as Team Chicago Academy-Botafogo topped Ohio Premier Eclipse 2-0 in the Under-19 girls final. The winning side also includes Marquette's Ashley Handwork, incoming Marquette freshmen Heather Handwork and Katie Ciesiulka and UW's Rose Lavelle.

In the Under-18 boys final, Scott Nicolai (Eau Claire Memorial) and Minnesota's St. Croix SC fell to Michigan's Waza FC East Juniors 3-1. And the Chicago Fire Academy, with Marquette's Louis Bennett II (Shorewood) and Jake Taylor (Whitefish Bay) and UW's Nick Jones, lost to Missouri's Raytown SC 2-1 in the Under-19 boys final. Jones tied for third in the division with four goals in five games.

• The FC Wisconsin Eclipse Under-15, Under-16 and Under-17 girls teams are in the Seattle area for this weekend's Elite Clubs National League playoffs, which start today in Redmond, Wash. All three FCWE sides are playing in the North American Cup competition – the top 32 teams in each age group are contesting the Champions League. In the North American Cup, teams will play Thursday, Friday and Sunday, with each group winner advancing to the ECNL national finals from July 13 to 17 in Richmond, Va. The FCWE Under-16 team (11-9-4) is seeded sixth and will face Ohio Elite, Connecticut's SoccerPlus Elite and California's San Juan SC in pool play. In Under-17 play, seventh-seeded FC Wisconsin Eclipse (10-12-3) takes on Florida's Orlando City YS, Pennsylvania's Continental FC Delco and Texas' Solar Chelsea. Group foes for the Under-15 side (6-13-3) are West Florida Flames, California's Strikers FC and Ohio's Internationals SC. FC Wisconsin Eclipse schedules/results/rosters
• Wauwatosa's Matt Ream, who coaches at Bavarian SC and is an assistant for the Alverno College women's team, was selected for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's 30 Under 30 program. The year-long mentorship and education program, which started last year, aims to support up-and-coming coaches. The NSCAA received more than 600 applications for the program. Ream grew up in northern California and played amateur soccer both there and in the Milwaukee area, also has coached on the high school level and has a U.S. Soccer Federation "C" license. "In bettering myself through contemporary continuing education, I hope to have a more profound impact on the children that I work with closely on a daily basis," Ream said in an NSCAA news release. Logan Hoffman, a former UW-Green Bay men's assistant who now holds the same position at New Hampshire, was part of the inaugural 30 Under 30 class.