ANNA MARIA – April brings youth soccer back to The Center’s fields with the oldest players starting off the season with fun scrimmages on jamboree night. The 8- to 10-year-old league played their first games of the season.
The six teams went head-to-head last Tuesday night, with two teams earning their first wins. Team The Intuitive Foundation and Solid Rock Construction each defeated their opponents. Ending in a tie, Emily Moss Design and Isola Bella Italian Eatery finished their opening game 0-0.
The Intuitive Foundation easily won against the Shady Lady Horticultural Services squad 8-2. Joseph Caballero and Leo Tyler each got past the goalie for Intuitive. Teammate Simon Messinger had seven saves in the game.
Scoring for The Intuitive Foundation were Parker Svoboda, Silas Whitehead, Sawyer Leibfried and Gunnar Maize. The group had a total of eight points, contributing to the team’s win.
Playing keeper for the Intuitive team, Leibfried and Svoboda each had a single save, along with Maize’s single assist in the first game of the week.
Ending in a tie with no goals scored, Emily Moss Design and Isola Bella Italian Eatery go into week two of spring soccer seeking their first win. Goalkeepers Miles Moss, with seven stops, and Isola Bella’s Carson Long, making six saves, enforced the strong defensive action of both teams.
In a close battle, Solid Rock Construction came out on top with a single goal by Everly Chaplinsky against the AMI Coconuts team.
Protecting the goal for Solid Rock, Samuel Raulerson had six stops and Elijah Roadman made two saves. Goalie Andre Harwood had five saves, while teammate Owen Serra recorded a stop of his own to help keep their team in the game.
Adult soccer action puts teams Sato Real Estate and Progressive Cabinetry at the top of the ranks with two wins. Team Beach House Waterfront Restaurant and Salty Printing share a one-win-one-loss record.
With one win and a tie, Pool America is in the middle of the pack. Diamond Turf, Language Services Association, Solid Rock Construction, Ross Built Custom Homes and Moss Builders hope to earn their first wins on Thursday night.
SUN SCOREBOARD
APRIL 2
YOUTH SOCCER – WEEK 1
8- TO 10-YEAR-OLD LEAGUE
The Intuitive Foundation 8
Shady Lady Horticultural Services 2
Emily Moss Design 0
Isola Bella Italian Eatery 0
Solid Rock Construction 1
AMI Coconuts 0
APRIL 4
ADULT CO-ED SOCCER – WEEK 2
Sato Real Estate (2-0-0) 5
Language Services Association (0-2-0) 2
Beach House Waterfront Restaurant (1-1-0) 2
Diamond Turf (0-2-0) 1
Progressive Cabinetry (2-0-0) 6
Salty Printing (1-1-0) 3
Pool America (1-0-1) 2
Solid Rock Construction (0-0-2) 2
Ross Built Custom Homes (0-0-2) 1
Moss Builders (0-1-1) 1
