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FINAL STANDINGS - FALL 2000
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FALL 2000 DIVISION 4
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MSC STRIKERS RESULTS MSC STRIKERS 7 SWYA UNITED 0 (HT 3-0) MSC STRIKERS 2 MSC EXTREME 1 (HT 1-0) MSC STRIKERS 3 MATT COBRAS 1 (HT 0-0) ABGC UNITED 3 MSC STRIKERS 2 (HT: 2-1) MSC STRIKERS 2 CROFTON DRAGONS 1 (HT
1-0) MSC STRIKERS 7 CHAN SHOCKWAVE 0 (HT 4-0) DIVISION 4 RESULTS
October 29
October 22
OCTOBER 15
OCTOBER 1
SEPT 9-10
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PRE-SEASON & LAST SEASON NEWS
GETTYSBURG TOURNAMENT
| MSC Strikers took part in the Gettysburg Tournament, August 27-28, finishing fourth out of 24 teams in their age group. |
STRIKERS WIN COLIN BROWN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT MSC STRIKERS won the
Second Annual Colin Brown
Memorial Tournament (U-12 boys section) . In the MSI-sponsored, post-season
tournament, played June 17, MSC Strikers,
won three games and tied the fourth, with a goal differential of 32-6. |
SPRING 2000 SEASON IN SUMMARY |
SPRING 2000 NCSL RESULTS
April 1: MSC Strikers 0 SWYA
Galaxy 2 (ht: 0-0)
April 2: MSC Strikers 3 STER Pride 0 (ht: 2-0)
April 16 - MSC Strikers 1 SEVP Galaxy 2 (ht: 0-1)
LEAGUE TABLE AS OF MONDAY, APRIL 17
(From NCSL)
| FREE | Storm | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6:1 | 8 |
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| SEVP | Galaxy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11:8 | 7 |
| SWYA | Galaxy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:1 | 6 |
| DAMA | Tornados | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7:5 | 5 |
| ALEX | Lions | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11:14 | 5 |
| HERN | United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5:5 | 4 |
| CHAN | Shockwave | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5:3 | 3 |
| MSC | STRIKERS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4:4 | 3 |
| BETH | Legends | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3:4 | 3 |
| STER | Pride | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4:16 | 0 |
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MSC Strikers, with three guest players, played in the Potomac Memorial Day Tournament, May 27-29, reaching the Semi-Finals before losing in a penalty shoot out. Congratulations to the team for playing so well, and commiserations on the final result. Strikers 1 Freestate Storm
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| Congratulations to the MSC Strikers for their excellent win in the preliminary round of the Maryland State Cup. Commiserations to the Strikers for failing to make the Semi-Finals of the Maryland State Cup. They had an excellent victory against La Plata Blackawks, before going down to the two NCSL Division 1 teams, Potomac Cougars and BSU Warthogs. |
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MSC Strikers play in the next round of the Maryland State Cup on
Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30. Strikers play in a
"round robbin" against Potomac Cougars, BSU Wathogs and
La Plata Blackhawks. (Game Times have been posted.)
MSC Strikers play in the Potomac Memorial Day Tournament. Saturday, May 27 and Sunday, May 28.
In the winter off-season, Strikers played in the first session of Corner Kick. In the pre-season warm up, MSC Strikers won an indoor tournament. |
SPRING 2000 RESULTS
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MSC Strikers opened the season against SWYA Galaxy, losing 0-2,
conceding two goals in the last few minutes after dominating much of the
game, especially the second half. (Half-Time 0-0)
In their second game, MSC Strikers won 3-0 against STER Pride (half-time 2-0).
In their opening game in the Maryland State Cup, Strikers defeated GSPAA Wolfpack 7-0.
In their latest game,
played April 17, MSC Strikers lost 1-2 against SEVP Galaxy,
conceding goals in the first five minutes and last minute of the game,
after dominating virtually all of the game.
