San Fernando Valley Quakes their trip to Fresno for the playoffs was an unhappy one: they lost 2–0 to BYU Cougars in a semi-final game which saw them reduced to 10 men and in which Franklin suffered a broken arm. Once again Ryan Shaw was the Quakes leading marksman, netting 10 goals, while standout right winger Sean Franklin led the assist sheets with 7. The Quakes had a slightly turbulent offseason, with Sean Franklin, Daniel Paladini and Mike Zaher all departing for Major League Soccer, and team relocating from Granada Hills to a new stadium in nearby Calabasas. Despite impressing during a pre-season friendly
Puget Sound Soccer Academy Rapids Puget Sound Soccer Academy Rapids Puget Sound Soccer Academy Rapids (more commonly known as PSSA Rapids) was an American soccer team, founded in 2001. The team was a member of the Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL), a recognized Division IV league in the American Soccer Pyramid which features teams from western Canada and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America, until 2009. The team played its home matches in the stadium on the campus of Whatcom Community College in the city of Bellingham, Washington. The team's colors were navy blue and white. Until 2005 the team competed