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2008-09 Fall U11 Cougar team is looking
for a few players. Please contact Missy
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Vincent United U12 Pride Champions
at West Chester Summer Classic
8/9/08—The U12 Pride team opened
their new season taking 1st place at the West Chester Summer Classic
August 2nd and 3rd. The Pride team started the tournament with a
win against West Chester United Eagles 3-1 followed by a disappointing
loss against Upper Chesapeake 1-3. Sunday morning began with a match
against Farmingdale Rockets (NY). The Pride posted another 3-1 win
which placed the team in a 3 way tie with Upper Chesapeake and Farmingdale
for first place in the bracket. After these two teams played their
4th and final games at 1:00 pm, the Pride team, trailing in bonus
points, had to win their 4th game 4-0 to over take Farmingdale to
win the tournament. The Pride knew what needed to be done and took
care of business outscoring the Ukrainian National U12 team 6-0
to take home the trophy. The Pride posted 3 wins with 1 shutout
putting up some stellar numbers this weekend racking up 13 goals.
Congratulations to Coach Margusity, Coach Ashley and Coach Hernan
for a job well done! |
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U17 Valor— Finalists at Score
Tournament, Greensboro, NC
8/2/08—The U17 Valor team marched
on to another successful College showcase at the recently held Score
Tournament in Greensboro, NC. After a slow start, the team quickly
geared up and hit their stride while posting 3 shutouts along the
way. Matches v. Philly Coppa 0-0 (PA), SYC 2-0 (VA), Lou Fusz 4-0
(MO), Blue Springs 2-1 (GA) and we reached the finals v. D'Feeter's
(N TX). In the final v. D'Feeter's, the Valor held the lead at 1-0
for most of the match, with 3 minuets left the North Texas team
was awarded a PK and tied it at 1-1. In OT the Valor lost on a very
exciting round of PK's. Fantastic tournament, awesome fields and
some great soccer played for the Valor girls. On to the Discovery
Cup in October! Congrats to all! |
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EPA U17 Girls ODP Region 1 Champions
6/30/08—Congrats go out to the EPA 1991
U17 girls for winning the Region 1 championship this weekend.
EPA easily handled both VA in the semi final on Sat then CT in the
final on Sunday at Kirkwood, DE. Vincent United was well represented
with four players on the EPA roster for this event. Fury U17- Emily
Cota, Brittany Wollner and Valor U16 Addison Markley, Michelle Stevens.
Great job girls! |
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Vincent United U15 Blizzards win the
FC Delco Player’s Cup
6/5/08— It was a Memorial Day weekend to remember
as the Vincent United Blizzards won the U15 Championship
Division of the FC Delco Player’s Cup. With only 12 players
available due to an unfortunate run of injuries, the Blizzards battled
through Bracket A on Saturday and Sunday to advance to the semifinals
Sunday afternoon to face the winners of Bracket B, the Oyster Bay
East Norwich (NY) Intense. After a hard fought 1-1 game through
overtime, the Blizzards won on penalty kicks. Similarly, the championship
game on Memorial Day against local rival, the West Chester Predators,
was a physical match that ended in a 1-1 tie. The Blizzards again
won the battle of penalty kicks for the victory. Congratulations
to coach Kendall Walkes and the entire Blizzard team on their tournament
title, their determination and their will to win!
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U13 Jaguars win Gettysburg Blue Gray
Cup
5/27/08—The Vincent United U13 Jaguar
team traveled to Gettysburg, Pa Memorial Day weekend to compete
in the 2008 Blue Gray Cup. In the playoff round, the Jaguars strung
together 3 straight hard fought victories to take the tournament’s
U13 Championship title. In the quarter finals, the Jags scored early
on then played tough defense to walk away with a 1-0 victory over
SAC United Classics (Maryland). The Jaguars next faced Redland Lightning
(PA) in the semi finals. After a game regulation 1-1 tie, the teams
went to overtime. Four overtime periods later, the Jaguars scored
and advanced to the championship game to play the Wilmington Jags
(Delaware). In the championship game, with less than 2 minutes remaining
trailing by 1 goal, Vincent Jaguars scored to force another game
overtime. In the first overtime period, the Vincent Jaguars score
the golden goal to win the championship game 3-2.
Congratulations to the entire Jaguar team, led by head Coach Kyle
Rush, for completing their 2007-2008 U13 season as the Blue Gray
Cup champions. This championship win has come on the heels of a
2nd place finish two weeks prior at the Epic Tournament in Yardley.
