Sleepy Hollow Football Club Has Successful Opening Sunday

Our local travel soccer club began its third year Sunday with tremendous success on the field. Intense preseason practices paid off as sixteen out of seventeen teams played with 11 winning, 2 tying, and only 3 losses. Action continues every Sunday throughout the fall. Below are the game recaps provided by our all volunteer coaches.

2008 Girls Red Comets

Won their first game of the season 5-0 away against the Greenburgh Fire. The girls were excited to get a win under their belt with scoring coming from 4 players. Abigail Church got the Comets on the board fast with two goals. Samantha Mendieta, Samantha Marvin and Abigayle Maceyak each delivered a score. Although she did not score, Corina Armster had a great game and seemed to be all over the field chasing balls down and moving the play downfield to her teammates.

2008 Boys River Sharks

Posted a W in their season and franchise opening game. Eoghan Glynn started the season with a hat trick. Alessandro Soto executed a perfect pass on an indirect to assist Keaton Greenberg for a one-timer shot in the goal. Dahry Suqui put one in late in the second half. Josh Ortiz posted a shut out in the first half as goalie.

2007 Boys Dutchmen

Won their home opener against White Plains 8-2. The White Plains team only had six players show up but gamely wanted to play 6 v 8. After scoring two quick goals, the Dutchmen pulled one player and then another and the bulk of the game was played 6 v 6. The Dutchmen were at the 6 goal differential for much of the game and spent long stretches maintaining possession in a blizzard of skillful passing. We congratulate White Plains on continuing to compete and wish them luck the rest of the season.

2007 Boys Dynamo

Opened with a hard-fought 2-3 loss to the Rye Predators. In their first official game together, the boys started the scoring with a penalty kick by Dynamo midfielder, Erick Guzhnay, to take a 1-0 lead. While the Predators rallied in the second half to take a 2-1 lead, the Dynamo were not to be fazed and tied the game at two-a-piece with a solid strike from Dynamo left halfback, Jack McCarthy. With literally just seconds left, the Dynamo suffered an unfortunate call inside the box, leading to another Predators penalty kick and a heartbreaking third goal. But what a match! The Dynamo head to Ardsley this Sunday to face the Rivertowns Wolves!

2007 Girls Blaze

It was a good start for the Blaze, coached by John Sutherland and Howard Allen in the season opener against White Plains Black. After a tough fight to hold at 0-0 in the first half, the girls then scored three goals. Lizzy Molina had a strong first goal. Gemma Fante and Zoey Murphy showed great teamwork for the next two goals. Kayla McGuigan and Meghan O'Hanlon proved great defenders. Mark this a 3-0 win for Blaze. Next up? It's a home game against Mt. Kisco's Transylvania Football Club this Sunday.

2006 Girls Storm

The Storm, coached by Kevin Richardson, Thomas Lipping and Tom Andruss, tied the Lady Warriors by the score 2 - 2. In what turned out to be an evenly-matched contest, the Storm got out to a fast start with goals by captain #9 Siiri Lipping and #8 Emily Orellana. The game went into the half with the Storm up 2 - 0, but the Lady Warriors came out with two quick goals of their own to start the second period. The Storm were pressing hard for another score late in the second half, but the shots were turned away by the opposing keeper. #11 Talia Lieberman and #7 Sadie Diaz also had strong outings for the Storm. Next week, the girls travel to Randalls Island for a contest against the Manhattan Comets.

2006 Boys Warrior

The U11 Boys Warriors hosted the Mount Pleasant Red Wave this week and suffered a tough 7-3 loss to open the season. The Warriors fell behind 3-1 in the first half, but rallied to score two goals and tie it up at the break. Mount Pleasant surged ahead again in the second half, but this time the Warriors weren't able to rally. The team looks to rebound next week as they take on the Mamaroneck Blue Jaguars on the road.

2006 Boys Firebolts

Coached by Ricardo Gonzalez opened the season against Castleford Wave at Bedford Village with a 7-1 victory. The Firebolts put pressure on the opposite team defense and kept good control of the ball throughout the game. Goals were scored by, Nico Wang (3) Aarav Kumar, Alex Lozada, Tiernan Fahy and Oliver Gonzalez. The Firebolts next game is against Yonkers at Hackley Field.

