Northwest
Super Y-League saw another division commence operations in week four as the nine team Northwest swung into action.  The only two American squads east of the Cascades in Washington faced off as the Spokane Shadow split two games with the Yakima Reds.  The two matches were in the U14 boys’ and girls’ division.  Yakima prevailed on the boy’s side 4-0. Spokane won the girl’s match 3-1.

 

In other Northwest action the Northwest Nationals went 5-0-1 against Thompson – Okanagan in U13-15 boy’s and girls’ action. 

 

Southeast
Schulz Academy teams started strong in the 2006 season vs. Ajax Orlando. The U13 team won 4-2 picking up two goals from Sekani Sinclair.  Mauro Bondi and Conner Rezende scored the other two.

“I was very impressed with our first 20 minutes,” said head coach Dr. Josef Schulz.  “We were leading 4-0 but Ajax showed tremendous heart and pulled back 2 goals.

 

Hasani Sinclair scored twice, and Francisco Pelicon the other in an impressive 3-0 victory of the Schulz Academy in the U15 division.

 

In a hard fought U16 game, the defending North American Champion from last year, Schulz Academy, had a tough time finding the back of the net. Ajax Orlando proofed to be a very strong defensive unit and despite some great scoring opportunities for the Schulz Academy team, at the end both coaches were happy with the draw.

 

“It was one of these games where you also could have lost with a counter attack goal, although dominating a big part of the game,” said Schulz Academy Manager Heinz Olischar.  “We are still confident that we will end up on top of our group, being aware though, that every single point now counts.”

 

Andre Mittoo, Nathaniel Jocelyn, Gabriel Hoyos, and Juan Rivera scored the goals in the convincing 4-0 victory of the Schulz Academy vs. Ajax Orlando in the U17 division.

 

“It was a very good start for our team in the new season,” said U17 Coach Tony March.  “This victory gives us a lot of confidence for the next games, and showed that we are ready.”

 

“We knew the first game in each age group was important, and we achieved what we were hoping for” said Schulz Academy President Marcello Serrato.

 

The next games of the Schulz Academy are on May 21 vs. Weston at Vista Park.

 

Pacific – North California
Juventus Sport Club opened their inaugural Super Y-League season with a two game split with the Cal Cougars.  Juventus took the U14G game 5-0 at 11 a.m. before dropping the U17G game 1-0 at 3 p.m.  Both games were hosted by Cal at Stouffer Field in Ripon, CA.

 

”We’re thrilled to be part of the Super Y-League,” said Juventus Club Manager Erik Rogind.  “We were well represented this past weekend.  I believe Juventus Sport Club’s  involvment in the Northern California Division will be mutualy beneficial to oursevlves as well as the division as a whole.”

 

“We’re very familiar with Cal as a club so it was fitting we opened with them,” added Rogind.  “We’ve played against Cal in various forms through our extensive history and there is a good relationship in place between us.”

 

In U13 boys action De Anza SC dropped San Juan SC in a hard fought 2-1 match.  The game was hosted by De Anza at Creekside Park.

 

Mid Atlantic
The mighty Mid Atlantic Division fielded only two games this weekend as the Baltimore Bays’ took two games from Pennsylvania powerhouse Super Nova FC.  Baltimore won the U14 boy’s match 3-1 before scoring a close 3-2 win in the U15 boy’s division.

 

”I thought my team played quite well,” said Baltimore U15 coach Matt Dwyer.  “We applied quite a lot of pressure in the second half and were able to come away with a win.  Super Nova got quite a bit better from last season and gave us a match.  In the U14 game Super Nova was up 1-0 at half time before our side created some good chances in the second half and just pulled away.”

 

“I’m looking forward to facing the City Islanders Academy this weekend,” said Dwyer.  “We finished 1 and 2 last season in our division last season.  I would consider this match a bit of a rivalry game.”

 

New England
New England was the busiest division in week four kicking off 24 games, most of which were between MPS Boston and BW Rhode Island.  MPS Boston took the better of the girls’ matches, going 3-1-1, while BW Rhode Island edged out Boston on the boys side, going 3-2-0. 

 

Black Watch SC went 4-0-1 against MPS Cape Cod in U13-17 girls’ action. 

 

Nordic Soccer Club launched their 2006 Super Y-League season this past weekend going 1-4-1 in Super Y-League play.  Nordic’s lone win in week four came in an 8-0 win over MPS Cape Cod in the U14 boy’s division.

 

“We’re a young club from Vermont and coming into the Super Y-League we were told to expect a lot of competition,” said U14 boys’ coach Mitch Lieberman.  “The New England division is remarkably varied and I expect we’ll see several tough games throughout the season.”

 

On Sunday, Lieberman’s U14 boys’ played MPS Boston to a 1-1 draw at Weymouth High School in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

 

“In our 1-1 draw we saw some good, solid soccer,” said Lieberman.  “It was a real nice venue.”

 

In preparation for the 2006 Super Y-League season Lieberman took his U14 squad to Cocoa, Florida, site of USL Premier Development League team the Cocoa Expos. 

 

”It was a good, positive team experience for us,” said Lieberman.  “We had two or three training sessions per day mixed with several friendlys.  The facilities there are beautiful and it certainly strengthened us as a team going into the Super Y-League season.” 

 

Super Y-League Player of the Week: Robert Wood, five goals, Nordic Soccer Club U14 boys