U14 Boys

Re: U14 Boys

If MPS didn't care about the SC results why would they have a kid change teams for the SC games? Can't have it both ways. Or, is it possible that the importance of SC depends on the individual coaches and is not a general MPS policy one way or the other?

If they didn't care, they wouldn't whine about the seeding either. Nor would they be making posts about what Maple teams have to go through them to make the RR.

:o who cares

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I have the semis as Expos Bolts Puma Aztec, the order is a pick'em, finalists depend on how the matchups turn out so RoundRobin ranking is key. All three games will be close, no suprise if a game has to go to PKs, perhaps two. Will be a huge weekend, as it should be.

Re: BU14 State Cup Competitors' Spring Plans

Here's this week's summary - home stretch now!

Results:

FCGB - Dix Hills - Smithtown Kickers (W 1-0), Bayside Aston Villa (T 1-1), Massapequa (L 2-1) (all NYE, Bayside Reg 1)
R1 3/8 Puma vs. Albertson (ENY), 2-4.
R1 3/8 Puma vs. South Central (CT), 1-1.
R1 3/8 FCGB vs. South Central (CT), 1-0.
R1 3/8 FCGB vs. Albertson (ENY), 3-3.
Puma - Blues City - Blitz United (OK) (W 4-0), Galaxy Blue (IL) (L 0-1), SemiFinal: Puma-Schaumberg Demolition (IL) (W 2-1), Final: Puma-Galazy Blue (IL) (L 0-1)
Expos - Scorpion Bowl - Inter SC (Boston) (W 2-0), Southeast Premier (CT) (W 3-0)
FC United - Jeff. Cup - Annandale VA Boys & Girls Utd (L 0-7), Highland Fever (NJ)(L 1-5), Team America (VA)(W 1-0)
Aztec SC - Countryside - Aztec-Braden River T 1-1, Aztec-Clay County W 1-0, SemiFinal Aztec-Clay County L 1-2
R1 3/29 Bolts vs. LSTS FC Madrid (NJ) 3-0
R1 3/29 Bolts vs. FC Somers Lasers (ENY) 1-0
R1 3/29 Puma vs. Bayside Aston Villa (ENY) 0-2
R1 3/29 Puma vs. PDA Ronaldo (NJ) 1-3
Western Friendlies: Western-FSA NO REPORT, Western-Berkshire NO REPORT, Western-Sachems NO REPORT, Western-Jr. Pioneers NO REPORT
4/6 MAPLE Puma-Expos 1-4
4/6 MAPLE Western-E Mass 3-1
4/6 MAPLE FC United-Eagles 1-2
4/6 MAPLE Blast-Aztec 0-3
4/6 MAPLE NSU-Explosion PPD 5/3
4/6 MASC Crusaders PD-Taunton 4-0
4/5-6 Bulldogs - Seacoast Inv - FSA 0-1, South County 5-0, Ottawa 2-1, Maine Metro 3-1
4/5-6 Crusaders - Seacoat Inv - Odyssey 1-1, West Hartford 0-2, Maine Metro 3-1, Nordic 1-0
4/12 R1 Bolts-Puma 0-0
4/13 MAPLE Western-Blast 2-3
4/13 MAPLE Stars-FC United 1-6
4/13 MAPLE EMass-Aztec 0-1
4/13 MAPLE Inter-Puma 0-1
4/13 MAPLE Expos-Cape Cod 1-0
4/13 MAPLE Berkshire-NSU 3-0
4/13 MASC Taunton-Cent MA (Taunton) NO REPORT
4/19 R1 Bolts-Bayside Aston Villa 1-0
4/19 R1 Bolts-PDA Ronaldo 2-1
4/19 R1 Puma-LSTS 1-0
4/19 R1 Puma-Somers 4-1
4/20 MAP1 Blast-EMass 1-1
4/20 MAP1 Aztec-Western 1-0
4/20 MAP1 Puma-Cape Cod 1-0
4/20 MAP1 Expos-Inter 1-0
4/20 MAP2 FC United-Legend 2-1
4/20 MAP2 NSU-Unity 1-1
4/20 MASC Liverpool-Taunton NO REPORT
4/19 SY Bulldogs-Nordic 1-1
4/20 SY Crusaders-Nordic 0-0
4/27 MAP1 Blast-Puma 0-5
4/27 MAP1 Aztec-Expos 0-1
4/27 MAP1 Cape Cod-EMass 3-1
4/27 MAP1 Western-Inter 2-1
4/27 MAP2 FC United-NSU 2-1
4/27 SY Blackwatch-Crusaders 3-0
5/3 MAP1 Explosion-NSU 2-0 (makeup 4/6)
5/4 MAP1 Expos-Blast PPD
5/4 MAP1 Inter-Aztec 1-0
5/4 MAP1 Puma-EMass 1-3
5/4 MAP1 Western-Cape Cod 1-1
5/4 MAP2 FC United-Unity PPD
5/4 MAP2 NSU-NE Eagles 0-3
5/3 SCC FCU-Aztec 0-1 PK
5/4 SY Blackwatch-Bulldogs PPD
5/4 SY BWRI-Crusaders 1-0
5/8 SCC EMass-Crusaders 0-2
5/10 SCC NSU-Taunton 1-0
5/10 SCC Blast-Bulldogs 1-2
5/10-5/11 Reg1 Bolts playoff series - Baltimore Bays 0-3, Spirit United Celtic 1-3
5/11 MAP1 Inter-Blast 5-2
5/11 MAP1 Cape Cod-Aztec 0-1
5/11 MAP1 Puma-Western 3-2
5/11 MAP1 Expos-EMass 5-0
5/11 MAP2 Stars-NSU 2-1
5/13 SuY Bulldogs - Seacoast NO REPORT
5/18 MAP1 WU - Expo's 3-3
5/18 MAP1 Aztec - Puma 1-0
5/18 MAP2 NSU - Legend 4-3

