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2008 News
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2008-11-14
Annual General Meeting Update
The UMSC AGM was held on Friday November 7, 2008.
The UMSC President,
Richard Herold, reviewed the club's achievements during
2008 and outlined the club's plans and challenges for 2009. There were
also reviews by VP Finance - Andrew Ross, Competitive VP – Danny Daniel and
Recreational VP - Rex Christopher.
Also, elections were held for the following positions (as per
Constitution):
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VP
Competitive |
Danny
Daniel |
Acclaimed |
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Secretary |
Jacinta Kwok |
Acclaimed |
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Director – Sponsorship & Fundraising |
Ken Balakumaran |
Elected |
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Director – Boys Competitive |
John Argiropoulos |
Elected |
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Director –
Communications |
Susanne Stanley-Novak |
Acclaimed |
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Director – Girls Recreational |
Tony Liscio |
Elected |
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Director – Special Events |
Yves Legault |
Acclaimed |
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Director – Equipment & Purchasing |
George Kontos |
Acclaimed |
The club also wishes to thank
Bill Bachra, Christian Corso and
Chris Misketis, our retiring Sponsorship, Boys Competitive and Girls
Recreational Directors, for their contributions while serving on the
executive committee. |
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2008-10-13
Boys U14 Red Strikers Are National Club
Champions!
Congratulations to The Strikers
for winning the Gold Medal at the Nationals today by defeating
British Columbia 3-1.
This is the 1st time that a UMSC Competitive Team wins a Gold
Medal at the Nationals, having won the Silver Medal in 2003 with
the U18 Boys, and the club is truly proud with this team's
achievement.
Well done players, coaches, managers and parents!
The Strikers reached the Gold Medal round by defeating North
West Territories 18-0, New Foundland 9-0 and New Brunswick 5-0
in the group games and then defeated Alberta 4-0 in the Semi
Final match.
The team's record at the championship is 5-0 with 39 goals for
and 1 goal against.
The National Champions capped a memorable season having already won the OYSL League Title
and the Ontario Cup this year.
For more details about the
National Club Championship, visit the official
Tournament Website.
Detailed match reports by the OSA representative to the
tournament are available on the
OSA Website. Also, you can read more about the team in a
recent local
media article. |
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2008-09-25
U16 Boys
All Star Team Wins Fifth Tournament
The UMSC U16 Boys All Star Team
won the Albert Campbell Tournament held September 20/21.
This is their 5th tournament win this season. See the
All Star page for details. |
2008-9-6
Boys U14 Red Strikers Are Ontario Cup
Champions!
Congratulations to the U14 Boys Red team for winning the Ontario
Cup this afternoon in an exciting match against Pickering.
The strikers won the Cup in a dramatic fashion on a Golden Goal
rule in the 2nd period of extra time to clinch the Cup. Well
done boys!
Click
here for a detailed match report on the OSA website.
The U14 Strikers Red are now rated #1 in Ontario having won the
Provincial League title, successfully defended their Robbie
Tournament crown and for winning the Ontario Cup.
For further team info, read the article in the
York Region news.
The team will now represent Ontario in the National Club
Championships which are held in Prince Edward
Island on October 7-13. |
2008-9-15
Boys U14 White Strikers Are League
Champions!
Congratulations to the U14 Boys White team for winning the CSL
League title and for gaining promotion to the Premier
Division. Well Done Boys!
For further team info, read the article in the
York Region news. |
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2008-9-15
Girls U9 Red Strikers Kick Up A Storm!
Congratulations to the U9 Girls Red team for winning the
inaugural Tournament of Champions hosted by the UMSC by defeating Georgetown
on penalty kicks in the Finals.
This win caps an impressive season for the team having won their league with a
record of 15-0 as well as capturing the League Cup! Well Done Girls.
For further team info, read the article in the
York Region news. |
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2008-9-15
Boys U13 Black Team
- YRSL Cup Champions
Congratulations to the
U13 Black team for winning the YRSL Cup Championship. In a tough final
against the #1 Team in the league the Strikers were determined and won.
For further team info see the
Competitive Team Info Page. |
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2008-8-22
UMSC BU7 All Star Win the Oshawa NASC 6v6
Tournament
The
UMSC U7 Boys coached by Chris McLeish and Stephen Spencer demonstrated
that they are a first-class team by going undefeated 4-0 in the
weekend tournament with;
1-0
over Peterborough City
3-2
win over Whitby Iroquois Blue
6-2
win over Whitby Iroquois Gold
3-2
Win in the Finals over Whitby Iroquois Blue
There were some great goals by Luca Delapa with 2 goals
against Whitby Blue, Nicholas Early and Philip Morrone with a goal
each against Whitby Gold. In the Tournament final, Cole Faulknor
scored 2 beautiful goals, Cale Laughrey scored 1 and Philip Morrone
was the player of the match in net with some timely saves. Supported
by an overall outstanding team performance by all of the UMSC
Strikers, Cale Laughrey had an unbelievable tournament with 7 Goals!!
