Barnstonworth Premier team put on a convincing display on Sunday August 2nd to win the Soccer Resort Men's 8v8 Open Tournament. Seeded in Group C (supposedly with 3 other over 30 teams) - Barnstonworth Premier was dominant in the group stages racking up goals and dominating opponents to finish with a 3-0-1 record 17 goals for and 3 goals against to lead the group. Premier romped over Nags Head in the finals with an 8-0 rout to collect the tournament trophy. Nags head started off the final as the stronger of the 2 teams pouring the pressure in the first 5 mins of the game and threatened to score until Premier's Nedgy Nazon and Peter Best each scored 2 quick counter attack goals in the following 10 mins to effectively end the contest. The rest of the game turned out to be happy hour with Peter and Nedgy going tit for tat in scoring to finish off the goal fest.
Nedgy Nazon picked up the Golden Boot with a tally of 10 goals followed by MVP Peter Best 8 goals and 5 assists.
Special thanks to the other Rovers for helping to complete the squad and providing the much needed firepower and solid defense.
David Schlatter (3rd Team)
Eric Butte (Rovers Over 30's)
Zack Ruben (3rd Team)
The Premiers welcome back Anders Moberg (coming back from Paternity Leave), and welcome aboard 3 exciting new prospects Kevon (Coco T) Thompson, Yuki (Kamikaze) Tominaga and Brent "The Finisher" Lyons clearly showing that no one's space is gauranteed on the roster for this upcoming season. (hint to other returning premier players - make it to practice)
Tournament Roster:
1 Anders Moberg Midfield
2 Asha Nazon Forward
3 Brent Lyons Forward
4 Chivon Thornhill Defense
5 Dave Schlatter Defense
6 Eric Butte Forward
7 Kevon (Coco T) Thompson Midfield
8 Marc Daly Defense
9 Narces Phanor Midfield
10 Nedgy Nazon Forward
11 Peter Best Midfield
12 Robbie Davis Midfield
13 Yuki Tominaga Defense
14 Zack Ruben Keeper
Barnstonworth Premier Coach Marc Daly is looking to add to the trophy count for the upcoming season with his sights set firmly on the league, playoff and state cup titles. And stated firmly "We are coming strong this year and our goal is to finish the season undefeated in all competitions".
After a long summer season, Rovers Thirds and friends played their best game of the season last night to defeat NY Galicia 4-2 (Garro, Brown, Harris and Gonzalez) and take the championship, edging other Rovers team Jimmy Hill's Chin by a single point. Congrats Thirds!
