Derry, Cedar Valley Begins National Cup Tournament

Derry, Cedar Valley Begins National Cup Tournament

Cedar Valley, a club soccer team in Iowa, will begin the National Cup Tournament in Denver today with a former Pierre Governor looking to win a national championship.

Rylan Derry, one of the two most decorated soccer players in Pierre Governor soccer history, and currently is at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, will be on the Cedar Valley team. Derry finished his high school career with the most career goals at 38 and most career assists at 25. He also had 19 of his 38 goals in his senior year for the Governors. Derry redshirted his freshman year at Grand View.

Cedar Valley will open up the tournament against Anaheim on Thursday at 11:30 Central Time and then play at 11:30 again on Friday against SG1 Soccer Club out of Texas. The final pool play game will be against a team from Eastern Florida at 1:30 Central Time. If Cedar Valley is one of the two teams to advance out of the pool they will play again on Sunday at 11:30 in the semifinals with the championship to be played on Monday at 9:30.