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| MYS Players, Families and Fans: |
As we approach the fall 2010 playing season, we wanted to take a moment to reflect back on some of the outstanding accomplishments of MYS players during the previous year. Two MYS / MPS teams advanced to the US Youth Soccer National Championship Tournament, but as the stories below demonstrate, these two teams are not the only ones in McLean playing at a high level.
We hope that all of you will take a moment to join us in celebrating the victories of these young athletes - not all of which get measured on the scoreboard.
Enjoy! |
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MPS Strikers (U16 Girls) Win Silver Medal in US Youth Soccer National Championship Game | |
The McLean MPS Strikers U16G, coached by Clyde Watson and German Peri, represented Virginia and Region 1 at the USYS National Championships July 20-25 in Overland Park, Kansas. The Strikers won the VYSA State Cup for the first time in 2010 having been finalists in 2009 and Semi-finalists twice in the past. They then went undefeated at the Region 1 Championships in Barboursville, WV, playing the state champions from NJ, Pennsylvania East, Maine, and Massachusetts, to earn a spot at the National Championship tournament.
At Nationals the Strikers compiled a 2-1 record in preliminary play losing their first match to Colorado Rush Nike 2-1, then defeating NASA 12 Elite II (GA) 1-0 and Minnesota Thunder Academy 94 Blue 1-0 to make the final. The Strikers met the undefeated Region 3 Champion Solar 94 Red (TX) in the championship game. It was an exciting and competitive match with the Strikers getting some early chances on goal and their share of possession throughout. Solar 94 Red scored in the 33rd minute to go ahead. Late in the second half the Strikers pushed numbers forward to try and find the equalizer but Solar held on for the win.
McLean Youth Soccer is proud to congratulate the Strikers on being the 2010 USYS National Championship Series Finalist!
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MPS Dragons (U18 Girls) Awarded Fair Play Honor at US Youth Soccer National Championships | |
The McLean MPS Dragons U18 Girls, coached by Mike Calabretta, represented Virginia and Region 1 at the USYS National Championships July 20-25 in Overland Park, Kansas. The Dragons won the Region 1 Championship by defeating highly regarded, three-time Region 1 Champion PDA Fire from New Jersey 1-0 in the Girls Under-18 final. The game remained scoreless until the 47th minute when the Dragon's Melissa Downey carved her way through the PDA defense and notched the only score of the match. The Dragons had reached the finals in dominating fashion winning all three matches in round-robin play against state champion teams from Delaware and both Eastern and Western New York. In the semi-finals, the Dragons knocked off Beadling Inferno from Western Pennsylvania by a score of 3-0 on goals by Jennifer Skogerboe, Melissa Downey and Mary Reed.
At the National Championships, the Dragons competed valiantly but were not able to tally any victories against very tough competition. They fell to state champions from California, Illinois and Georgia. They were recognized for their sportsmanship and hard work, being awarded the Fair Play Award for the U18 Girls Division.
McLean Youth Soccer is proud to congratulate the Dragons on being the 2010 USYS Region 1 Champions and the Fair Play Awardee at the National Championship Series.
The picture below shows members of the Dragons sporting the colors of the colleges and universities that they will soon be attending.
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| McLean U11 Red (Boys Rec) Victorious at FPYC All Star Tourney |
The U11 boys team coached by Chris Peterson and Marc Noe won the Gold division of the FYPC Fathers Day All Star tournament last Sunday posting a record of 4 wins against no defeats. They beat BRYC in the final 5 to 1. Players Kareem, Rashid, Michael B., Cameron, Darren, Moosa, Ansel, Joshua, Michael S., Varun, Samuel, Giancarlo and Maxwell were well deserving of their title.
 submitted by Mark Noe |
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McLean White "ICE" (U12 Girls Rec) Champions at FPYC | |
The McLean U12G All Star team (McLean White aka ICE) participated in the FPYC Father's Day Tournament on June 19 - 20. The team was placed in the Gold Division of the age group bracket and faced tough competitions from Fairfax, Braddock Road, and NOVA. McLean White won their first game with a score of 7 - 1, and their second game score of 2 - 1. By the end of the first day, the team was guaranteed in the finals with their total points compare to other teams.
For the championship game, McLean played the Fairfax team who also had 2 wins but lost to McLean earlier. The McLean defense was outstanding and only allowed one goal from the Fairfax team. The mid-field controlled the ball for the entire game and continueously pushed the ball to the opponent side of the field. The forwards then scored four goals with some beautiful passing and aggressive runs to the goal. The final score was 4 - 1.
Front row of the picture (from left to right): Erin Wilkie, Lila Duvall, Charlotte Ruffing, Julia Dickman, Minh Pham, Lindsay Keane.
