SHFC's Week 4 is in the books

The Sleepy Hollow Football Club program offers competitive soccer play within the Westchester Youth Soccer League for boys and girls, according to their birth year. SHFC’s 21 teams and more than 275 players have now finished four weeks of a 10-week fall program. The league will take this weekend off for Columbus Day, then will return for the final 6 weeks of the fall season.

Here are brief recaps of all SHFC games this past weekend:

2010 Boys All Reds hosted the Castleford Blizzards. The score is not available. The team is coached by Gary Fairley, Oladipo Ashiru and Aaron Lucchetti. The All Reds will travel to the Pelham Nitro on Sunday October 14.

2010 Girls Bandits had another amazing win on Sunday versus the Rye Rush (6-0). They are 3-1 overall. This game marked the return of Katie Yalmokas to the field after suffering a thumb injury in pre-season practice. The team was happy to welcome her back to the field.

Sabrina Graham played the first half of the game in goal. The Bandits started strong dominating much of the half and making numerous shots on goal. The team had three successful goals in the first half of the game scored by Lily Glynn, Marianna Patsch and Ada Chalfy.

The second half featured great teamwork and lots of passing and shots on goal by Natalia Hargrave, Marley DeFilippis and Katie Yalmokas and three more successful goals by Mackenzie Linhart, Marianna Patsch, and Sabrina Graham. Melodie Molina spent the second half of the game in goal and made 2 saves to secure a 6-0 shut out.

The Bandits continue to display great teamwork and communication skills. Next weekend there are no games scheduled in observance of Columbus Day. The Bandits will be back on the field on October 14 for a home game against the Larchmont White Lynx at 5:00 pm at the Pocatico Fields.

2009 Boys United hosted the Castleford Rockets. The score is not available. United are coached by Gary Fairley, Kurt Pisani and Eric Valenti. They host the LMFC Orange United at Pocantico School field at 3:45pm on Sunday October 14.

2009 Boys Red Lions hosted the FC Transylvania Barca. The score is not available. Coached by Brad Scheller, the Red Lions will travel to the New Rochelle White Sharks on Sunday, October 14.

2009 Girls Red Fury coached by Katie McMahon, John Sutherland and Jim McGovern remained undefeated (2-0-2), pulling out a 2-2 tie against the undefeated Chappaqua Fire in Pocantico Hills on Sunday. The teams played a scoreless first half; Breanne Rodriguez and Meghan McMahon recorded shots on goal for the Fury. Goalie Mayiumi Marcus Kanesaka made several key saves, supported by the strong defense from Kate Masters and Sofia Cruz.

The Chappaqua Fire started the second half strong, scoring two unanswered goals in the first ten minutes. The Fury showed great determination, with Maeve Yox translating on a great pass from Swara Ketkar to bring the Fury within a goal. The Fury applied continued offensive pressure from the offense including, Rachel Richardson, Erin Arnegger, Maeve Yox, Charlotte Spiridakis, Dianelly Tovar, and Meghan McMahon. Miss McMahon tied it up, converting on a pass from Miss Rodriguez with less than two minutes to go in the game. Goalie Grace McGovern’s aggressive play was critical. The Red Fury’s next game is against the Quickstrike Patriots on October 14 in Yonkers.

2008 Girls Red Comets fell to the Chappaqua Cyclones 3-1 on the road. On October 14, they will host the Edgemont Fireballs at Hackley Field at 12:30pm.

2008 Boys Fusion hosted the Greenburgh United Broncos and found themselves down 1-0 in the game’s third minute. Fusion tried to regroup, and spent the next ten minutes relentlessly making attempts on goal, yet none finding their mark. Finally, Jezrael Panama scored off a beautiful cross from Sean Mackiewicz in the corner. Minutes later the two would connect again in the same way, to put Fusion up 2-1 at halftime.

Consistent pressure from Pierce Davis, Edwin Dutan, Kieran Degen, Jack Zhunio, Bruno Flores, Ian Papadopoulos and Panama on offense kept possession in Fusion’s favor despite the team’s inability to capitalize on numerous scoring opportunities. Goalies Dylan Largo and Davis each foiled attempts by the Broncos to score.

At the start of the second half, the Broncos made a series of surges but couldn’t connect. Defense from Aiden Lee, Justin Paute, Raul Socualaya, Dylan Pasato, Largo and Dutan was solid. Again, Fusion brought forth a bevy of unsuccessful attempts from Socualaya, Mackiewicz and Zhunio that would go just wide or into the keeper’s hands. One shot by Panama hit the crossbar, preventing his own hat trick, but the follow up from Degen found its mark.

Bringing consistent pressure on the Broncos’ defense, Zhunio found Papadopoulos in the goal mouth for the fourth score. Just before the game’s end, after so many attempts, Zhunio netted his goal off a defensive takeaway of the goalie.

