Team Profile: Legends FC G01 National Cup Finalists
Before their championship game at Cal South’s 2019 National Cup against the reigning USYS National Champions Rebels SC, Legends FC G01’s coach Andy Plascencia told me, “This team has an awesome story.” Legends FC G01 had already achieved their goals (and then some). Sure, the result of this championship game was important. But this team had already blown past every expectation that had been set for them.
The championship game kicked off while the rain poured at Galway Downs in Temecula. Coach Ryan Marquez’s Rebels played their tried-and-true possession-based game. They passed the ball across their back line, patiently driving towards the midfield, trying to find cracks in the Legends’ game. Occasionally, Rebels were able to get into the attacking third, as were the Legends in the opposite direction, but the game went into halftime knotted at zeros. Rebels were finally able to break the deadlock in the second half, and that was all they needed. The game ended 1-0, and the Legends run was over. The team, made up of high school juniors and seniors, finished their run as National Cup finalists.