Back row of the picture (from left to right): Asst coach Paul Brenner, Miranda Loadwick, Katherine Carris, Nolte Delk, Ellen Kim, Autumn Brenner, Antonia Marquez, Erica Cheng, Elizabeth Maness, Coach Bill Cheng |
| McLean Storm (U19 Girls Rec) Victorious at FPYC All Star Tourney | |
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The McLean U19 Girls team (Green Storm) had a great FPYC All Star tournament over the June 19-20 weekend. The Storm played in the gold division. The Storm won all three qualifying games: 2-1 v Fairfax, 2-0 v Vienna and 3-0 v Team America. Entering the Championship game as the top seed, the Storm played a great game against 2nd seed Sterling winning the championship in a hard fought 2-0 game. The Storm ended the weekend with three shutouts in tournament allowing just 1 goal in four games.
The team players: Isabella Adams, Aedan Collins, Caroline Crockett, Madison Davis, Julia Diamond, Kendall Hankins, Lauren Jarrett, Shannon Megrue, Allie Mendenhall, Rebecca Moser, Clare, Nelson, Kyra Paul, Caitlyn Purdy, Nisha Rana, Kaylin Stigall, Paige Sullivan, Nina Zegler, Candelaria Zuleta. Coaches Jeff Megrue and Farrokh Alemi.
submitted by Jeff Megrue |
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McLean U12 Boys #3 Rec Triumph in SFL Tournament | |
McLean 3, U-12 Boys, won its division SFL tournament held on June 12 and 13 with a final tally of 2 wins and no defeats. McLean 3 won its semi final game 3-2, and the Championship game 5-0. The team got strong performances both games on the defensive and offensive sides of the field, with particularly good performances by its keepers.
The team consists of Ameen Al-dalli, Cyrus Bahadori, Kyle Connery, Mitch Donohoe, Dan Englund, Ben Harker, Kevin Le, Will Messick, Kevin Pulley, Tianrui Ren, Billy Rindone, and Gabi Serrano. Head coach is Drew Harker, and the Assistant Coaches are Deren Pulley and Ethan Harker.
submitted by Drew Harker |
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U12 Girls Teams (Rec) Compete in Top SFL Flight | |
Five powerhouse teams took the field in the U12 Girls Group 1 Suburban Friendship tournament, including two of the eight McLean U12 House teams. Heading into the tournament, a strong team from Loudoun had romped through the regular season at the top of Division 1 without giving up a goal. In the first game of the tournament, held at Lewinsville Center in McLean, Bill Cheng's McLean 3 team squared off against the undefeated and untied Loudoun 4. Rising to the occasion and playing their best soccer of the season, the Cheng team scored twice against Loudoun and hung on for a 2-2 tie.
The McLean 4 team, coached by Caneel Cotton and Lars Liebeler, faced a formidable opponent from Annandale who had feasted on opponents all season long, running up a record of 5 wins, no losses, and 2 ties -- the ties coming with McLean 1 (coached by Adam Anthony) and McLean 5 (coached by Scott Carr). In a tense and physical game, McLean 4 led early on a left footed blast by Caroline Watkins. Annandale fought back with precision crosses and strong goalkeeping. With 5 minutes left to play, Annandale led 2-1. A flurry of shots on the Annandale goal in the closing minutes resulted in a handball and McLean 4 was awarded a penalty kick. Greta Liebeler nailed the PK with a low hard shot to the left corner. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.
McLean 4 later defeated Sterling 7 by a score of 2-1 (goals by Caroline Watkins and Azita Peters), and came back on Sunday to edge Bill Cheng's McLean 3 team by a score of 2-0. When the dust settled, both McLean 4 and Annandale 8 had 10 game points resulting in a tie for first place in the group. Based on a plus-one goal differential, Annandale 8 was crowned U12 Girls Champions. McLean 4 took home the second place trophy. The awards ceremony was marked by excellent sportsmanship, and more importantly, root beer floats for all competitors.