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U11 Pride had a stellar weekend
4/22/08—The Vincent United U11 Pride
team had a stellar weekend as they took 1st place at the Quakertown
Invitational tournament held April 19th and 20th. With a full schedule
of 5 group play games, plus one State Cup game, the team had prepared
to handle 6 games for the weekend, traveling to Nazareth Pa in between
the tournament games for their third state cup match of the Challenge
Cup series.
The U11 Pride team, led by Head Coach Joe Margusity, finished the
weekend with 4 wins and 2 ties posting 3 shutouts for the weekend.
All toll, the Pride racked up 16 goals upon their opponents allowing
only 4 goals scored against in the 6 games. Congratulations to Coach
Margusity and the entire U11 Pride team for a very successful weekend!
Upcoming tournaments include the YMS Epic tournament over Mother’s
day weekend, and the Columbia Invitational event held in Columbia
Maryland over Memorial Day weekend.
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| U16 Valor Indoor State
Cup and Futsal Event
3/10/08—After a great finish at the Orange Classic
in Ft. Lauderdale, advancing to the finals but losing in the 7th
round of PK’s, the Valor team returned to PA to begin training
for PA Indoor Cups and the State Futsal tournament. At the PA Indoor
State Cup the Valor rolled into the finals v. Redland only to fall
a goal short in sudden death overtime marking its 3rd appearance
as finalists in the State Indoor Cup.
In 2007, the Valor made it to the National Futsal Final 8 held
in Anaheim, CA after reaching the finals in both the state and regional
tournaments. The speed and technical demands of the game have made
it a Vincent club favorite! (www.futsal.org
and www.newenglandfutsal.com).
This year Vincent entered four teams at the U16 age group: Fury
(sophomores), Valor Black, Valor White and the U15 Vipers. All teams
performed amazingly well as both Valor teams took the top two spots-
PA State Futsal champion and Finalist. With this result, both teams
qualified for the Regional Tournament in New England Feb 16-18.
At the Regional event, the best Futsal teams from the mid-Atlantic
area and New England came together and the competition was fast
and furious. One Valor side qualified for semi-finals where they
lost a tough battle 4-3 to a team called Southern Maryland, the
eventual tournament champion.
Upcoming college showcase plans include Toyota Classic, Bloomsburg
Futures, Columbia, PDA, PA State Cups and Score at the Shore. |
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| Cougars won the Far Post Indoor League
1/28/07—The Vincent United U10 Cougars
won the Far Post Session 1 Indoor League. Congratulations to Coach
Kendall Walkes and the U10 Cougar team for a job well done!
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| U16 Valor—Finalists at Orange
Classic Showcase
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 12/27/07 – 12/30/07: The Vincent
United U16 Valor team had a fantastic tournament at the
Orange Classis Showcase in Ft. Lauderdale. The team finished their
group play undefeated to advance to the playoffs. The Valor’s
first game on Thursday the 27th was against SYC Galaxy from VA.
The Valor girls were nothing short of amazing and finished very
strong sailing onto a 3-1 victory. Friday night the 28th, the Valor
played an amazing match paired up against Bangu Tsunami from Minnesota,
a top state & Midwest team. After a slow start the Valor started
to bring the pressure. The match remained at 0-0 until the very
final seconds of the game. On what appeared to be the last chance
of the match, the Valor tucked in a rebound from a corner kick and
the place went nuts! Two wins in group play was all they needed
to qualify early for the semi final match with 1 game still to play
in group play. The last game in group play was Saturday afternoon
against TSF Academy Lynx from NJ. Battered from the Tsunami game
and having only 2 subs for the tourney, the Valor won the match
1-0.
The Valor won against Weston Premier
Florida 3-2 Sunday morning in the Semi Final game to advance to
the final round against Freestate Phoenix U16 team out of Maryland.
After a regulation tie of 1-1, the Valor lost in the 7th round of
Penalty Kicks. The U16 Valor ended the tournament with 4 wins prior
to the tie and final loss in the championship game. The team registered
9 goals for and 4 goals against with 2 shut outs. Congratulations
to the Vincent United Valor team for reaching the finals at the
Orange Classic Showcase.