State Cup challenge games:
5 - FC United - Aztec SC - 0-1 (PK)
6 - North Shore Utd - Taunton - 1-0
7 - Eastern Mass - MPS Crusaders 0-2
8 - Boston Blast - MPS Bulldogs - 1-2

Summary (ordered by MYSA State Cup seeding):

1 Expos: Maple D1 -- [6-0-1] Scorpion Bowl [2-0-0]. Needham
2 Puma: Region 1 Premier [2-3-2], Maple D1 [4-3-0] -- Blue City (TN) Finalist [2-2-0], Oakwood
3 Bolts: Region 1 Premier [5-0-2, 0-2-0] -- Dix Hills (NY) [1-1-1], ManU Cup (OR)
4 Western Utd: Maple D1 [2-3-2] -- Western Friendlies [?-?-?]
5 Aztec SC: Maple D1 [5-2-0] -- Countryside [1-1-1]
6 NSU: Maple D2 [1-5-1]
7 MPS Crusaders: Super-Y [0-2-1] -- Seacoast Invitational [2-1-1], US Club Nationals
8 MPS Bulldogs: Super-Y [0-0-1] -- Seacoast Invitational [3-1-0], US Club Nationals

Upcoming Memorial Day Weekend plans:

Expos: Needham (MA)
Puma: Oakwood Invitational (CT)
Bolts: Nike-ManU (OR)
MPS Crusaders: US Club National Cup Regionals (NY)
MPS Bulldogs: US Club National Cup Regionals (NY)
no reports from the other clubs.

State Cup
RoundRobin - games at Lancaster 5/31 8:15 (fields 1-4) 1:15 (5-8) 6/1 12:45 (1-4)
Red Group: Expo's, Bolts, NSU, Bulldogs
Black Group: Puma, WU, Aztec, Crusaders
Semi-Finals - 6/14 Red Winner vs. Black Runnerup, Black Winner vs. Red Runnerup
Final - 6/15

Key Dates/Tournament Info:
Region 1 Championships (ME) 6/26-7/1 (SC winner goes)
USYS Nationals (R1 winner goes) 7/21-27
US Club National Cup Finals - VA Beach VA - 7/26-29

Stats:
3/17 205 posts/8344 views
3/24 209/8719
3/31 210/8987
4/7 223/9591
4/14 234/10414
4/21 248/11320
4/28 255/11787
5/5 257/12061
5/12 260/12269
5/19 271/12570

As always, post your additions and corrections, thanks...
Thanks everybody, Well done all! Have fun!