Next up for the boys is one of the biggest and best tournaments of the
year, their own UMSC All
Star/Select Tournament August 23-24!
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2008-8-20
UMSC GU14 All
Star Wins Lake Simcoe Tournament
Congratulation to U-MSC
GU-14 team for winning the Lake Simcoe Tournament!
The girls won their
qualifying round by 2-0, 2-0, 1-0 and finally winning their final
championship game by 5-0. The girls played an amazing game shutting
out the tournament. “Watching the girls play in this tournament was
like listening to a beautiful piece of music, they were all in synch”,
said the coaching staff Alfie Ng and Philip Chow; or as the girls
would say, “Listening to the Jonas Brothers sing”.
You cannot go through
a tournament by not giving up one goal without a solid defense. Our
defense was a force to be reckoned with. The defensive team of Kristin Dass, Melanie Ng, Celine Yu and Wessal Omarkhail were like the “Great
Wall of China”. Whenever the ball hit, it bounced back. When the
frustrated opponent finally struck hard enough and punched a hole
through the Great Wall of China, our impenetrable Goal Keeper was
there to say “No Way, Jose”!, and stopped every shot directed at the
net. A very special “thank you” goes to Nicole Tortorici, Esin Uner
and Tiffany Chow for “volunteering” to play goalie, and for performing
flawlessly as the last line of defense. Our goal keepers had only one
goal and that was to deny the opponent of theirs and denied them they
did.
People say Soccer is
a beautiful sport, and this beauty is exemplified by our “Play
Makers”, the Mid-fielders; Vanessa Barnwell, Lidia Tortorici, Nicole
Tortorici, Nicole Samara, Lauren Mah and Tiffany Chow. They were there
to support the defense, and set up the Forward for the final finish.
You cannot loose a
game if you don’t let in a goal, and you cannot win unless you get a
goal. When it came to making it count, the speed of Marissa Chin and
Alex Lowe, the powerful kick of Harleen Nijjar, the accuracy of our
“lefty” Mary Kathleen Spray and Esin Uner played the finale notes to a
beautiful song by putting that ball into the net, scoring a total of
10 goals in the tournament.
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2008-7-14
UMSC GU18 All Star Wins Greece
All Star Tournament
CONGRATULATIONS to the UMSC girls' team under 18 for winning the
Greece All Star tournament. The only Canadian team in the group, the
tournament was held in Greece N.Y. The UMSC GU18 strikers were
successful in placing first among a group of 6 teams. This was the
result of dedication and commitment from the players.
- Coach Chris Misketis, Assistant coach
Rob Cummings and Team Manager Greg Giannidis |
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2008-4-24
UMSC Strikers 1995 Boys Red Crowned Champions
The Team travelled to Michigan for the Alliance FC
International Spring Invite Tournament. The U13 (USA 1994 Age
Group) round robin qualifying stage saw the Squad win both their
games 3-nil and 4-nil respectively. Outside of a few exhibition
games, these initial games were the first two games of the 2008
season and the Boys seem to be in mid-season form playing a
controlled game of soccer.
In the semi-finals the Team played host team
Alliance FC; never an easy task to play the host team of any
tournament let alone a US based international tournament at that.
The Team came out strong scoring a quick goal in the opening minutes
of the match. After the initial goal, the game settled down until
the mid way mark of the second half where an exceptional play that
initiated out of the midfield to see UMSC Strikers go up 2-nil on
the host team. A final goal was scored in the dying minutes of the
match, final score UMSC 3, Alliance FC nil.
The final match was a nail biter from the opening
whistle. The Boys scored first to take a 1-nil lead over the 5th
ranked Michigan Team the Muskegon Lakers. The Muskegon Team fought
back to tie the match to open the second half; but our Boys are a
determined group of young men and held most of the possession in the
second half. At the mid way mark of the second half the ball saw
the back of the Muskegon net for a second time in the match, that
was eventually the game winner, UMSC Striker 2, Muskegon Lakers 1.
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A special thanks to the Coaches and Parents for all
the hard work in making this weekend a success.
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2008-4-2
Kayla
Picanco - High School Athlete of the Week
A stronger player of Girls Under 16 Red
Team has been named the High School Athlete of the Week in the Toronto
Star. Click to
view article.
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