Zane Bundy, well-dressed booter. (John Fisken photo)
Zane Bundy is busy dazzling the college scouts.
The Coupeville High School soccer ace spent the weekend playing in the Nike Crossfire Challenge in Redmond, considered the premier youth tourney in the Pacific Northwest.
With Bundy leading the way as a team captain, he and his Washington Rush teammates swept to first-place in Bracket B of the U19 Gold Group and will play in the semifinals Monday.
The Rush (1-0-2) will face off with Crossfire Oregon 97 Black (3-0-0) at 10 AM. Win and they advance to the championship game at 2:15.
That game would pit them against the winner of the other semifinal match-up, between Tynecastle FC (1-0-2) and Pacific Northwest SC (2-1-0).
Bundy’s squad opened with a 3-2 victory Friday over Highline Premier FC, then held on for a pair of hotly-contested 1-1 draws Saturday and Sunday.
The tournament draws select teams from multiple states (Washington, California, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Alaska, Utah and Montana) as well as Canada.
The 2014 tournament boasted more than 500 teams spread out over the various age groups and the games are closely-watched by representatives from multiple colleges.
Bundy, who was named a captain for next year’s Wolf squad (he’ll share duties with fellow senior Tanner Kircher) is just getting back into the flow of the game, having recently recovered from a leg injury that cost him most of his junior season.
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