Re: BU14 State Cup Competitors' Spring Plans

Here's this week's summary - home stretch now!

Results:

FCGB - Dix Hills - Smithtown Kickers (W 1-0), Bayside Aston Villa (T 1-1), Massapequa (L 2-1) (all NYE, Bayside Reg 1)
R1 3/8 Puma vs. Albertson (ENY), 2-4.
R1 3/8 Puma vs. South Central (CT), 1-1.
R1 3/8 FCGB vs. South Central (CT), 1-0.
R1 3/8 FCGB vs. Albertson (ENY), 3-3.
Puma - Blues City - Blitz United (OK) (W 4-0), Galaxy Blue (IL) (L 0-1), SemiFinal: Puma-Schaumberg Demolition (IL) (W 2-1), Final: Puma-Galazy Blue (IL) (L 0-1)
Expos - Scorpion Bowl - Inter SC (Boston) (W 2-0), Southeast Premier (CT) (W 3-0)
FC United - Jeff. Cup - Annandale VA Boys & Girls Utd (L 0-7), Highland Fever (NJ)(L 1-5), Team America (VA)(W 1-0)
Aztec SC - Countryside - Aztec-Braden River T 1-1, Aztec-Clay County W 1-0, SemiFinal Aztec-Clay County L 1-2
R1 3/29 Bolts vs. LSTS FC Madrid (NJ) 3-0
R1 3/29 Bolts vs. FC Somers Lasers (ENY) 1-0
R1 3/29 Puma vs. Bayside Aston Villa (ENY) 0-2
R1 3/29 Puma vs. PDA Ronaldo (NJ) 1-3
Western Friendlies: Western-FSA NO REPORT, Western-Berkshire NO REPORT, Western-Sachems NO REPORT, Western-Jr. Pioneers NO REPORT
4/6 MAPLE Puma-Expos 1-4
4/6 MAPLE Western-E Mass 3-1
4/6 MAPLE FC United-Eagles 1-2
4/6 MAPLE Blast-Aztec 0-3
4/6 MAPLE NSU-Explosion PPD 5/3
4/6 MASC Crusaders PD-Taunton 4-0
4/5-6 Bulldogs - Seacoast Inv - FSA 0-1, South County 5-0, Ottawa 2-1, Maine Metro 3-1
4/5-6 Crusaders - Seacoat Inv - Odyssey 1-1, West Hartford 0-2, Maine Metro 3-1, Nordic 1-0
4/12 R1 Bolts-Puma 0-0
4/13 MAPLE Western-Blast 2-3
4/13 MAPLE Stars-FC United 1-6
4/13 MAPLE EMass-Aztec 0-1
4/13 MAPLE Inter-Puma 0-1
4/13 MAPLE Expos-Cape Cod 1-0
4/13 MAPLE Berkshire-NSU 3-0
4/13 MASC Taunton-Cent MA (Taunton) NO REPORT
4/19 R1 Bolts-Bayside Aston Villa 1-0
4/19 R1 Bolts-PDA Ronaldo 2-1
4/19 R1 Puma-LSTS 1-0
4/19 R1 Puma-Somers 4-1
4/20 MAP1 Blast-EMass 1-1
4/20 MAP1 Aztec-Western 1-0
4/20 MAP1 Puma-Cape Cod 1-0
4/20 MAP1 Expos-Inter 1-0
4/20 MAP2 FC United-Legend 2-1
4/20 MAP2 NSU-Unity 1-1
4/20 MASC Liverpool-Taunton NO REPORT
4/19 SY Bulldogs-Nordic 1-1
4/20 SY Crusaders-Nordic 0-0
4/27 MAP1 Blast-Puma 0-5
4/27 MAP1 Aztec-Expos 0-1
4/27 MAP1 Cape Cod-EMass 3-1
4/27 MAP1 Western-Inter 2-1
4/27 MAP2 FC United-NSU 2-1
4/27 SY Blackwatch-Crusaders 3-0
5/3 MAP1 Explosion-NSU 2-0 (makeup 4/6)
5/4 MAP1 Expos-Blast PPD
5/4 MAP1 Inter-Aztec 1-0
5/4 MAP1 Puma-EMass 1-3
5/4 MAP1 Western-Cape Cod 1-1
5/4 MAP2 FC United-Unity PPD
5/4 MAP2 NSU-NE Eagles 0-3
5/3 SCC FCU-Aztec 0-1 PK
5/4 SY Blackwatch-Bulldogs PPD
5/4 SY BWRI-Crusaders 1-0
5/8 SCC EMass-Crusaders 0-2
5/10 SCC NSU-Taunton 1-0
5/10 SCC Blast-Bulldogs 1-2
5/10-5/11 Reg1 Bolts playoff series - Baltimore Bays 0-3, Spirit United Celtic 1-3
5/11 MAP1 Inter-Blast 5-2
5/11 MAP1 Cape Cod-Aztec 0-1
5/11 MAP1 Puma-Western 3-2
5/11 MAP1 Expos-EMass 5-0
5/11 MAP2 Stars-NSU 2-1
5/13 SuY Bulldogs - Seacoast NO REPORT
5/18 MAP1 WU - Expo's 3-3
5/18 MAP1 Aztec - Puma 1-0
5/18 MAP2 NSU - Legend 4-3

