The San Benito Youth Soccer League U13 boys team tied for first
place during a tournament at Stanford on Sunday.
The San Benito Youth Soccer League U13 boys team tied for first place during a tournament at Stanford on Sunday.
All seven players representing the team scored in the tournament. Omar Bravo and Adrian Gomez led the way with more than 10 goals each.
Fernado Leon had solid contributions both on offense and defense. The defense of Alex Mottau, Danny Maiello, Christian Maravilla and Daniel Pape gave up just six goals all day.
In Saturday’s league game, the SBYSL Sharks won 6-1. Bravo and Leon scored two goals each. Efrain Espinoza and Pape each scored a goal. Robert Moreno had two assists.
Maravilla, at goalie, along with defenders Maiello, Trujillo, Pape and Eric DeLeon gave up just one goal. Midfielders Diego Martinez, Garrett Miller, Alex Mottau, Manuel Meza and Adan Garcia contributed on both offense and defense.
Class 3: U8 Girls
SAYSO X-Force 3, Hollister United 1
The lone goal was scored by midfielder Kylie Garcia with about three minutes left in the first half.
The opposing coach complimented the outstanding play of the United striker Alexandria Reckas, who constantly kept putting pressure on the goal.
Overall, the team played aggressive and smart with the leadership of team captain Deanna Rodrigues to stay with the third-place team.
After playing midfield for the first half, Kylie Garcia played goalkeeper and recorded a second-half shutout.
Another outstanding defensive performance was turned in by stopper Alexandria Smallwood. She stopped many of their scoring opportunities, before they even got close to the goal.
She also made a nice header save on a shot on goal. Defender Patricia Laguna helped to secure the defense by disrupting many of their plays.
Rodrigues, at midfielder, was also key in making a couple of last minute saves.
Class 3: U8 Boys
De Anza Falcons 10, Tremors 1
The Tremors suffered their worse loss of the season last weekend against the No. 1 team and dropped to 1-6 on the season.
Class 3: U10 Boys
Santa Clara 3, Tremors United 0
Class 3:U11 Boys
Belmont 4, Hollister Pumas 2
In a windy game, host Belmont bounced two early goals over the Pumas’ keeper and into the net.
With the wind at their backs in the second half, Hollister pressed forward to create scoring chances.
But Belmont used every trick in the book to slow the pace of the match.
The Pumas put more players on the attack, which left them vulnerable to Belmont counters.
The Pumas scored on a penalty kick by Reynaldo Reyes to cut the lead to 2-1 after forward Steven Mercado was cut down in the penalty area.
Belmont scored again to make it 3-1. But Hollister came back with a nice through ball to Patrick von Rassler, who redirected it to Brian Cruz for the score.
Belmont’s keeper came up with some big saves in the second half of the game, and Belmont put the game away with a goal with three minutes left.
