OG/AC 01/10/11

OG/AC will be at the regular time (7:30 pm - 9 pm).

U16 loses to Elite Eight

A team made up of mainly Elkhart Memorial and some Concord & Northridge players, defeated us 9-5. We played poorly and did not defend well which started with not defending well as soon as we lost the ball on offense. Hopefully it was because it was the first game after the Holidays and because it was a 11 pm start.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

OG/AC tonight, regular time

From 7:30 -9 we will have OG.

U16 ousted in first round; U19 wins first round game

THE FC GRONINGEN U19 TEAM RESTING AFTER WINNING THE FIRST ROUND GAME
The U16 played well but not good enough to win Saturday night. Some opportunities did not result in goals and with a one goal loss it was time to call it a session. But back for more in 2011. The U19 faced Chiqui Auto Sales (Elkhart Chr & Elkhart Central) for the third time this season. After a one goal loss and a draw, the table were turned and we came away with a 2-1 win (Hambryce & Seitz goals). The quuarter finals game was a matchup with Colt. The game seemd under control at 2-1 but a nice chance that did not make it into the net saw a momentum switch resulting in a 7-1 loss. The team was ready to go home. Good luck to Josh on Tuesday, we will be thinking about him. Surgery is set for 9:30 I believe.

U16 draws, U19 loses

The U16 should have come home with a victory but gave up a late 4-3 lead to draw against Parker FC. The U19 faced a NR/Concord combo built on arrogance. Final score 8-2; the game was close in the first and just got ugly in the second. The U19 will play their final regular season game this Thursday vs, FC Neverdead. A win will draw them even in the standings with FC Neverdead.

U16 wins, U19 loses

The FC Groningen16 beat Piano Market 9-0. Taylor was the leading scorer with 6. The FC Groningen19 started out slow against Chiqui Auto Sales and fell behind 3-0 before coming back 3-2 with Connor and Noodle goals to only fall short despite plenty of opportunities. Both teams did play well and both teams really worked the ball well; it was actually enjoyable to watch both teams play. Game times for next week; U16 on Saturday 12/11 at 10 pm vs. Parker FC. If the U16 wins they will overtake FC Parker in the standings for 8th or 9th place (currently in 10th out of 16 teams). The U19 plays Sunday 12/12 at 8 pm vs. FC Neverdead. Neverdead is in 6th, U19 in 8th (of 12 teams). Coach Seitz is working on getting commitments from U16 & U19 players for the next session. This coming weekend will be the final regular season game for the first session. The weekend of December 18 & 19 will be the tournament.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.