Coaches George Papadopoulos, Ken Mackiewicz and Mike Degen saw their team fight back successfully from a deficit and were pleased with the pressure and tempo of their team’s play. After the Columbus Day break, Fusion travel to the Mount Pleasant Wildcats – a team with whom they tied last spring.

2008 Boys River Sharks hosted the Deportivo Yonkers PSG, playing to a 1-1 tie. They are coached by Ed Greenberg, Gerardo Soto and Michael Glynn. The River Sharks will host the Pelham Strikers at Hackley School field at 2pm on Sunday, October 14.

2007 Girls Blaze Parents of the Sleepy Hollow Blaze brought their U-12 daughters to Hackley this past Sunday morning for a game against the Rye Running Rock Stars Club. The parents saw a scoreless first half as Blaze defenders Zoey Murphy, Meghan O'Hanlon, and Gabby Disney had eleven successful challenges between them of Rye strikers, while on the offensive end, despite sharp passing by midfielders Ellie Fox and Juliana Marvin to Blaze forwards Julissa Casiano and Lizzie Molina, all Blaze attacks were thwarted.

Blaze Coach John Sutherland and Team Manager Annette O'Hanlon were joined by their new Assistant Coach Fabian Segarra this game. The three coaches must have motivated the girls at halftime, as in the second half, Blaze defenseman Maggie Yalmokis challenged an opposing player, stole the ball and then passed to striker Julissa Casiano in the front court. Julissa passed to center Gemma Fante in stride, who put the Blaze on the board with a beautiful kick to the corner of the Rye net passed the diving Rye goalie. Later in the second half, Kayla McGuigan playing defense, intercepted a pass from a Rye attacker and passed to the first of the Blaze's Dynamic Duo, Julissa Casiano who once again passed to center Gemma Fante who scored her second goal of the game for the Blaze. Strong aggressive midfield play by Sammie Marvin, coupled with ball hawking play by defenseman Penny McVey and strong goalie work by Emily Aridas, who had 11 total saves including 6 in the second half, led to the Blaze team's first shutout of the season.

Parents of the Blaze will be traveling to Randalls Island with their daughters in two weeks, when the WYSL season resumes, to take on the West Side Red Bulls.

2007 Boys Dynamo coached by Alberto Blanco tied 1-1 at home with the Chappaqua Revolution. They travel to the Lansdowne Yonkers Cyclones on Sunday October 14.

2007 Boys Dutchmen fell 2-1 to the Chappaqua Cosmos. The SHFC team controlled the ball throughout the match but were unable to convert on their many opportunities. The Dutchmen hope to bounce back in their next match against the Manhattan Fiorentina on October 14 at Hackley field.

2006 Girls Storm coached by Kevin Richardson and Tom Andruss hosted the Mahopac Strikers, falling 3-2 in a close and hard-fought game. The host the Rivertowns United Hurricanes at 2:30pm on Washington Irving Field on Sunday October 14.

2006 Boys Firebolts coached by Ricardo Gonzalez travelled to the Mahopac Fury, winning 3-1. Their next game will take place away against the Manhattan Whitecaps on Saturday, October 13. They will also travel to the Port Chester Mustangs on Sunday, October 14.

2006 Boys Warriors tied the Joyn Jay Purple at 0 on the road this week. They host the JPSC Fire on October 14th at 12:45pm at Washington Irving Field.

2005 Girls Cyclones fell 2-0 to the Port Chester Golden Cats. On Sunday, October 14, they will play at 11am at Washington Irving Field against the Harrison Sky Blue.

2005 Boys Legends entertained New Rochelle at home on Sunday for a 1-0 win. A fine defensive performance from Cooper in goal, Jai, Randall, Robert, Luke and Massimo, ably assisted by Bryan in defensive Midfield, held New Rochelle scoreless. The Legends created good chances with sharp passing and scored when Hernan fed Kieran with a thru ball, and drilled home the rebound from keepers save from Kieran. Legends play in the Lansdowne Yonkers tournament over Columbus Day weekend and then play Somers who have won all their games after that.

2005 Boys Red Devils travelled to the Pleasantville Thunderbolts, winning 2-0. On Sunday, October 14, they commence a 5-game home stand at 4:15pm at Washington Irving Field against the Lansdowne Yonkers Vipers. They are coached by Francisco Mendieta, Mark Taylor and Cedric Smith.

2004 Boys Argentina coached by Luis Lewis travelled to the Harrison Eagles, falling by a score of 3-1. On Sunday, October 14, they travel to the New Rochelle Sabres.

JV Girls Aguias The Girls JV team tied the Riverdale United at 0 in their 9am home game. They play at 9am at WI Field on Sunday, October 14 against the Port Chester Bob Cats.

JV Boys Los Gauchos coached by Luis Lewis, Bill Julian and Pepe Monteforte fell 2-1 to the Port Chester Bengals. On Sunday, October 14 they travel to the FC Spring Valley Blue.

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