McLean 4 - the Loch Ness Monsters - completed the season with a record of 7 wins, no losses, and 4 ties. Team Members include Azita Peters, Catherine Carris, Caitlin Dozier, Greta Liebeler (co-defensive MVP), Racquel Sequiera (Goalie MVP), Skylar List (co-defensive MVP), Jane Lee, Molly Dunlap, Allie Clarke (Most Improved), Revi Wood, Emily Esposito, and Caroline Watkins (Offensive MVP).  submitted by Lars Liebeler |
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U11 Boys (Rec) Compete in House Tournament | |
The U11 Boys House Gold Division tournament was held on Saturday June 12 at Spring Hill ES. Coach Tony Hsu (and assistant George Saile) were used to closely contested matches during the regular season; in fact 3 of those 7 games resulted in draws. No surprise then when the first tournament match versus Coach Auza's team, despite an early goal, ended 1-1. We won our second game against Coach Peterson's team 3-0; a goal late in the second half decided the tie-breaker in our favor (Coach Auza's team had also won their other game but with fewer goals)! Perfect team attendance at our tournament! The coaches are very proud of these boys: keepers Aidan Kemp, Jenya Onufrak, and David Siegel; forwards Rashid Areikat, Darren Hsu, and Andrew Spafford; mid-fielders Kareem Alattar, Sean Kilduff, and Daniel Park; defenders Thomas Clarke, William Kodama, Arnold Leigh, and Danny Saile.
submitted by George Saile |
| MYS Fury Gold (U14 Girls) Take 2nd in Mason Dixon |
MYS Fury Gold, who finished 2nd in ODSL Division 2, came out strong in the Mason Dixon Cup held in Hagerstown, Maryland, June 19-20, 2010, with two wins (2-1; 2-0) and clinched their place as finalists with a late goal in the third game, which they tied (1-1). Fury Gold was outmatched by the Battle of Monmouth FC Black Cats from New Jersey in the championship (0-4) and took second place. Despite the loss in the final, Fury Gold's performance in the Mason Dixon Cup was a turning point and their best tournament result for the year.
submitted by Coach Patrick Finney and Jeff White |
| U12 All-Star Girls (Rec) are Champions at FPYC | |
McLean's U12 "Green" team, nicknamed "McLean Madness" rolled through the White Division of the Father's Day All-Star Tournament at Lake Fairfax Park without losing a match. Seven different players scored for the Madness as they outscored their opponents by an aggregate 11-2 while compiling a record of 4 wins and no losses.
McLean opened on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Southwestern Youth Association and came back in the heat of the afternoon to beat Springfield 4-0. Strong defense and solid goalkeeping by Sarah Siegel and Greta Liebeler kept both opponents out of the net.
Round robin play continued on Sunday against a physical and skilled Loudon team. Madness went up two goals and withstood a furious rally by Loudoun in the last several minutes to win the match 2-1. The final game against Nova 2 was a defensive gem by the Madness back line, which cleared dangerous balls with precision. Aggressive midfield play also keyed the 3-1 victory.
Defender Bryce Huber was named Most Valuable Player. The "James Brown" Hardest Working Award was presented to Caitlin Pyne.
Team members include (back row left to right): Assistant Coach Caneel Cotton, Helena Huisinga, Madeleine Engel, Greta Liebeler, Sarah Siegel, Bryce Huber, Leigha MacDougall, Hope Sullivan, Head Coach Jerry Pyne. (Front row, left to right): Caroline Watkins, Bella Smith, Alisha Smith, Martha McCoy, Rachel Short, Kelsey Meloy, Caitlin Pyne.
submitted by Jerry Pyne and Lars Liebeler |
| U7 Girls Green Soccer Puppies | |
The U7 Girls Green Soccer Puppies had a great season filled with learning soccer and sportsmanship while having fun. Coaches Ginny Fowler and Jennifer Names also learned from their girls and from the U7 Soccer Academy, which taught coaches as well as kids.
submitted by Virginia Fowler
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| U8 All-Star Girls (Rec) Compete in All-Stars Tourney | |
The U8 girls played their All Stars tournament in Fairfax on the weekend of June 19 and 20. MYS had nominated two teams, Green and White. Both teams demonstrated great field awareness and ball skills, and achieved successful results. Green clearly won the first two games, 5:0 and 6:0, and closely lost the other two games, receiving a last minute goal in each game. White also won two games, tied the third game, and closely lost the fourth game by one goal.
 submitted by Juergen Klenk |
| MYS Challengers Gold (U13 Girls) Win Silver Division at Virginian | |
U13 Challengers Gold, coached by Qais Nawaz, won the 2010 Girls Silver Division championship game in a shootout against PWSI Courage White over Memorial Day weekend.
 submitted by Susan Gordon Castle |
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MPS Real Green (U10 Girls) Complete Undefeated WAGS Spring | |
The MPS Real Green posted and undefeated WAGS Spring season with a record of 6 wins, no losses and 3 ties. In two years with Coach Marc Cascio, the Real Green posted an aggregate WAGS league play record of 27-5-5 and as a U10 squad they lost only once in WAGS play, having outscored the opposition 39-7 with 14 shutouts. Four tournament championships and a WAGS sportsmanship award serve to punctuate how this team has come together and realized the rewards of hard work and dedication to each other.