Unquestionably, another very tough result for
the Strikers. The players put so much effort into the game and
"deserved" so much better than the final result. |
MSC STRIKERS FALL SCHEDULE
| Sunday, Sept. 12, 1:30 pm
DC Devils (Away) (6-0) Sunday, Sept. 19, 10:00 am GRFL Thunderbolts (2-2) Saturday, Sept. 25, 11:00 am FESC (Away) (0-1) Sunday, Sept. 26,
4:30pm Olney United (Away) (0-1) Sunday, Nov. 7, 1:30pm VYS United (HOME) |
MSC STRIKERS PLAY IN GETTYSBURG TOURNAMENT
| MSC Strikers played in the Gettysburg Tournament, August 28 & 29. They finished the tournament, 5th out of 32 teams with a record of 4-1-1, which included 5 shutouts. |
STRIKERS COACHES COMPLETE USSF "C" LICENSE COURSE
| MSC Strikers coaches Glen Diaz and Errol Brathwaite recently attended the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) national "C" license course, in Lakewood, New Jersey. Instructors at the course includes Jay Hoffman of the US women's national team and Gary Allen from the Virginia Youth Soccer Association (VYSA). |
MSC STRIKERS RETURN FROM VIRGINIA SOCCER CAMP
| June: Almost all the players on the MSC STRIKERS team spent five intense-days of soccer, at the "International Soccer Network Boys Soccer Camp" at Virginia Tech. |
COLIN BROWN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
| June: MSC STRIKERS took part in the 6-a-side Colin Brown Memorial Tournament, and performed very creditably and displayed a high degree of skill in their three matches against U-13 teams. |
MSC STRIKERS GAIN PROMOTION TO DIVISION 2
| June: A goal five minutes from time in their season finale gave MSC STRIKERS a 1-0 victory and promotion to Division 2. MSC STRIKERS thus completed a hat-trick of consecutive promotions, moving in successive season, from Division 5 to Division 2 of the National Capital Soccer League (NCSL) |
MSC STRIKERS WIN MEMORIAL DAY TOURNAMENT
| May 31, MSC Strikers participated in the U-11 Boys Lincoln Division Potomac Memorial Soccer Tournament, winning all five of their games against teams from New York, New Jersey and Maryland. |
PRACTICE & PARTY AT GLEN'S
| On Saturday, October 16, 1999 , the Strikers practiced and partied at Glen Diaz's house. Thanks Glen! |
DIRECTION TO LEAMAN LOCAL PARK #1
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COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND TOURNAMENT
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Saturday, October 9 , MSC STRIKERS played part in the Sterling Youth Soccer Association's 20th Annual Mid-Atlantic Columbus Day
Tournament, in Northern Virginia. Games were played at Algonkian
Regional Park, just past Northern Virginia Community College-Loudon Campus off of Route 7. Unfortunately, the Sunday games were cancelled due to the weather. Based on their Saturday results, Strikers were accorded second place in the Tournament. In their first game, Strikers defeated Stafford Storm 2-0. In their second game, Strikers defeated Shenadoah United 4-3. Strikers were scheduled to play Vienna United in their third game, on Sunday. |
FIELD SET-UP VOLUNTEER STEPS FORWARD!
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Jim Dempsey has kindly volunteered to take over from Bill Clark
responsibility for field set up. (Paul Gleason also volunteered for the task.) The team has setup on October 24. The team has no more take downs this season. The equipment needs to be picked up in Germantown. Thanks again to the Clarks for having done field setup for the past four seasons. |
STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1
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| TEAM | P | W | L | T | GOALS | PTS. | |
| GRFL | Thunderbolts | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13:7 | 15 |
| DCST | DC Devils | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19:15 | 14 |
| FESC | Excel | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12:7 | 13 |
| STAF | Storm | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11:10 | 12 |
| OLNY | United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13:13 | 12 |
| REST | Vikings FC | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14:10 | 10 |
| VYS | United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10:11 | 10 |
| SWYA | Galaxy | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8:15 | 9 |
| DAMA | Tornados | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9:18 | 7 |
| MSC | Strikers | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14:17 | 6 |
Top 2 promoted; bottom 3 relegated
SCORES - OCTOBER 31, 1999
| DAMA Tornados vs. MSC Strikers | 1:1 | |
| REST Vikings FC vs. OLNY United | 2:2 | |
| DCST DC Devils vs. VYS United | 4:1 | |
| GRFL Thunderbolts vs. SWYA Galaxy | 2:0 | |
| STAF Storm vs. FESC Excel | 1:1 |
STRIKERS RELEGATED
| MSC Strikers tied 1-1 vs
Damascus Tornadoes, Sunday, October 31. After a scoreless first-half, in which Strikers