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The U-15 Vipers completed a successful entry into
the premier divisions of the Kirkwood and Columbia Fall Classic
tournaments by going 2-4 against top 10 teams from New York, New
Jersey and Maryland. The Vipers will continue to enter the highest
level tournaments possible through the winter and spring seasons.
To help make this transition to premier play possible, Chris Markley
has taken over as full time coach and trainer. Check out Chris's
resume on the VUFC Vipers team page. The Vipers also have an
immediate opening for a goalkeeper - contact Coach Campbell at swc01@comcast.net
for more information.
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| The Vincent United fall U12 Aztec team,
led by head coach Wayne
McKinney, has a few open positions. For more information,
please contact either coach Wayne McKinney at mwayne7597@rcn.com
or team manager mcmanusfamily@comcast.net.
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U-15 Vipers repeat undefeated Championship
at Robert Schaefer Memorial Tournament
On August 11 & 12 the U-15 Vipers repeated
their undefeated performance of 2006 beating the Valley Cheetahs
4-0 and the West Chester Force 2-1 on Saturday. On Sunday, the Vipers
handled the Ukrainian team 1-0 and the SCCSC Vipers 1-0. The Vipers
topped off their weekend with a celebration party at Water World,
In Phoenixville. |
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U-14 Vipers go undefeated at Montgomery's
Shoot For The Cure Tournament!
On Saturday, May 19th, the Vincent Vipers
started the day with a 1-0 win over the West Chester Strikers. Later
that day, in a very hard-fought game, the Vipers tied the Boyertown
Bombers 1-1. On Sunday morning, the Vipers beat the Montgomery Mustangs
3-1 to advance to the finals against Boyertown. Through regulation
and overtime the game remained at 0-0 leading up to a nail-biting
PK shootout where the Vipers won 4-3. |
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Will the third time be a charm for the
Blizzards?
For a third straight year, the Vincent United Blizzards
have advanced to the EPYSA NCS State Cup final round. The Blizzards
have been one of the top teams in Eastern Pennsylvania since U-9,
winning 4 PAGS championships and advancing to the NCS State Cup
finals in each of the last 3 years. At U-12, the Blizzards lost
a heartbreaker to Hershey in the final round on PK’s. In spring
2006, the team lost 2-0 to a strong LDC team in the final round.
The U14 Blizzards will face an equally
tough opponent this year as they match up against the U14 FC Delco
Force. The Blizzards advanced through the semi-final round defeating
top seed LDC 1-0 in a tough, hard fought, game. FC Delco Force won
the semi-final in their bracket with a 3-1 come-from-behind win
against Hershey. The State Cup finals will take place at 1:30 PM
on Saturday, May 19th at West Chester's Thornbury Soccer Complex.
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2007-08 Blizzards U15 Tryout
The Vincent United Blizzards (U-15 fall) will
be holding their first 2 tryouts on the following dates: Wednesday,
May 9th and Wednesday, May 23rd, from 7:30 to 9:00 PM at Owen J
Roberts High School. The Blizzards are looking for players born
after 7/31/1992, who are interested in attending the top college
showcase tournaments next year. The team is expected to attend WAGS,
Disney Showcase, Jefferson Cup and PDA as well as other college
showcase tournaments. Please contact kwalkes@wcupa.edu
with any questions. |
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U15 Valor advances to 2007 USFF Nationals
 2/27/07—The
U15 Valor earned an invitation to the 2007
USFF National Futsal Championships in Anaheim California,
after advancing from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships held
February 17th and 18th at USTC in Downingtown.
The Valor met their first opponent
head on with a win (4-3) against the 2006 Regional Champions, Calvert
SA Hornets. After a decisive win later the first day against U15
DCFA Gremio (5-1), the Valor was seeded 2nd out of nine and earned
a bye past the first two playoff rounds to meet the U16 DCFA Palmeiras
in the semi-final match. Advancing to the finals, with a 3-0 win
in the semi final round against the Palmeiras, the Valor qualified
for the 2007 USFF Nationals to be held in Anaheim California July
12-15, 2007. Of special note, Maddy Jackson was
named to the Regional Futsal MVP Team. Congratulations to Maddy
and the rest of the Valor Finalists, who advance to Nationals along
with the very talented U16 Regional Champions, CYA Chantilly Blast
from Virginia, to represent the USFF Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Region.
