U19 - Lakeland 10-3

Well played game with some very quick goals to start the game (it was 1-1 before most players even touched the ball). Josh came out firing and Connor put some in as well despite a facial meeting with the wall. I believe the score was 8-1 at the half so that was very entertaining. The second half was not as energetic and the Lakers scored a couple to come back to 8-3 before we stepped it up a little bit to get the two goals back. It could have been three after a beautiful move in the box from Collin but he whiffed on the shot attempt. Nice wins this weekend for both teams!

Roda JC - FC Groningen 1-0

DISAPPOINTING 1-0 AWAY LOSS....STILL IN THIRD PLACE.YOUTUBE VIDEO SHOWS THE GOAL IN 19 SECOND VIDEO.

U16 - Elkhart Flames 6-0

A nice performance all the way around despite the fact that we were forced to play down for about one fifth of the game (blue card Eusebio and barfing issues for Tim) since we had no benchwarmers available. Defensively we played well for the most part (missed some marks and got sucked to the ball near the end)and Kyle played solid for a rare indoor shutout. Offensively Medina turned in a nice performance and Taylor made the difference with 4 goals and an assist. Medina and Tim also hit the back of the net. Coach Seitz was on the bench by himself but saw the first win of the season materialize fairly quickly with two early goals. Graber and Eusebio took care of the defense for the majority of the game. Clay, Tad and Bebe were AWOL tonight and will all be back for the next game.

FC Groningen - Feyenoord 2-0 (1-0)

TWO TIM MATAVZ GOALS DEFEAT FEYENOORD. FC GRONINGEN IN THIRD PLACE NOW, ONLY 4 POINTS BEHIND LEADER PSV.

OG/AC update

Open Gym starts at 7:30 pm tonight. As a matter of fact, we will start at 7:30 the rest of the off-season.

U19 - Chiqui's Auto Sales 3-3

Good game, nice goals. Noodle's goal disallowed...wow.....that was really a nice goal! The team deserved more but will able to get revenge in two weeks. Lakeland is up next.

U16 - AC Milan 4-5

The offensive line did not help to defend from the offensive third and the defense quits marking halfway thru the game. Despite a couple of nice goals, we were unable to focus on marking and lost due to letting the weakside wide open. Should have been a win and the team should start paying attention to their coach.

Late game tonight for U16

Eleven pm (!) is the kick off time for the U16 tonight. Should come away with a win so that will ease the pain.....some.

VV Grijpskerk - Leeuwarder Zwaluwen 4-0

Moving up in the right column and trying to make a charge for a spot in the left one seems to be a reality in the next few weeks as the red devils defeat the footballers from the capitol of Friesland in a 6 point relegation spectacle. Next up for the VV is the away game at #4 Oeverzwaluwen from the town of Koudum (Friesland). Time for an early St. Nicholas present, perhaps?

Open Gym - time change

Once again, basketball will be in the AC until 7:30. We will start OG at about that time and will go to about 9 or so.

Heracles - FC Groningen 3-0

Not a good effort from the Groningers.

FC Groningen U19 - NR (Classy Northridge) 2-10

Arrogant -and that is putting it nicely- and acting like a typical Northridge team (who by the way did NOT get that close to going to state, again) who acted like a bunch of kids who had been promised to make it to State but failed to live up to those standards once again did outplay us but with little class. Unfortunately they can not just enjoy being a good team but have to make fun of the opponents, play physical but then complain when they get fouled and even dive -brazilian fez-as if their style of soccer is supposed to amaze us. As the years go by I have less respect for their approach to the game of soccer and I am looking forward to the 2011 season when we can even the score.

FC GroningenU16 - Deportivo Lifestyle 5-6

Three Wegmiller goals and two Seitz goals add up to 5 for us, they found the net six times in a fairly physical contest. U19 plays at 9 pm tomorrow.

#1 SV Urk - #12 VV Grijpskerk 1-1 (0-0)

Grijpskerk took the lead in the 58th minute with a Boonstra goal in front of 600 spectators. The Urkers came back in the 65th to tie the game. The draw allows my friend Wim's team d"Olde Veste to come within one point of the Urker fishermen. Next up for the VV are the Leeuwarder Zwaluwen in a relegation derby. In other words, 6 points at stake!

Indoor update

FC Groningen U16 will play Saturday night at 8 pm, the U19 will play Sunday night at 9 pm.

