3 Chantilly downs No. 2 Oakton, 3-0 Every time the third-ranked Chantilly girls" soccer team takes the field, there's a flash of white, black and purple along the wings. That's sophomore forward Laila Gray, spinning and winding her way through and past opponents. She's the ultra-speedy cog in the Chargers" offense - dazzling enough to have Coach Melissa Bibbee proclaim that she is "one of the best athletes I've ever coached." Against second-ranked Oakton on a wet Wednesday night, Gray was again a blur, stretching the Cougars" defense and creating scoring chances. Despite being marked early on, she scored the game's opening goal and set up the final one in Chantilly's convincing 3-0 win in a Virginia AAA Concorde District matchup in Vienna. "She's a playmaker," Bibbee said. She's dangerous with the ball at her feet. She has the ability to hold the ball, flip the ball and she has the ability to go and break other players down. She causes a ton of problems. It was Chantilly's third win over a ranked team this season. So far, the Chargers (8-1-1, 3-0) have beaten No. 4 Stone Bridge and No. 8 Robinson. Before reaching high school, Gray said she had never trained to improve her speed; it came naturally. Her older brother Sharif, who taught her to play the sport, is also quick. "Once I got into high school I just had a huge motivation and got real fast," she said. I don't know where [the speed] came from. Wednesday's game was supposed to be a matchup of two of the area's fastest players. Oakton senior forward Danielle Fitzgerald, however, a Kentucky recruit who is among the area's leading scorers with 11 goals, was held out after having her broken wrist set on Wednesday. She injured it in the Cougars" previous game, a 2-1 double overtime win over Centreville in which she scored both goals after hurting the wrist. In the 21st minute against Oakton (7-1-2, 2-1), Gray tore up the left wing, received the ball, cut inside and fired a quick shot at the goal nearly 18 yards out for Chantilly's first score. The Chargers" dominating possession of the ball helped lead to the second score, a shot by junior midfielder Sammie Shiflette in the 44th minute. Gray "is so fast I can't keep up with her," freshman forward Kayla Christian said. But for one play, she did. With two minutes left to play, Gray found an opening and fired a shot on goal. Christian, chasing down the play, chipped home the rebound. "I just focus on the ball and just go," Gray said.