The Anna Maria Island Sun Newspaper


Vol. 15 No. 50 - October 14, 2015

sports

Back on the field again: Fall youth soccer kicks off

Anna Maria Island Sun News Story

MONICA SIMPSON | SUN

Kendall Johnston for Miller Electric drives the soccer
ball down field with the support of her teammate
on Oct. 5 against The Feast in the 8- to 10-year-old age group.

Despite the new branding of the Island’s Community Center, some things do not change. With the fall breeze sweeping over the field, two youth recreational soccer teams took the field on Oct. 5 as the sun began to make its decent. The 8- to10-year-old league pitted two well-matched teams against each other: Miller Electric coached by David Johnston and The Feast coached by Chris Culhane.

The game started with Josie Alderson in the goal for The Feast and the kick off by Kiera Johnston for Miller Electric. With strong defense by both teams, Miller Electric’s goalie, Anthony Nguyen, kept the ball out of the goal for the entire first half of the game.

Gregory Jordan showed his defensive talents for The Feast. Alderson’s quick reaction in goals kept her team in the game, allowing only one goal in the first 14 minutes of play when Kiera Johnston kicked the goal.

Both Kendall Johnston and Mikaela Culhane showed their teams offensive and defensive play that assisted Miller Electric and The Feast, respectively.

Down by one goal at the start of the second half, The Feast came out playing hard. Kyle Samuels fought hard defensively for Miller Electric. The Miller Electric team passed the ball well down field. A smart cross-field pass by Nicholas Yatros to Nguyen allowed Miller Electric to score in the first two minutes of play taking the score to 2-0.

Alderson out of the goal showed her defensive maneuvers, forcing Nguyen to change directions and work harder for his second goal of the game. But The Feast quickly came back to score its first goal of the game. With the scoreboard at 3-1, Samuels dribbled the ball down the field before being stopped past mid-field.

Nguyen took over the ball and dribbled past the lone defender to scoring, giving him a hat trick. After Nguyen’s goal, goalies for both teams changed: Langdon Bell for The Feast and Kiera Johnston for Miller Electric.

The game ended with the score of 5-1 after Nguyen scored his fourth goal of the game again with Alderson playing strong defense. Despite the score, both teams played strong and stayed tough throughout the whole game, proving this to be another competitive youth recreational soccer season at the Center.

The Sun Scoreboard

Monday, Oct. 5

8-to 10-Year-Old Soccer

Miller Electric 5
The Feast 1

11-to 13-Year-Old Soccer

Progressive Cabinetry 4
Sugar Beach Digital 3

Tuesday, Oct. 6

Adult Basketball

Gator Squad 47
LaPensee Plumbing and Pools 56

Miller Electric 50
West Coast Air Conditioning and Heating 56

Wednesday, Oct. 7

6-to 17-Year-Old Soccer

Signarama 5
Beach Bums 1

11-to 13-Year-Old Soccer

Tyler’s Ice Cream 9
Wash Family Construction 4

14-to 17-Year-Old Soccer

Team Pink 9
Team Black 1

Thursday, Oct. 8

Adult Soccer

Ross Built Construction 7
Beach to Bay 4

Slim’s Place 3
Mason Martin 2

Island Pest Control 7
Island Time 1

Progressive Cabinetry 0
Sato Real Estate 9

Friday, Oct. 9

6-to 17-Year Old Soccer

Bark and Company 2
Beach Bums 2

8-to 10-Year-Old Soccer

Miller Electric 4
West Coast Air Conditioning & Heating 4

11-to 13-Year-Old Soccer

Progressive Cabinetry 6
Wash Family Construction 6


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