A day after winning a Southern Section boys soccer championship, Godinez and El Doroad boith earned the No. 1 seed in Division 2 and 3, respectively, for Southern California Regionals, which begin with the first round on Tuesday at 4 p.m..
Godinez, which shut out Valencia in the CIF-SS Division 2 champions, will play host Canyon Crest Academy at Santa Ana Valley High. The CIF-SS Division 3 champion Golden Hawks will play host to Mendez of Los Angeles.
El Toro, which beat Redlands East Valley on penalty during Friday’s CIF-SS Division 1 final, earned the fourth seed in the So Cal Regional Division 1 bracket. Coronado will travel to the Chargers’ Lake Forest campus for a first round match.
The Grizzlies advanced to the championship Division 4 regional final last season, losing to Valencia of Valencia, 2-1.
“We really want to win it all. I know it is hard. You come back from such an emotional high like winning a CIF championship, and then you have to get ready to play on Tuesday,” Godinez coach Ruben Fernandez said. “But we are not satisfied with just winning CIF. We want to win it all.”
Edison, Valencia and Saddleback also earned a place in the So Cal Regionals.
Edison, which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs, is the No. 8 seed in Division 1 of the So Cal Regionals and will face top-seeded St. Augustine of San Diego.
Valencia, which lost 4-0 to Godinez in the D2 final on Saturday, will open the first round of the So Cal Regional Division 2 tournament against fourth-seeded Oceanside.
CIF-SS Division 3 semifinalist Saddleback is the No. 7 seed in the So Cal Regional Division 3 bracket and will travel to Montgomery of San Diego for Tuesday’s first round.