had several chances to take the lead, Tornadoes scored early in the second half, with
Strikers equalizing a few minutes from the end. This tie, ensures that regardless of other results or how the Strikers and other teams fares next Sunday, MSC Strikers are (briefly) returning to Division 3 (thus ensuring that the Strikers get another chance to win the Division 3 Championship!) All the parents will agree that they are very proud of the players of this team, and that, while it may sound a little crazy, with just a little better luck, we would be leaving this division - from the other direction: up into Division 1! |
STRIKERS (1)1 STAFFORD STORM (1)3
| On Sunday, October 24, MSC STRIKERS lost 1-3 against Stafford Storm. On a cold blustery day, Stafford took the lead after about ten minutes, before Strikers equalized from a free kick, shortly before the interval. In the second half, Stafford scored twice to end up winning 3-1, leaving Strikers in a rather precarious position. |
MSC STRIKERS TIE 2:2 Vs SWYA GALAXY
| On Sunday, October 17, MSC Strikers tied 2:2 against SWYA Galaxy. Galaxy took the lead early in the first half. Strikers equalized before half time. In the second half, Strikers went ahead before Galaxy got their equalizer five minutes from time. A few minutes earlier, Galaxy had hit the bar from the penalty spot. |
TOURNAMENT UPDATE
| From: Carol Peters Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 2:16 PM Subject: Re: 1999 MACDT: Algonkian Regional Park Site Conditions Laura - Your team (MSC Strikers) ended up in second place. Someone will contact your team about getting the trophies - Carol From Laura to the Tournament organizers: Original Message: |
COLUMBUS DAY TOURNAMENT
| MSC STRIKERS took part in the Sterling Youth Soccer Association's 20th Annual Mid-Atlantic Columbus Day Tournament on Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10. The games were at Algonkian Regional Park, near Northern Virginia Community College-Loudon Campus. Despite winning both games, Strikers finished as runners up, because of a rain cancellation. |
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SEEKING VIEWS & COMMENTS
| Players, parents and visitors: Please send any
comments or views about the team, about one of our games, about this website or any other
soccer-related comments to macmoish@aol.com. Please explicitly state whether or not you wish for your
comments to appear on this site. MATCH REPORTS If our coach or if any of the players or parents have comments about games, which they want posted on this site, please e-mail them to macmoish@aol.com |
GLEN'S PRACTICE/PARTY
| On SATURDAY, October 16: Glen held a practice and party at his house. Many Thanks Glen! |
RAIN THWARTS POSSIBLE TOURNAMENT VICTORY
Over the
Columbus Day Weekend, MSC STRIKERS took part in the Sterling Youth
Soccer Association's 20th Annual Mid-Atlantic Columbus Day Tournament in Northern
Virginia. In their two games, Strikers defeated Stafford Storm 2-0 (half-time 1-0)
before beating Shennadoah United 4-3 (half-time 1-0) in a game, which will probably
be long remembered. |
MATCH SUMMARIES
STRIKERS 2: VYS UNITED 3
| On Sunday, November 7, MSC Strikers lost 3-2 to VYS United on a very windy day. At half time, VYS United were leading 1-0. Strikers equalized in the second half. VYS went 3-1 before Strikers pulled 1 back. |
STRIKERS GO DOWN AGAINST RESTON
| In what was really a "shock defeat," MSC Strikers went down 2-7 against bottom of the table Reston Vikings. This was the first time Strikers had conceded more than 2 goals in over a year. |
STRIKERS SLIP UP AGAINST OLNEY
| On Sunday, September 26, MSC Strikers lost 1-0 to Olney United, conceding a goal from a freekick, midway through the second half. After a shaky first ten minutes, Strikers had dominated much of the first half, but failed to score. In the second half, until the goal, Strikers looked like they had a good chance of getting a result. |
STRIKERS GO DOWN 0-1 TO NEW LEADERS
| MSC Strikers lost 0-1 to the new Division 2 leaders, FESC, in a game played at FESC, on Saturday, Sept. 25.. Strikers conceded a goal in the second half as . FESC took their run of consecutive victories to something like 15. |
STRIKERS TIE 2-2 AGAINST DIVISION LEADERS
| On Sunday, September 19, MSC Strikers tied 2:2 against Division 2 leaders, GRFL Thunderbolts (halftime 1-1). In the first half, Strikers went ahead after about 15 minutes after experiencing a lot of Thunderbolts pressure. After scoring, Strikers came close to getting a second. Just seconds before half time, Thunderbolts equalized from a free kick just outside the Strikers penalty area. In the second half, both sides had a number of chances, before Thunderbolts went ahead after about 10 minutes. Strikers equalized from the penalty spot, about 5 minutes from time. This was the first time Strikers had tied a game since the Spring of 1998. |
STRIKERS WIN OPENING GAME 6-0!