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| Two Vincent Players Named Regional All-American
12/6/06—Vincent United players Jillian Morgan (U17
Wildcats, Owen J. Roberts High School) and Sarah Oswald (U19
Challenge & U23 Archangels, Emmaus High School) were both named
to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region
II team on Tuesday, December 5. The Region II team is comprised
of players from PA, NJ, DE and NY.
Morgan was a standout centerback for
Owen J. Roberts High School this fall, helping to lead her team
to a 21-4-1 record and a trip to the PIAA Class AAA Quarterfinals.
During Morgan's standout career, the Wildcats have won four consecutive
PAC-10 titles, a District I championship in 2005 and have advanced
to the PIAA Class AAA Championship game twice, winning her freshman
year in 2003.
Oswald, who scored 47 goals and collected
20 assists in her outstanding junior season, leading the team to
a 24-1-0 record before losing in the PIAA Quarterfinals. Oswald
has tallied 99 career goals and 47 assists in just three seasons.
This spring she is expected to break the all-time Emmaus scoring
mark of 114 goals. During her time at Emmaus, she has led the Green
Hornets to a 74-4-0 overall record, three Lehigh Valley Conference
Championships, District XI titles in 2005 and 2006,and a trip to
the PIAA Championship game in 2005.
Morgan will continue her playing career
next fall at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Oswald, following the spring high school season at Emmaus, will
play her collegiate soccer at West Chester University. |
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| U14 Vipers win Columbia Classic
11/20/06—On the weekend of November 18 & 19, the U14 Vipers
won the Columbia Classic Tournament, in Maryland, without giving
up a single goal to their worthy opponents. On Saturday, the Vipers
beat the MSI Freedom 3-0,and the White Marsh Wildfire 3-0. The Vipers
came back very early Sunday morning to beat the SAK Classics 1-0
and Freestate 1-0 in the first two minutes of overtime, in the Championship
game. |
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| U11 Aztecs Capture Dillsburg Title
10/30/06—The Vincent United Aztecs U11 Girls Travel
Soccer team emerged from pool play as the number one seed out of
24 teams and capped a perfect record with a shootout victory in
the championship game of the 2006 Dillsburg Dual Shootout held over
Columbus Day weekend in Dillsburg, PA. This is the 2nd tournament
they won this year as they captured 1st Place at the Kids Peace
Tournament in August! The girls are lead by Coach Wayne McKinney.
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| Azzurri wins the Frederick Cup!
10/8/06—Congratulations to the U13 Azzurri for their
first place finish in the Kirkwood Girls Premier Frederick Cup held
over Columbus Day weekend. The team clinched a spot in the semi-finals
with their two wins on Saturday. Sunday's semi-final saw them facing
their friendly rival FC Frederick. The 2-0 win put them into the
finals. With less than 1 hour rest and playing their 3rd game of
the day, the Azzurri dug deep and came out victorious. Well done
Azzurri! |
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| U-14 Vipers take 2nd Place at Western Lehigh
Women's Fall Festival
10/8/06—The Vipers had a slow start with a 1-2 loss
again the Deep Run Wildcats, early Saturday morning. They came back
later to beat Casa Capa 1-0. On Sunday, the Vipers beat the West
Chester Strikers 2-0 and tied the Boyertown Bombers 1-1. |
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| U13 Azzurri: Finalists at Kick-Off Classic
8/29/06—The U13 Vincent United Azzurri captured
2nd Place at the Spirit United Kick-Off Classic tournament this
past weekend. The Azzurri won their group with a 2-0 victory over
Coventry and a tie with Spirit. A 3-1 win over Freehold (NJ) Shooting
Stars in Semi-final play advanced them to the Finals of the Elite
Division. Congratulations to Coaches Evren Asral & Stacey Blevins
and to the Azzurri for a great tournament. |
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| U12 Jaguars Place 2nd at West-Mont Tourney
8/29/06—The Vincent United U12 Jaguars placed
second this past weekend at the West-Mont United Soccer Association's
Battle at Hilltop Tournament. The Jags, under the direction of new
head coach Rob Rooney and new assistant coach Bill Burr, compiled
a record of 4-1-1, scoring 11 goals and allowing just two. Congratulations
to the new-look Jaguars!
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| Vincent U10 Pride Wins Again
8/28/06—For the second straight tournament, the Vincent
U10 Pride and head coach Joe Margusity picked up gold after
winning the Spirit United Kick-Off Classic tournament last weekend
in Downingtown. The Pride went 1-1 in group play, beating GCVSA,
2-1, but losing to LDC United, 3-0. Those results were good enough
to earn a spot in the Elite Division semifinals where the Pride
dominated the Commack (NY) Intense, 4-1. A second-half goal was
then the margin of victory over LDC United in the final. Great job
by the Pride.
