New Hyde Park Wildcats BU7 Soccer
FIRE (Coaches Chris Bernic and Jay Bigeni): The Fire faced off against the Red Bulls on Saturday. After giving up two early goals, Jackson Bigeni cut the lead to one on an explosive breakaway that ended with a quality finish. Tristan Ranallo and Ryan Ooomen played aggressively in the midfield, making their presence known all game long. Leo Tching and Vincent Leva kept the game close with excellent defense and good pace. The second half heated up early when Aidan Bernic tried a through ball that found Jackson on the other end, tying the score at 2-2. Sherwin Fernandes kept the pressure on with excellent work all over the field. Darsh Mirchandani and Caleb Yu provided spark with good hustle and game awareness. Erik Oberwiler and Joseph Calandra anchored the defense, stopping Red Bull chance after chance. The Red Bulls would add another goal and so would Jackson Bigeni, ending the game in a 3-3 tie.
RED BULLS (Coaches Rob Honovic and Boris Ribaric): The Red Bulls played one of their best games of the year, earning a well-deserved 3-3 tie against the Fire. In goal, Vasilios Dallas kept the score close by making key saves throughout the match, including two point blank opportunities that would have given the Fire a late two-goal lead. Kaleb Dyasi and Giovanni Salmeron were the goal scorers. Both Kaleb and Giovanni displayed great ball handling skills and controlled the flow of the game. Matthew Ribaric and Vincent Sparacello showed their hustle by making great runs and creating many scoring opportunities. On defense, both Om Thakur and Arnav Kohli played sound defense by limiting the Fire’s offense. Thomas Honovic and Austin Lee played well on both sides of the ball, helping create scoring chances for the team and playing solid defense when needed.
CREW (Coaches Sandra and Kieran Griffin): After a week off from intramural action, the Crew boys took to the field and played its most complete match so far. Michael Tagios, Lucas Correle, and Nicholas Peters played a very aggressive game. Eamon Griffin and Dale DellaIocono patrolled the pitch on both ends. Liam Dempsey began the game in goal but then displayed some real good dribbling runs. Aiden Hom, Gabriel Padilla, and Niko Koutsoftas added good energy to the game as well. Aiden made a tremendous diving save late in the game to keep the score level. Despite the effort and good play, the Crew lost a close 2-1 game. Keep up the good work. More ball control is happening each week.
GALAXY (Coaches Scott Liewehr and Sam Thomas): The Galaxy played a good matched against a tough Crew team this weekend. The game got off to a rough start for the Galaxy due to an own goal after a strong offensive surge by the Crew early in the first half. Goalies Samuel Hu and Christian Reger, however, were able to prevent any further scores in the half. Gianluca Glavic and Ethan Moy provided solid defense, and Zane Begawala played extremely hard at the forward position. Daniel Cho and Hu made numerous runs upfield and helped control the offensive pace. Gavin Dugger, Reger, Begawala, and Simon Thomas all had shots on goal, but to no avail as the score was 1-0 for the Crew at halftime. The Galaxy got off to a fast start in the second half when Nico Liewehr broke free down the sideline and found the upper corner of the net with nice shot from distance. The game heated up further with an onslaught of offense from the Crew, but Dugger and Thomas shared keeper duties in the second half and were able to keep the game tied at 1. Albert Kuo played hard on defense and Reger had two shots on goal in the second half, plus a great cross in front of the net. Late in the game, Thomas drop-kicked the ball to midfield, and Liewehr gained control with a header to himself upfield, out-sprinting the pack towards the goal and finishing with a shot through the legs of the goalkeeper. The Galaxy escaped with a 2-1 win after a hard-fought match and some great team play.
SOUNDERS (Coaches Mike Avallone and John Profeta): The Sounders lost this week 1-0 in a hard fought game against the Revolution. Strong games were turned in by Aidan Cruz, Alexander Fulgieri, Hamza Ghani, Lucas Kanhai, Zayan Khan and Neel Khurana. While the Sounders are off for Memorial Day, they look forward to their upcoming game in two weeks against the Red Bulls.
REVOLUTION (Coaches Kurt Anschlowar and Kevin Sequeira): The Revolution had a great game against the Sounders. Jameson Cho, Harrison Acosta and Brandon Leong all played solid defense. Aidan McNeely, Thomas Anschlowar and Clayton Wong all took turns as goaltender, keeping the opposition scoreless. Chris Rodgers scored the only goal of the match with a long-distance shot. The play of Zachary Chen and Brandon Sequeira showed tenacity.