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MYS Fire White (U13 Boys) Champions at Colonial Cup | |
The McLean Fire White U-13 boys team, coached by Trevor Parker and Moe Jebali, won the 2010 Colonial Cup Soccer tournament in Richmond, Virginia, on Memorial Day Weekend. The team defeated the Cardiff Cup of Bel Air, Maryland, 8-2 in the Red Division finals to win the championship. |
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MPS Extreme Gold (U12 Girls) | |
The U12G MPS Extreme Gold excelled during the 2010 Spring Season. The team was coached by Jamil Faryardi and Eleanor Jones. The squad was ODSL U12G Division 2 Champion and was the
the only team in the division with a perfect sportsmanship score and is awaiting results of voting for Randy Rawls Sportsmanship award).
The Extreme Gold were also PWSI Icebreaker U12G Gold Division Champion!
submitted by Juliana S. O'Reilly |
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MYS Power (U15 Girls) are Finalists at Jefferson Cup | |
The U15 McLean Power girls made a strong showing in the prestigious Jefferson Cup Showcase event this spring, finishing as finalists after a hard fought championship match against SAC United Premier that was decided by a penalty kick shootout. To get to the finals, the Power completed group play undefeated, beating teams from North Carolina (CASL Elite White), Ohio (Cincinnati United Cup Crew) and drawing against the New Jersey (Highland YSC Wildcats). In the championship match the Power took a 1-0 lead into the second half but surrendered a late goal to tie the match and send it into overtime. After two scoreless overtime periods the Power succumbed in the shootout.
submitted by Steve Cyphers |
| McLean U12 Boys #4 Win SFL Division 6 Tournament | |
The U12 Boys McLean 4 won the championship of the SFL tournament (Division 6). It was an exciting back and forth game, as Miran Schendel scored to put us up 1-0, then they tied; then Jake Barnett scored to put us back in the lead, and they tied us. Then, Joseph Marcos scored on great header off a corner kick, and they tied us again. With less than two minutes to go, we were all preparing for penalty kicks when Christian Franco come to the rescue with a beautiful goal. So final score was McLean 4: 4 and Soccer on the Hill 3: 3. It was special for our team as two of our long time players are moving back overseas: Gustav Krausing and Miran Schendel. A great way to send them off.
submitted by Coach Steve Barnett |
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MPS Hotspur White (U9 Boys) Champions at Columbia Invitational | |
MPS U9 Boys Hotspur White Team won the Silver division of the Columbia Invitational Tournament held Memorial Day Weekend. There were 8 teams in two brackets in the Silver division and the Hotspur White prevailed in the final against Loudoun Black 2 to 1.
The boys played with passion and determination and every match was hard fought. The Hotspur also overcame the oppressive heat to earn the championship.
Congratulations to Austin, Diego, Dylan, Jack, Kai, Holden, Nick, Tony, Akshay, Bryce, Erik and guest player, Christian! |
| McLean U12 Girls #7 Win SFL Division 4 Tournament | |
The McLean 7, U-12 Girls SFL team won their Division 4 Tournament, undefeated in three games, outscoring opponents 12 to 3.
submitted by Jerry Pyne |
| McLean U16 Boys #4 Perservere and Succeed Off The Field | |
Mclean 4 U-16 team began the season like gangbusters winning its first three games easily. Following a narrow 1-0 defeat to another undefeated team, the rest of the season saw a series of draws and mostly close defeats. After a 2-1 loss in the first tournament game, te squad earned a third place / consolation game as its "swan song" 19 of the 20 members of my squad showed up early or on time for our final game--the 20th was injured--which was won 9-1 against a shorthanded opponent.
While the final record was bittersweet, the team played with good humor, good sportsmanship and as a team all season. They are a great bunch of kids who enjoy the game and it is a pleasure to see them both enjoying soccer and maturing into young men. I look forward to all of them returning for the fall season.
submitted by Robert Sharer |
| MPS Extreme Silver (U12 Girls) are Division Finalists | |
The MPS Extreme Silver Team competed in ODSL G3 division during the Spring season. The Silver team finished as a Finalist in 2nd place with a record of 5-1-2. They were coached by Patrick Finney and the players were: Lillian Birrell, Mary Bowers, Rebecca Deitch, Audrey Fahlberg, Carolyn Fusca, Eleanor Kazarian, Eilise Mahoney, Francesca Paradiso, Simone Pass, Devin Seckar, Julia Walker, Madeline Walker.
submitted by Paul Seckar |
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We hope that you have enjoyed the above submissions and want to thanks all of the coaches, managers and parents who took time to send something in. If you want your team's efforts to be similarly recognized, please send your story and photo to Mike Slavik, MYS Director of Communications at communications@mcleansoccer.org.
Thanks! |
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