Alaska's First National Soccer Title | Anchorage News

Alaska’s Cook Inlet Elite 2009 girls soccer team shattered records by winning the first-ever national championship for any Alaskan squad, overcoming brutal Tennessee heat and a heartbreaking near-miss last year to dominate the U-17 final against Washington’s Whatcom FC Rangers. Down late in the game, they roared back with two clutch corner-kick goals from Brooklyn Shankar and Jesenia Cortez, sealing victory in dramatic stoppage time—and proving that Alaska’s talent can conquer the nation’s best.

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