State Cup challenge games:
5 - FC United - Aztec SC - 0-1 (PK)
6 - North Shore Utd - Taunton - 1-0
7 - Eastern Mass - MPS Crusaders 0-2
8 - Boston Blast - MPS Bulldogs - 1-2

Summary (ordered by MYSA State Cup seeding):

1 Expos: Maple D1 -- [6-0-1] Scorpion Bowl [2-0-0]. Needham
2 Puma: Region 1 Premier [2-3-2], Maple D1 [4-3-0] -- Blue City (TN) Finalist [2-2-0], Oakwood
3 Bolts: Region 1 Premier [5-0-2, 0-2-0] -- Dix Hills (NY) [1-1-1], ManU Cup (OR)
4 Western Utd: Maple D1 [2-3-2] -- Western Friendlies [?-?-?]
5 Aztec SC: Maple D1 [5-2-0] -- Countryside [1-1-1]
6 NSU: Maple D2 [1-5-1]
7 MPS Crusaders: Super-Y [0-2-1] -- Seacoast Invitational [2-1-1], US Club Nationals
8 MPS Bulldogs: Super-Y [0-0-1] -- Seacoast Invitational [3-1-0], US Club Nationals

Upcoming Memorial Day Weekend plans:

Expos: Needham (MA)
Puma: Oakwood Invitational (CT)
Bolts: Nike-ManU (OR)
MPS Crusaders: US Club National Cup Regionals (NY)
MPS Bulldogs: US Club National Cup Regionals (NY)
no reports from the other clubs.

State Cup
RoundRobin - games at Lancaster 5/31 8:15 (fields 1-4) 1:15 (5-8) 6/1 12:45 (1-4)
Red Group: Expo's, Bolts, NSU, Bulldogs
Black Group: Puma, WU, Aztec, Crusaders
Semi-Finals - 6/14 Red Winner vs. Black Runnerup, Black Winner vs. Red Runnerup
Final - 6/15

Key Dates/Tournament Info:
Region 1 Championships (ME) 6/26-7/1 (SC winner goes)
USYS Nationals (R1 winner goes) 7/21-27
US Club National Cup Finals - VA Beach VA - 7/26-29

Stats:
3/17 205 posts/8344 views
3/24 209/8719
3/31 210/8987
4/7 223/9591
4/14 234/10414
4/21 248/11320
4/28 255/11787
5/5 257/12061
5/12 260/12269
5/19 271/12570

As always, post your additions and corrections, thanks...
Thanks everybody, Well done all! Have fun!

