Youth soccer: Nine teams have perfect records at national championships

Nine teams had perfect records after two days of the Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Germantown, Md.

FC Delco Arsenal (U-18 boys), the Irvine Strikers (U-17 boys) and West Valley Samba (U-15 girls) are the only teams to clinch spots in Sunday's finals. The top two teams advance to the finals.

Also 2-0 after Day 2 are Rochester Junior Rhinos (U-15 boys), Maryland Bays (U-14 boys), San Diego Surf White (U-19 girls), Atlanta Lightning (U-18 girls), Tsunami Sota (U-17 girls) and Newport Beach Slammers (U-14 girls).

California-South leads the way with four unbeaten and untied teams: the Irvine boys and San Diego, West Valley and Newport Beach girls. Arsenal is one of two unbeaten Delco teams. FC Delco Dynamo II has a win and a tie in the U-16 boys competition.

Tsunami Sota (Minn.) and the Rochester Junior Rhinos lead all teams with eight goals apiece. For the second day in a row, Caroline Smith had a hat trick for Tsunami Sota to lead the Minneapolis club past the Huntington (N.Y.) Fury, 4-2. The Rhinos, the first New York West team to play in the national championships, beat the Palos Verdes (Calif.) Raiders, 2-1.