October 8-11, 2010, Manassas, VA--VYS U12G Thunder Black made it to the finals of the 2010 Rael Vodicka Memorial WAGS Tournament this past weekend at Bull Run Park. The girls had a fantastic weekend of highly competitive soccer. Teams traveled to Virginia from all over the East Coast to play in this prestigious tournament.

VYS Thunder Black played in the Girls U12 8v8 B Flight where they defeated PWSI Courage White 2-1 in their first game on Saturday and Thunder Siafu 3-1 in their second match-up. On Sunday they handled FSC Revolution 98 6-1 and Suffolk FC Explosion in their semi-final match 2-0.

On Monday October 11th the girls played in the finals against SYC Tigers. It was a highly competitive game and VYS Thunder Black had the majority of shots on goal but came up just short to the SYC Tigers by a score of 0-2. What a great weekend and congratulations to VYS Thunder Black!

VYS Thunder Black is coached by Nadir Moumen with assistant coach Rado Pletka and consists of team members: (top row l to r--Reilly, Anna, Delaney, Hannah, Paige, Jeanne; bottom row l to r--Kristen, Brittney, Raina, Helen, Devon, Maddie)

VYS Premier White went undefeated to win the U14 Red Flight of the Virginia Beach Columbus Day Tournament with a 3-0-1 record. White started off the tournament with a tie, after tough NCSL rival PWSI Courage 96 White scored in the final minute to tie the game. The boys came roaring back from the disappointment with a 5-0 rout of LPYSA on Saturday and a 3-0 win over ODSC Blizzard on Sunday morning. They sealed the championship on Sunday afternoon with a tough 1-0 victory over the Sterling Rapids in the championship game. In a strong defensive showing, the team allowed just one goal the entire tournament, while scoring 7 against the opponents. Complete tournament standings and statistics can be found here.

Congratulations to the players as well as Head Coach Jonathan Frias and Assistant Coach Andhy Retamal!

Over the past Labor Day weekend, the VYS Freedom Red U10G team participated in the FPYC Patriot Cup Soccer Tournament held in Fairfax County. Freedom Red went undefeated in their flight with the team playing strong defensively and creating many goal scoring opportunities. They outscored their opponents 18-5 across four games.  Congratulations on a great weekend ladies and coaches!

BR: Jennifer Wiley, Brian Brinkmann, Ray Moutinho, Center: MVP, Whitney Wiley, Kelly Brennan, Gabrielle Brinkmann, Megan Keady, Isabella Moutinho, Guest Player Julia Leas, FR: Olivia Herbold, Heather Geisler, Amirah Endar, Abby Pogreba, Jacquline Paredes

For more information please click on the following link: http://soccerincollege.com/TTSchedules.aspx?tid=FPYCPC&tab=2⊂=1&Round=1

VYS Thunder Black U12 Girls played a great tournament this past weekend.  They had four tightly contested games whereas they defeated Bethesda Academy 98 4 - 1, SYA Storm 1 - 0, PSC Cobras 4 - 1 but came up just short in the finals against Bethesda Academy 98 in overtime by only two goals after scoring three themselves.

Both VYS Thunder Black and Bethesda Academy ended up with 3 Wins and 1 Loss.  VYS Thunder Black, coached by Nadir Moumen of Total Futbol, had 12 Goals for and only 7 Goals against for the entire weekend.  What a great tournament and all of the girls played hard in their first official competitive tournament together as a team.

For more information please click on the link below:

http://www.herndonyouthsoccer.org/dullestournament/home/schedule_results.asp?menu_category=Home&link=Girls%20U12%20Premier%20Black

The Patriots White (ODSL U10 Girls Div 1), Patriots Silver (ODSL U10 Girls Div 2) and FC Black Dogs (ODSL U10 Boys Div 2) each received the Randy Rawls Sportsmanship Award, given to the team in each age group that exhibits the best sportsmanship. In addition to the coaches votes, sportsmanship points are averaged from each referee report card.  Also, points are subtracted for yellow and red cards accumulated during the season. The prestigious award is named after Randy Rawls, one of the leagues original founders and its first President.  The award honors the winner’s sense of fair play, something for which Randy was renowned as he sought to bring soccer opportunities to the youth of Northern Virginia. Congratulations to all three VYS teams. 

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