Re: U14 Boys

Sorry for the double post, something seems to be funky in serverland - the window I posted in has flashed a couple of times but has not returned yet and I see the post is duped above, beware the new format!

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Aztec and NSU both playing Delta Invitational (Lancaster) http://invitational.deltafc.org/acceptedteams.html

Re: BU14 State Cup Competitors' Spring Plans

Here's this week's summary - probably the last time for this one! With Memorial Day Results and SC schedule

Results:

FCGB - Dix Hills - Smithtown Kickers (W 1-0), Bayside Aston Villa (T 1-1), Massapequa (L 2-1) (all NYE, Bayside Reg 1)
R1 3/8 Puma vs. Albertson (ENY), 2-4.
R1 3/8 Puma vs. South Central (CT), 1-1.
R1 3/8 FCGB vs. South Central (CT), 1-0.
R1 3/8 FCGB vs. Albertson (ENY), 3-3.
Puma - Blues City - Blitz United (OK) (W 4-0), Galaxy Blue (IL) (L 0-1), SemiFinal: Puma-Schaumberg Demolition (IL) (W 2-1), Final: Puma-Galazy Blue (IL) (L 0-1)
Expos - Scorpion Bowl - Inter SC (Boston) (W 2-0), Southeast Premier (CT) (W 3-0)
FC United - Jeff. Cup - Annandale VA Boys & Girls Utd (L 0-7), Highland Fever (NJ)(L 1-5), Team America (VA)(W 1-0)
Aztec SC - Countryside - Aztec-Braden River T 1-1, Aztec-Clay County W 1-0, SemiFinal Aztec-Clay County L 1-2
R1 3/29 Bolts vs. LSTS FC Madrid (NJ) 3-0
R1 3/29 Bolts vs. FC Somers Lasers (ENY) 1-0
R1 3/29 Puma vs. Bayside Aston Villa (ENY) 0-2
R1 3/29 Puma vs. PDA Ronaldo (NJ) 1-3
Western Friendlies: Western-FSA NO REPORT, Western-Berkshire NO REPORT, Western-Sachems NO REPORT, Western-Jr. Pioneers NO REPORT
4/6 MAPLE Puma-Expos 1-4
4/6 MAPLE Western-E Mass 3-1
4/6 MAPLE FC United-Eagles 1-2
4/6 MAPLE Blast-Aztec 0-3
4/6 MAPLE NSU-Explosion PPD 5/3
4/6 MASC Crusaders PD-Taunton 4-0
4/5-6 Bulldogs - Seacoast Inv - FSA 0-1, South County 5-0, Ottawa 2-1, Maine Metro 3-1
4/5-6 Crusaders - Seacoat Inv - Odyssey 1-1, West Hartford 0-2, Maine Metro 3-1, Nordic 1-0
4/12 R1 Bolts-Puma 0-0
4/13 MAPLE Western-Blast 2-3
4/13 MAPLE Stars-FC United 1-6
4/13 MAPLE EMass-Aztec 0-1
4/13 MAPLE Inter-Puma 0-1
4/13 MAPLE Expos-Cape Cod 1-0