2011 Schedule update

For the 2011 season it looks like we will pick up Argos on the schedule. It will either be a regular season game or in the Argos tournament. Thanks to the hard work of our Athletic Director Norm Sellers are we now only one game away from a full schedule.After all the issues we had with Angola in the last few years, we were able to drop them off our schedule.

FC Groningen19 (NW indoor)-NR 7-9

WARMING UP BEFORE TONIGHT'S GAME.

Connor steals the show with 5 (!) goals and Josh adds 2 for our total of 7 goals. We were ahead by three for a while but let the Goshen seniors get back in the game by playing a little too much on our heels after going ahead by quite a few goals. Still pretty good soccer overall. Only man marking in the back needs some attention.

FC Groningen - ADO The Hague 1-1 FC Groningen wins PK shootout 5-4

The Royal Dutch Soccer Associations Cup round of 32 drew a matchup for FC Groningen against ADO The Hague tonight. The winner of the Cup qualifies for European soccer next season. In a close game that ended in 1-1 after regulation and extra time, needed a PK shootout to determine a winner. FC Groningen came out on top by not missing a single PK. The PK shootout score was 5-4. FC Groningen moves into the sweet sixteen and faces the amateur team of SC Genemuiden just before Christmas.

VV Grijpskerk - CVVB 2-0

One of SV Urk's 10 fields (5 with lights), this one is the main field.


Only the second win this season means the VV has now gathered 7 points total but more importantly moved uop from 14th (last) to 12th place overall. Confidence is growing and hopefully just in time. This coming saturday the redshirts travel to the former island of Urk to face the first place team SV Urk.

FC Groningen - NAC Breda 2-1

Granqvist scores all three goals! The first one is an own goal but then he makes up for it by scoring two in the opponent's goal. Tied for third with Ajax!

Open Gym @ AC - time change!!

Due to basketball try outs, OG will start at 7:30 pm tonight. We will go until about 9 pm.

FC Groningen16 - FC AMPS 5-5

PLAYING IN THE NEW GREEN "NW VOETBAL" SHIRTS

Under the watchful eyes of a primarily female fan base, the NW Voetbal team (FC Groningen16) managed to come back in the second half after falling behind 5-2. The final score of 5-5 meant that a lot of effort was needed in the second half. With a nice performance from all players (Tad, Tim, Carter, Jordan, Clay, Taylor and Kyle -no subs available tonight-)partly because defensively the marks were tight and offensively the play efficient. Kyle had some timely saves when it was needed (especially when we were catching up and still 5-3 behind), Tad, Jordan and Carter played well defensively and Tim, Clay and Taylor combined well up front. Taylor finished the night with a hat trick and Clay scored the other two. Nice result in the new shirts!

U16/U19 shirts are in

Gotta love this if you are a FC Groningen fan!

U16/U19 schedule update

FC GRONINGEN U16
FC Groningen U16- Sat. Nov. 6 at 9 pm, Sat Nov. 13 at 8 pm, Saturday Nov. 20 at 11 pm.
FC Groningen U19
FC Groningen U19- Thu. Nov. 11 at 8 pm, Sun Nov. 14 at 9 pm, Sun. Nov. 21 at 8 pm.


All schedules have been posted on the Elkhart Sports Center website.

Fall Awards

Co-MVP-Ryan Lincoln/Eddie Salinas
Co-Defensive MVP (Travis Hunsberger Award)-Jason Callejas/Kyle Dijkstra
Co-Captain- Ryan Lincoln/Tyler Kronk
Most Improved- Clayton Seitz
Mental Attitude-Ryan Lincoln
All NLC - Eddie Salinas/Jason Callejas/Connor Beckwith
Honorable Mention-Ryan Lincoln
More then 100 Career Wins- Coach Duerksen
Congratulations!
All Awards are voted on by the players.

Sectional sign updated

2006, 2007, 2008 & 2010!

Reminder

OG/AC tonight at 7 until about 8:30.

LTC - VV Grijpskerk 1-0

After winning a week ago (vs Omlandia 7-0!), it was everyone's hope they would continue to gather points but it wasn't to be. The "smallruggen" lost 1-0 and are now in sole possession of the red lantern with only 4 points on the season.

FC VVV Venlo- FC Groningen 3-5

LOT OF NICE GOALS!
Twente, PSV and Ajax are the only teams ahead of Groningen. Only 4 points off the lead!