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| Vincent U10 Pride Win First Tournament
8/23/06—The newly-formed Vincent U10 Pride were champions
this past weekend at the 18th Annual Colleen Reilly Invitational
Tournament hosted by the Horsham Soccer Association.
The Pride went 4-0 in the tournament,
capturing the Gold Division championship by scoring 24 goals and
allowing just 2. Congratulations to head coach Joe Margusity and
the rest of the Pride! |
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| U-14 Vipers dominate in Harleysville
8/14/06—On August 12 & 13, the Vipers shut out
all four opponents at The Robert Schaeffer Memorial Tournament to
take home the Championship trophy. On Saturday, the Vipers beat
the Pennridge Green Extreme 4-0 and the West Chester Strikers 1-0.
On Sunday they beat the Harleysville Hurricanes 1-0 and the Parkland
Thunder 1-0. |
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| Seven Vincent Players Selected to Region 1
ODP Pool
7/8/06—Congratulations go out to the seven Vincent United
players who were named to the Region 1 ODP pool at the conclusion
of their respective regional camps in July at the University of
Rhode Island.
Making the pool from the U17 Wildcats
were Megan Fessler (Lancaster Catholic High School), Erika
Markley (Owen J. Roberts) and Erin Ryan (Gwynedd-Mercy).
From the U16 Fury, goalkeeper Emily Cota (Upper Perkiomen)
made the 1991 pool.
Three players from the 1993
pool cap the list. Kelly Kerrigan (Downingtown East) and
goalkeeper Danielle Fiorelli (Archbishop Wood) from the U14
Blizzards were selected and former goalkeeper Emily Armstrong
(Perkiomen Valley), who played at Vincent for the past three years,
was also selected.
Great job, girls. |
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| U12 Azzurri—Repeat Champions at YMS
EPIC Tournament
5/14/06—For the second year in a row, the Vincent United Azzurri
won the Blue Division of the YMS EPIC Tournament held over Mother's
Day weekend. Winning their division on Saturday, while allowing
only one goal, advanced them to the semi-finals on Sunday morning.
A decisive 2-0 win over Princeton lead to a finals match-up against
Warminster, with the Azzurri coming away repeat Champions.
Congratulations to the Azzurri &
thanks to their Moms for spending their day at the fields! |
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| U11 Jaguars Take 2nd At Quakertown
4/23/06—The Vincent United U11 Jaguars competed in
the Quakertown Invitational Tournament during the weekend of April
22 & 23, advancing to the tournament's finals before falling
to Back Mountain, 2-1.
On Saturday, the Jags opened the tournament
with a pair of 1-0 wins against both Quakertown and V/E. They continued
their winning ways with a 3-0 win against Valley in a rain-shortened
game. In the first game on Sunday the Jaguars dominated West Mont,
coming away with a 2-0 victory. They needed a win or a tie against
Back Mountain to claim the tournament championship. The Jags came
out and scored an early goal to take the lead 1-0 but Back Mountain
tied the game just before the end of the first half.
With five minutes left in regulation,
Back Mountain scored its second goal and held on to win, 2-1.
Congratulations to the Jaguars on
their 2nd place finish! |
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| Valor Celebrate Sterling Weekend
4/10/06—The Vincent United Valor celebrated one of the team's
most successful weekends on April 8 and 9, winning the PDA Spring
Kickoff Tournament and an EPYSA U14 NCS Cup game.
What started out as a miserable day
on Saturday, with driving rain and temperatures hovering around
35 degrees turned bright quickly, as the Valor dispatched Montgomery
in an NCS round-of-16 game, 4-0. From there everyone piled in the
cars to head for PDA.
Coach Chris Markley's bunch kept up
the solid performance by playing to a 2-2 draw with Princeton (NJ)
and a 2-0 win over Coerver (CT) to win its Elite flight group and
move to Sunday's semifinals. The Valor then dismissed Somerset (NJ),
2-0, to reach the finals against Bridgewater (NJ). The game was
a scoreless draw headed to overtime, but the Valor turned up the
pressure and pounded home three goals to capture the title.
Great work by the Valor. |
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