4/13 MAPLE Berkshire-NSU 3-0
4/13 MASC Taunton-Cent MA (Taunton) NO REPORT
4/19 R1 Bolts-Bayside Aston Villa 1-0
4/19 R1 Bolts-PDA Ronaldo 2-1
4/19 R1 Puma-LSTS 1-0
4/19 R1 Puma-Somers 4-1
4/20 MAP1 Blast-EMass 1-1
4/20 MAP1 Aztec-Western 1-0
4/20 MAP1 Puma-Cape Cod 1-0
4/20 MAP1 Expos-Inter 1-0
4/20 MAP2 FC United-Legend 2-1
4/20 MAP2 NSU-Unity 1-1
4/20 MASC Liverpool-Taunton NO REPORT
4/19 SY Bulldogs-Nordic 1-1
4/20 SY Crusaders-Nordic 0-0
4/27 MAP1 Blast-Puma 0-5
4/27 MAP1 Aztec-Expos 0-1
4/27 MAP1 Cape Cod-EMass 3-1
4/27 MAP1 Western-Inter 2-1
4/27 MAP2 FC United-NSU 2-1
4/27 SY Blackwatch-Crusaders 3-0
5/3 MAP1 Explosion-NSU 2-0 (makeup 4/6)
5/4 MAP1 Expos-Blast PPD
5/4 MAP1 Inter-Aztec 1-0
5/4 MAP1 Puma-EMass 1-3
5/4 MAP1 Western-Cape Cod 1-1
5/4 MAP2 FC United-Unity PPD
5/4 MAP2 NSU-NE Eagles 0-3
5/3 SCC FCU-Aztec 0-1 PK
5/4 SY Blackwatch-Bulldogs PPD
5/4 SY BWRI-Crusaders 1-0
5/8 SCC EMass-Crusaders 0-2
5/10 SCC NSU-Taunton 1-0
5/10 SCC Blast-Bulldogs 1-2
5/10-5/11 Reg1 Bolts playoff series - Baltimore Bays 0-3, Spirit United Celtic 1-3
5/11 MAP1 Inter-Blast 5-2
5/11 MAP1 Cape Cod-Aztec 0-1
5/11 MAP1 Puma-Western 3-2
5/11 MAP1 Expos-EMass 5-0
5/11 MAP2 Stars-NSU 2-1
5/13 SuY Bulldogs - Seacoast NO REPORT
5/18 MAP1 WU - Expo's 3-3
5/18 MAP1 Aztec - Puma 1-0
5/18 MAP2 NSU - Legend 4-3
5/24-5/26: Expos: Needham (MA): Bolts U13 W 2-0, EMass W 6-0, Terriers T 2-2, Stars (semi) W 4-1, Smithtown (final) NO REPORT [3-0-1]
Puma: Oakwood Invitational (CT): Odyssey (ME), NE Utd (CT), Pride (CT) NO REPORTS
5/23-5/26 Bolts: Nike-ManU (OR): FC Delco (NJ) T 1-1, Nomads (CA) L 2-1, Wind (IL) L 1-0, Lake Oswego (OR) W 2-1, Real So Cal L 2-1 [1-3-1]
5/24-5/26 MPS Crusaders: US Club National Cup Regionals (NY): Bruno (RI) W 2-1, Middlepath (NY) L 4-2, Inter SC T 1-1 [1-1-1]
5/24-5/26 MPS Bulldogs: US Club National Cup Regionals (NY): Somers Lasers T 0-0, Blackwatch L 2-0, SONE (NY) W 5-0 [1-1-1]
5/24-5/26 Aztec Delta: Lusitana W 4-0, AC Caldo W 4-1, NSU W 1-0, Stingers W 1-0, Stingers (final) W 2-0 [5-0-0, Champion]
5/24-5/26 NSU Delta: AC Caldo L 5-1, Stingers L 1-0, Aztec L 1-0, Lusitana L 3-1 [0-4-0]

