Team Chicago Academy-Brasilia is off to a great start in IYSA State Cup round-robin play with an impressive 4-0 win over Kickers.

The opening 10 minutes saw some great combination play, and Brasilia continued to move the ball very well, but just couldn’t find the back of the net. Just before half-time Kickers cleared a Brasilia corner that found Maggie Roe who calmly served a great ball to the back post for Safia Hannin to bury the chance to go up 1-0.

Brasilia continued to dominate possession in the second half, but didn’t get the insurance goal until Emerson Fuller went strong into a tackle and won the ball, and then played Maggie Roe in on goal. Maggie had a very nice finish to make it 2-0.

The third goal was a classic finish by Jasmine Ruiz who was played in, and she fought off pressure and fired the ball past the keeper to the far post. Rounding out the scoring was a nice combination between Rachel White, Maggie Roe and McKenna Schoolman resulting in Maggie committing the keeper before playing the ball across for McKenna to finish. Great overall team effort and special recognition to the defense for not allowing a goal against a very disruptive style of play.

Next up for Brasilia in State Cup is a game tomorrow (Wednesday 9/11) at 5:30pm at Nike Park versus NSA the reigning 2013 Region II champions.