Wisconsin Soccer Central

The FC Wisconsin Nationals Under-17/18 team continued its unbeaten start to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy season last weekend, taking four of a possible six points from Michigan clubs Vardar and Crew Soccer Academy Wolves.

Blake Carr (Hartland Arrowhead) finished off a feed from Tunji Akindes (Kenosha Bradford) for his third goal of the young season, then set up Petar Krecak (Muskego) for his first goal as the Nationals took a 2-0 lead against Vardar in their home opener Saturday at the club's complex in Germantown. But two late goals, one of them an own goal, allowed the visitors to salvage a 2-2 draw.

FC Wisconsin allowed a pair of late goals again on Sunday, but held off Wolves 3-2 to improve to 3-0-1 in the Mid-America Division of the Central Conference.

Abdul Kooistra (Madison Memorial) gave the Nationals the early lead, heading in a corner kick by Jordan Palmer (Whitefish Bay) in the opening minute, then scored from 20 yards out in the 33rd to double the advantage. Akindes made it 3-0 in the 53rd when he scored on a left-footed volley from 25 yards out.

The Nationals' Under-15/16 team posted its third win of the season with a 3-1 victory over Vardar on Saturday – scoring all of their goals in a 7-minute span early in the second half to overcome a halftime deficit.

Michael Carreon Jr. (Kimberly) finished off a through ball from Jonathon Hernandez in the 56th to tie the score. Simar Perez (Oak Creek) put FC Wisconsin ahead in the 61st off a free kick and Carreon closed out the scoring with an insurance goal in the 62nd – it was his third goal of the season. A day later, the 10-man Nationals suffered their first loss, falling 3-0 to Wolves.

The FC Wisconsin Under-13/14 side lost both of its matches for the second straight weekend, falling 6-0 to Vardar and 1-0 to Wolves. All three Nationals teams are back in action Saturday, taking on the Indiana Fire Academy in Westfield, Ind.

FC Wisconsin Nationals schedules, results and rosters

• Sam Fonk (Kenosha Indian Trail) opened the scoring and Mary DeWalt (Slinger) added an insurance goal in the final seconds as the FC Wisconsin Eclipse Under-17 team blanked St. Louis Scott Gallagher-Missouri 2-0 in an Elite Clubs National League Midwest Conference match Sunday in Germantown. The home club also won the Under-14 game, as Catherine Patterson (Racine) fired in a left-footed shot from 20 yards out in the 70th minute to give FCWE a 2-1 victory. Katie Wegmann (Mequon Homestead) found the net as the Under-16 side fell 2-1, while the Under-18 and Under-15 teams both lost 2-0. All five FCWE teams are off until a trip to St. Louis  on Oct. 11 and 12 for matches against Scott Gallagher-Missouri and Sporting Blue Valley. FC Wisconsin Eclipse schedules, results and rosters
• The Chicago Fire Under-15 Academy team, which included Vitalis Takawira Jr. (Greendale), lost to Pachuca 3-1 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the final of the Liga Bancomer MX Tournament on Saturday at historic Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The Fire lost to Pachuca 4-1 in group play earlier in the week and fell behind after just 2 minutes in the final, but leveled the score with a late penalty. University of Wisconsin men's assistant Stan Anderson (UW-Parkside) is an assistant for the Fire.