State Cup challenge games:
5 - FC United - Aztec SC - 0-1 (PK)
6 - North Shore Utd - Taunton - 1-0
7 - Eastern Mass - MPS Crusaders 0-2
8 - Boston Blast - MPS Bulldogs - 1-2

Summary (ordered by MYSA State Cup seeding):

1 Expos: Maple D1 -- [6-0-1] Scorpion Bowl [2-0-0]. Needham [3-0-1]
2 Puma: Region 1 Premier [2-3-2], Maple D1 [4-3-0] -- Blue City (TN) Finalist [2-2-0], Oakwood
3 Bolts: Region 1 Premier [5-0-2, 0-2-0] -- Dix Hills (NY) [1-1-1], ManU Cup (OR) [1-3-1]
4 Western Utd: Maple D1 [2-3-2] -- Western Friendlies [?-?-?]
5 Aztec SC: Maple D1 [5-2-0] -- Countryside [1-1-1] Delta [5-0-0, Champion]
6 NSU: Maple D2 [1-5-1] Delta [0-4-0]
7 MPS Crusaders: Super-Y [0-2-1] -- Seacoast Invitational [2-1-1], US Club Nationals Regional [1-1-1]
8 MPS Bulldogs: Super-Y [0-0-1] -- Seacoast Invitational [3-1-0], US Club Nationals Regional [1-1-1]


State Cup
RoundRobin - games at Lancaster: fields 1-5: turf, 6-10: grass-front section, 11-16: grass-back section
Red Group: Expo's, Bolts, NSU, Bulldogs
Black Group: Puma, WU, Aztec, Crusaders
5/31 9:15 #1 Puma-Crusaders
5/31 9:15 #2 WU-Aztec
5/31 9:15 #3 Expos-Bulldogs
5/31 9:15 #4 Bolts-NSU
5/31 1:15 #6 WU-Crusaders
5/31 1:15 #7 Puma-Aztecs
5/31 1:15 #8 Bolts-Bulldogs
5/31 1:15 #12 Expos-NSU
6/1 12:45 #6 Expos-Bolts
6/1 12:45 #13 NSU-Bulldogs
6/1 12:45 #15 Puma-WU
6/1 12:45 #16 Aztec-Crusaders
Semi-Finals - 6/14 Red Winner vs. Black Runnerup, Black Winner vs. Red Runnerup
Final - 6/15


Stats:
3/17 205 posts/8344 views
3/24 209/8719
3/31 210/8987
4/7 223/9591
4/14 234/10414
4/21 248/11320
4/28 255/11787
5/5 257/12061
5/12 260/12269
5/19 271/12570
5/28 274/12714

As always, post your additions and corrections, thanks...
- no report on Needham final (Expos)
- no report on Puma at OPI

Thanks everybody, Well done all! Have fun!

Re: U14 Boys

Any surprises?

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I have the semis as Expos Bolts Puma Aztec, the order is a pick'em, finalists depend on how the matchups turn out so RoundRobin ranking is key. All three games will be close, no suprise if a game has to go to PKs, perhaps two. Will be a huge weekend, as it should be.

Probably not a surprise (certainly not to my kids), but I was wrong - congrats, especially to Western United (Red runnerup to Aztec) and Bolts, Expos from the Black. Well done to the other competitors, all aquitted themselves well, nearly all games I saw were close.

Fairly well refereed, fields were holding up pretty well, trash not too bad, rain mostly held off, and we got in some exercise jogging to the Flea Market! Good luck at Rider and see you at the semi's!

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Bolts-Western 6-2
Expo's-Aztec 1-0
Final tomorrow 8AM Field 4

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Expos win on PK's. Sounds like it was exciting. Anyone see the game and care to comment?

[onthree]

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Congrats to Expo's team who play with competitive desire. They are repeat SC champs (can't remember: did they win on PKs last year, too?). They scored first as they did in the RR game that Bolts won two weekends ago. Bolts evened the score but saw Expo's go ahead again on a PK. Bolts forced overtime with a lazer from outside, following the second ball off a well-earned corner (if I remember correctly, it was a corner). With a field player in net instead of their keeper (keeper was later given the MVP award probably in recognition of two saves he made during the game--he tipped over a direct kick that was curling and dipping under the bar, and he extended a header that was headed for the upper corner), Expo's won with a sixth sudden-victory PK after the first five for each team scored.

As a biased but well-informed observer, I see two different styles of play when these teams battle: The Bolts move the ball around well in tight spaces through combination play and creative 1v1 work while Expo's team plays direct from the back to chase down and muscle into the final third. My bias finds two roots: 1) I am a Bolts fan; 2) I am a huge fan of the former style and not the latter. Good luck to Expo's at regionals.

