Posted: 2007-03-12

BU8 Finalists Anaheim Spring Cup

The Apex Soccer Club Boys U8 team took 2nd place in the 2007 Anaheim Spring Cup. This was the team’s second tournament as a team coached by Kyle Brazell and John Krill. The boys were the U8 Champions in the Irvine Winter Classic in January.

In their first match of the Anaheim Spring Cup tournament Apex came up against the Penguins who had traveled from Nevada to play in the tournament. The Penguins were a fast and very physical team that had not come to California for just a vacation. Despite their speed and size advantage the Apex Boys overcame them with a 2-0 victory to start the tournament off with a win.

In their second game they played the TVSA Hawks from Temecula. Apex and TVSC were neck and neck the whole game with near goals on both sides. As the game went on the sidelines fill up with not only fans of each team but of other spectators and players from other teams in the tournament. This was an all out battle between two very skilled teams. The teams continued back and forth until 3 minutes left in the game when the Hawks hit a shot from 25 yards out that sailed over the Apex goal keeper to win the game 1-0. After the game ended the tournament director complimented both teams on an outstanding game. He had never seen such high level soccer played at that age level. At that point both teams knew they had not seen the last of one another.

Apex’s third game was against the JUSA Wrecking Crew from Anaheim Hills. After a night of rest and reflection on their second game the Apex Boys were hungry for a win. They scored 2 goals in the first 10 minutes of play and never looked back. Although the final score was 2-0 the score did not reflect the number of quality chances for additional goals. With a win against JUSA the Apex Boys were slated to play a rematch final against the TVSA Hawks.

With great anticipation the finals began just as their first meeting had been; fast, aggressive and a low scoring game. With both teams having chance after chance the competitive game continued between both teams until the Hawks were able to squeeze one past the Apex goal keeper to win the game 1-0. The tournament ended and both teams were pleased with their play and know that they will be seeing each other in the future.

For the Apex Boys their second tournament had been a success and they had faced a great team that pushed them to play at a new high level of the game. They came away with invaluable game experience and were already looking forward to their next challenge awaiting them in the Santa Barbara Spring Cup playing up in the U9 age group.

The Apex Boys U8 team is composed of players from Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Westlake Village and Agoura Hills. Players are Oliver Chow, Lars Defty, Nicholas Eble, Matthew Edelman, Dane Friesel, Isaiah Garza, Spencer Griffith, Jack Hayes, Anthony Holmes, Joseph Holliday, Ryan Pelino, Camillo Sauegessig, Ari Sidman, Dawson Waggoner and are coach by Kyle Brazell and John Krill.

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