Gottschee Hosts 22nd Annual Indoor Tournament At MLHS

Gottschee Girls U11—CJSL Fall Champions The Blau Weiss Gottschee 22nd Annual Indoor Tournament kicked off this past weekend at the Martin Luther High School in Maspeth.

The Boys U9, U11 and U12 were also in action while other teams traveled to various tournaments and the Gottschee/NYC Academy teams traveled to South Central, Connecticut for exhibition games.

U16 Academy

A beautiful goal from Andrew Lomanto in the 55th minute of play saw Gottschee edge South Central, Connecticut 1-0 in an exhibition game at the University of Bridgeport.

U18 Academy

In their exhibition match up, the U18 lost 2-1 to South Central, Connecticut. Gottschee took the early lead and went to the break leading 1-0 thanks to a goal by Rocco Romeo. In the second half South Central equalized on a PK before nailing the game winner off of an inby direct kick.

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Under 7 results

It was a very exciting U7 Gottschee Indoor tournament this year and the final was an all Gottschee affair with Gottschee Ireland and Gottschee Italy making it to the final.

After trailing 3-1 in the first half the very fast and skilled Gottschee Italy came back to win it 6-4. Jack McGlynn, Steve Rasizzi, Joe Pennolino, Shai Azoulay and the tour- nament MVP, goalkeeper Tommy Rasizzi, all played great.

Under 9 results

Again Gottschee fielded two teams in this division (BWG Blue and BWG White). The teams had high hopes, with many expecting a repeat of the BWG vs. BWG final which occurred at last year’s tournament.

Both teams started strong by finishing first and second in the round robin phase of the tournament. However, it seemed like the players lost steam, because BWG White was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs with a 3-0 loss to the Rough Riders.

BWG Blue won its first round of the playoffs and met the Rough Riders in the semifinals. The game was tied at the end of regulation, with BWG losing in the penalty shootout. In the finals, NASA of New Jersey overwhelmed the LI Rough Riders 6-1.

Under 11 results

Gottschee Celtic blew away the competition in style winning all seven of its games. In the finals the boys trounced a strong and skillful Manhattan Kickers team 8-4.

Under 12 results

Gottschee again fielded two teams in this division—Celtic I and Celtic II. The two teams met in the semifinals with Celtic I narrowly defeating Celtic II 1-0. In the qurterfinals, Celtic I had stunned Huntington Boys Club 4-1 and in the final they met and defeated Istria 4- 3 in overtime.

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Boys U15 results

The U15 team traveled to Clarkstown to play in the Clarkstown Indoor Invitational and took home the silver. They defeated Little Neck 5- 1; Auburndale 3-2; lost to Bayside 1-2; and tied Bronx Youth 1-1.

Girls U10 results

Gottschee girls too took home the silver at the East Meadow Indoor Invitational by winning 3 games and losing 1. They defeated Smithtown 1-0; East Meadow 3-1; West Islip 4-1 before losing to eventual champions AYSO 1-0.

Girls U11 results

The Girls U11 played in the East Meadow Indoor and started off with a 1-1 tie against East Meadow Pumas followed by an easy 3-0 win over Syosset Red Devils.

Next up was a tough East Meadow Stars team and Gottschee, needing the points, pressed up and gave up a late counter attack to lose 1-0. In the last game, Gottschee dominated HBC Angels and earned nice second place medals. Diana Paravatos was awarded the tournament’s best forward award.

Girls U12 results

Gottschee U12 fielded two teams in the Queens College Indoor Tournament and took home first and second place ahead of Oceanside, Brooklyn Patriots and the Big Apple.

Girls U14 results

The Girls U14 took home the gold at the Queens College Indoor tournament with Terese Boyle winning the tournament MVP honors. Gottschee defeated Sachem Black 4-2; Little Neck 5-0; Sachem Yellow 2-0 and Asphalt Green 3-1. In the finals, the girls met again and defeated Sachem Yellow, 3-0.