Re: U14 Boys

Congrats to Expo's team who play with competitive desire. They are repeat SC champs (can't remember: did they win on PKs last year, too?). They scored first as they did in the RR game that Bolts won two weekends ago. Bolts evened the score but saw Expo's go ahead again on a PK. Bolts forced overtime with a lazer from outside, following the second ball off a well-earned corner (if I remember correctly, it was a corner). With a field player in net instead of their keeper (keeper was later given the MVP award probably in recognition of two saves he made during the game--he tipped over a direct kick that was curling and dipping under the bar, and he extended a header that was headed for the upper corner), Expo's won with a sixth sudden-victory PK after the first five for each team scored.

As a biased but well-informed observer, I see two different styles of play when these teams battle: The Bolts move the ball around well in tight spaces through combination play and creative 1v1 work while Expo's team plays direct from the back to chase down and muscle into the final third. My bias finds two roots: 1) I am a Bolts fan; 2) I am a huge fan of the former style and not the latter. Good luck to Expo's at regionals.

This game was very exciting, in the part I saw looked like the Bolts had the better chances and controlled midfield but Expo had the stops when they needed them, Bolts had a couple of great shots and some that were not too challenging as well. All scores were in regular time and OT no score, then the PKs. Expo pulled their keeper, neither side made any stops, then the Bolts missed one and Expos converted, looked like their GK got too a couple of them but the shots were two strong and deflected side net and the Cup goes to New Bedford again.

Re: U14 Boys

I have the semis as Expos Bolts Puma Aztec, the order is a pick'em, finalists depend on how the matchups turn out so RoundRobin ranking is key. All three games will be close, no suprise if a game has to go to PKs, perhaps two. Will be a huge weekend, as it should be.

Looks like this guy had it pretty well, just cross out Puma for WU and only the big one went to PK. WAS a HUGE weekend!

[Liverpool Coach]

Re: U14 Boys

Congrats to Expo's team who play with competitive desire. They are repeat SC champs (can't remember: did they win on PKs last year, too?). They scored first as they did in the RR game that Bolts won two weekends ago. Bolts evened the score but saw Expo's go ahead again on a PK. Bolts forced overtime with a lazer from outside, following the second ball off a well-earned corner (if I remember correctly, it was a corner). With a field player in net instead of their keeper (keeper was later given the MVP award probably in recognition of two saves he made during the game--he tipped over a direct kick that was curling and dipping under the bar, and he extended a header that was headed for the upper corner), Expo's won with a sixth sudden-victory PK after the first five for each team scored.

As a biased but well-informed observer, I see two different styles of play when these teams battle: The Bolts move the ball around well in tight spaces through combination play and creative 1v1 work while Expo's team plays direct from the back to chase down and muscle into the final third. My bias finds two roots: 1) I am a Bolts fan; 2) I am a huge fan of the former style and not the latter. Good luck to Expo's at regionals.

I watched the whole game. Bolts were leading 1-0 at half. Expos tied it on a PK and then scored during the run of play just a little later to take the lead on a nice strike by #2. Bolts went high pressure near the end and earned several good scoring chances from their #11 player and also lots of dangerous corners and free kicks as well as deep throw ins and finally broke through for the tie very late. The Expos keeper did make a great save parrying the ball out wide to his left on what appeared to be a laser shot that would have gone in. He also made a great save off a header earlier in the game. I was surprised that the Expo's replaced their keeper for the PK's. And it was not their back up keeper but their #2 player. Also, surprising that he made no saves in the PK's. The only 1 that Greater Boston did not score on was over the crossbar. With this change I felt that GB had the advantage as their keeper was also very good throughout the game and during the PK's he read 2 of them correctly and got to them but they had just enough power to get through and find net

The comparison to the styles of play is accurate. I would also say the Expos are mentally tougher. They understand all the intangibles of the game and never seem to get rattled. Plus once they had the lead they really slowed the game down and took the air out of the game. It was that one extended frenzy by Bolts that earned them the tie late. It was a great game to watch. Congrats to both teams.