| MSC STRIKERS won their opening game, September 12, 6-0 away to DC Devils with 3 goals in each half. MSC STRIKERS went ahead in the first minute; were 2-0 after 5 minutes and 3-0 within 15 minutes. Three more goals followed in the second half, in a game which the DC Devils, despite the scoreline, never gave up trying till the very last kick. |
THE REST OF THE SEASON
A PURELY PERSONAL VIEW
| Regardless of the reasons
for the current predicament of MSC Strikers -- and one can always look back at each game,
and say, "if only" -- as the latest standings show, Strikers face a major
problem. (One should alway bear in mind that, ultimately, this is only a game, and that
our 11 and 12 year olds are continuing to develop and learn lessons even in adversity.)
Since there are numerous permutations depending on results between the other teams, there are no certainties about what number of points are needed to stay up. Realistically, two victories, from our last four games should ensure Division 2 soccer, next season. (Promotion to Division 1 is no longer an option!) Our next three games are against teams who are currently fighting to ensure that the they will not be one of the three teams going down: SWYA Galaxy; STAF Storm; and DAMA Tornados. Our final game is then against VYS United, who are currently one of the three teams challenging for the two promotion places. Obviously recriminations or regret about past games is pointless - beyond learning from them, and clearly everyone on the team is trying extremely hard. What we have to do is focus on the next four games, and look to the Strikers playing as we know that they can play. Some things, obviously Strikers have no control over: games we've already played; the results of other matches; refereeing decisions we may disagree with; bad luck; or ultimately, if another team is, on the day, even more brilliant than us, at our best. All that can be done is to look to what is each of our own hands - players and parents - to maximize the possibility for success in our games for the rest of the season. If after doing all that we can do, it is not enough, then so be it. After three great seasons, this season will hopefully prove to be a blip, and next season MSC Strikers will be restored to its old successful ways. (Speaking obviously only for my son on the team, however this season ends, we will be kicking off next season, with MSC Strikers). If anyone has any comments on this matter, that they wish placed on this site, please e-mail them to me at: Macmoish@aol.com |
| Parents and Players of MSC STRIKERS should check the ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPDATES section of this site for complete details of news and announcements concerning MSC STRIKERS games, practices and events. For the most up-to-the minute, Strikers announcements, continue to call the Strikers information line. |
COACH GLEN DIAZ GETS USSF "C" LICENSE
| MSC Strikers coach Glen Diaz has just
received his United States Soccer Federation (USSF) national "C" license.
Many congratulations! In the Summer, Glen attended the USSF national "C" license course, in Lakewood, New Jersey, where the instructors included Jay Hoffman of the US women's national team and Gary Allen from the Virginia Youth Soccer Association (VYSA). |
SNACK SCHEDULE POSTED
| Please Check "Team Announcements" for snack schedule. |
FIELD SETUP VOLUNTEER STEPS FORWARD
| Jim Dempsey has kindly volunteered to take over from Bill Clark responsibility for field set up. (Paul Gleason also volunteered for the task.) Thanks again to the Clarks for having done this task for the past four seasons. |
GROUP ACTIVITY |
| A few weekends ago, Jim Dempsey put together a trip for most members of the team (and parents) to go see a soccer game at the University of Maryland, which they greatly enjoyed. |
FINAL STANDINGS
Top Two Teams Go Up -- Bottom Three Teams Go Down
FINAL STANDINGS IF POINTS TIE In the case of point ties at the end of the regularly scheduled season, final division standings for any teams involved will be determined on the basis of the following tiebreaker sequence: a) Head-to-head result between the two teams or among the three, four, or five teams involved. (With several other key games to come, thus far the situation is: If DC Devils and Strikers finish on equal points; Strikers are higher placed. If Strikers and Reston Vikings finish on equal points; Reston are higher placed. If Strikers and Olney finish on equal points, Olney place higher.) (b) Most wins during the season. (c) Greatest differential between goals for and goals against. (d) Fewest goals allowed during the season. (e) Fewest red cards (f) Coin toss. |
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