In their first home game of the season, the New Hyde Park BU11 Stormcats took on the Oceanside Thunder and the two evenly matched teams battled through a scoreless first half.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Colin Coope placed a beautiful shot in the net on a breakaway play.
The boys sealed the win minutes before the end of the game when Luke Notine made an outstanding pass to Colin who again placed the ball in the net.
Christopher Ribaric, Dino Vidaich, and Ryan Kunak kept the ball moving on offense. The defensive team of Brendan Cooper, Daniel Garcia, Ryan Oommen, and Joseph Vieni, with the help of goalies Brendan Cooper and Ryan Kunak, ensured that the Thunder remained scoreless.
Boys U7 Intramurals
FIRE (Coaches Chris Bernic and Jay Bigeni): The Fire came out with lots of energy in their week three match against the Revolution. After conceding the first goal, Eric Oberwiler sent a wicked corner kick into the box that found its way into the net, evening the score at 1-1. Caleb Yu helped keep pressure on the opponent by winning several balls in the offensive half, and Sherwin Fernandes did his usual heavy lifting all over the field. Joseph Calandra made a run forward from left back and placed a shot perfectly in the corner, tying the score at 2. Tristan Ranallo chipped in with aggressive play on the field and some fine goal tending.
Aidan Bernic tying the score at 3 on a blast into the upper right corner. Leo Tching battled every ball, keeping the Fire hopes alive. Mateo Mrakovcic made several tremendous saves in goal and Ryan Oomen made his presence known with heady play in the midfield. With seconds left, the opponent was awarded a free kick that found its way into the net giving the Revolution a well-deserved 5-4 victory. The Fire could hold their heads up high, knowing they gave it their all. Both teams really put on a show and the boys were all winners!
GALAXY (Coaches Scott Liewehr and Sam Thomas): The Galaxy team continued to gel this weekend with a 5-5 tie versus the Red Bulls. Christian Reger started off the team’s scoring in the first half, and that was followed by numerous shots on goal by Reger, Ewan Zehnter and Will Handley, who all had their shots rejected by great keeper play. The team was down 3-1 late in the first half when Handley had a magnificent throw-in towards the net, which ultimately resulted in an own goal by the Red Bulls. Albert Kuo and Reger provided excellent keeper play, while Gavin Dugger controlled the midfield and Gianluca Glavic was stout as a brick wall on defense. The Galaxy trailed 3-2 at the half. In the second half, the Galaxy found their stride on both offense and defense. Will Handley provided great relief on defense, but he also had two free shots that found their way into the upper corners of the net, one of which was from near mid-field. Kuo also added a goal of his own. Both Glavic and Zain Begawala had multiple runs up field. Samuel Hu brought his never-quit attitude to midfielder and forward positions. Ethan Moy stopped numerous Red Bull runs dead in their tracks with his great defensive play. Daniel Cho was impressive in goal in the second half, but ultimately the game resulted in a 5-5 tie.
REVOLUTION (Coaches Kurt Anschlowar and Kevin Sequeira): Week 3 proved to be an exciting, come-from-behind victory for the Revolution. Brandon Sequeira opened the scoring with a great corner shot. Parv Shah, Michael Farrauto, and Zachary Chen continue to play solid defense. Harrison Acosta, Brandon Leong and Thomas Anschlowar each took turns as goaltender, saving many chances by the Fire. Jonah Beniquez scored two goals for the Revolution. Chris Rodgers and Sequeira added late goals to insure the victory. The play of Jameson Cho, Aidan McNeely, and Clayton Wong (playing both offense and defense) anchored this rapidly-improving team.
Boys U6 Intramurals
RED BULLS (Coach Mike Russell): The Red Bulls had a great third game of the season. The whole team hustled and worked together. Matthew Liu, Adrian Sikora, Austin Darr, all scored in the victory. Kyriakos Papaseraphim and Angelo Fedele had great assists and Elias Manolakos and Ethan Zhao kept fearless defense. Michael Fernandez was solid and had good all-around play.
UNITED (Coaches Scott Liewehr and Rafael Gonzalez): The United fell to the Union on Saturday by a score of 4-2. Jacob Boldur and Gavin Maurer scored the United’s two goals, but both had numerous other shots on goal. Daniel Morley had a fantastic run the length of the field that ultimately came up short because of a great stop by the Union goalkeeper. Four players stepped up as keepers in the game: Morley, Boldur, Maurer, and Adrian Gonzalez, and each played very well. Antonio Bucobo, Mikey Russell and Andrew Curran all worked hard.