2005 Boys Legends

Were 1-0 down at half-time and looking like the 2 season unbeaten streak was coming to an end. Massimo Soto thought otherwise, rallied his team-mates around a “WE CAN DO THIS GUYS” call to action, …….. and they did !. Kenneth played shut-down Center D, Nikhil equalized direct from a Corner , Jai laid one over the top for Kieran to accelerate and smack a left footer past the giant keeper, and then Nikhil finished off a 9 pass move with a stinger from the edge of the area. Legends walked off jubilant with a 3-1 win.

2005 Girls Cyclones

Coached by Mike Levine, Nick Tsilibes and Tracey Koch won 5-0 against the Downtown United Soccer Club Orange to open up the season. Thalia Tsilibes scored three goals and Isabelle Murphy had two, with great contributions from the entire team on defense and passing. The team next plays on September 18th at Hackley field against the Yonkers Red Stars at noon.

2004 Boys Argentina

A new team, with nearly all players new to WYSL, played a quality Mt Pleasant team. The game was thrilling from beginning to end. Argentina had multiple opportunities to score and could not capitalize. As the game went on the Argentina squad got stronger and played much better, dominating the second half. Final score was a 3-1 defeat and a good lesson to all the new players on the squad. Randall Nugra scored the only goal from a great combination and buildup from Gabriel, Dan, Alex and Oliver. Multiple players put on an outstanding game: Sebastian, Anthony, Alex, Lucas, Dan, Bryan and Peter. Man of the Match honors went to (1)Kenny Eddington who was outstanding controlling the backline and was the match's most reliable player and (2)our best goalkeeper Kyle Eddington who made numerous saves in the
first half and made multiple quality passes out of the back.

2004 Boys River Titans

Played their first game home at WI lower Field this weekend against Larchmont. Coaches Scott Burnett, Pepe Monteforte, and Dan Black, saw the Titans dominate throughout the entire game, winning with a score of 5-1!! Every player proved to be an important part of the team! Kyan Aguilera scored first! Jason Duque made a beautiful assist to Zachary Burnett who scored The Titans second goal of the game. Zachary Burnett scored the third goal off a rebound in front of Larchmont goal. The second half had Jason Duque passing again to Zach Burnett who scored the fourth goal. The fifth goal was a beautiful combination of Oliver Monteforte passing to Maximos Matailo for a shot to the back of the net! A big shout out to our goalie Tommy Black! Again , a beautiful day , a beautiful game, a lot of hard work and cheers to the River Titans !!!

2004 Girls Hurricane

Coach Max Verna’s girls tied Larchmont in their opener 1-1 at Washington Irving field. Sunday they face Yorktown on the road.

2003 Girls Strikers

Matt Evans’ squad defeated the South Bronx 3-2 at Washington Irving field. They next face North Salem Sunday at home.

2002 Girls Mustangs

Opened division one play against the John Jay Sonic with a hard fought 1-0 victory. Britany Alban scored the game winner in the first half off of Talia Fante’s assist. Julia Costa protected the win at keeper with several spectacular saves. Annie Dineen, Emma Clarke, Sam Livingston, and Sophie Sylves-Berry earned the defensive shutout. Coach John Sutherland’s Mustangs next face undefeated Riverdale in the Bronx.

2002 Boys Los Gauchos

Had the week off. Half the team is new to to the league and they are excited to begin the season Sunday hosting against Edgemont. Three players: Jhonatan Yunga (MF), Mateo Lewis (MF) and Franklin Pena (Winger) helped out coach Fairley's quality JV Tornadoes and contributed to their 5-1 victory away in New Rochelle. Two of the boys scored and assisted in other goals. Jhonatan put on an outstanding performance as Center Back.

2001 Boys Tornadoes

Defeated New Rochelle All Stars 5-1. Nolan Fairley opened the scoring at the 14 minute mark with a Thierry-Henry-like corner kick, bending the ball directly over the keepers head untouched into the back of the net. Guest player Mateo Lewis made a nifty pass across to Ethan Fox who buried it in the bottom corner with a stern left foot before the end of the second half. The All stars were not about to give up and scored off a long through ball just beyond the reach of AJ Casiano at the 15 minute mark of the second half. At the 22 minute mark Nolan Fairley knocked a perfect header through to guest player Franklin Pena who scored on a partial break-away. DJ Cronin put the game away with a hard shot just inside the box over the outstretched hands of the All Star’s keeper with 12 minutes to play. The Tornadoes put the game well out of reach when Mateo Lewis made a great move to score off a short corner. The Tornadoes dominated possession and recorded 142 passes. They will look to continue the great team play next week when they travel to Rye on Sunday September 18th.