U15 Lightning Girls Take USCS National Title
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (Tuesday, July 27, 2010) - Today the FC DELCO U15 Girls Lightning capped off a great season with a 2-1 National Championship victory over the Virginia Soccer Association (VSA) at the US Club Soccer National Finals in Virginia Beach, VA. This was the second time the Lightning faced off against VSA and the game could not have been more different.
Their first meeting resulted in a 1-1 draw with temperatures topping out at a whopping 107 degrees and a heat
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U-19 Hammerhead Boys Take 2nd at USYSA Nationals !!
The U-19 Hammerheads made their fourth appearance at Nationals in attempt to bring home the McGuire Cup the most coveted trophy in youth soccer. FC Delco has won the U-19 McGuire Cup three times in the past ten years including two years by Hammerhead Coach Alan Mezger. Congratulations to the Hammerheads on a great job and representing your Club well. Here is a day by day journal of their trip to Kansas.
Sat. July 24 National Final
The Columbus Crew took a 1-0 lead on a 37th minute strike off a head ball from a re-start and made
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U-23 Fury Girls Trip To Nationals
FC Delco Fury II made their 3rd consecutive trip to Nationals in Overland Park, Kansas July 23-25. The Fury's first match was against Woodbury SC out of MN on Friday morning, Delco lost 0-1 on a goal by Woodbury off of a deflection in the 78th minute. Game 2 Saturday morning was against the Eagles (CA) who were National Champions at U-15 in 2006. Delco was playing a very even match with the former champs when an inadvertent red card was given to Delco causing the Fury to play a man down for the remaining 60 minutes of the match. At the time of the card the game was tied 0-0. The Eagles added a goal in extra time of the first
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FC Delco Alum Jeff Larentowicz Named To MLS All-Star Team
FC Delco alum Jeff Larentowicz, of the Colorado Rapids has been named to the MLS All-Star Team and will play against Manchester United in this year's All-Star event in Houston on July 28. Jeff, in his sixth season in the MLS is playing in his first MLS all-star game. Jeff began his career with the New England Revolution where he played for five years until he was traded in the off-season to the Rapids. Congratulations and best of luck to Jeff in Houston !!
U14 Burnley Girls Win US Club Soccer Regionals
The FC Delco Burnley U14 Girls defeated Penn Fusion by score of 1- 0 to capture the US Club Regional Championships. Tayler Jamison scored the winning goal in the 1st Half with a header off a Gabby McKee corner kick. Overall, Burnley won four games recording 17 goals for and only 1 goal against. Congrats to the girls and coaching staff. Burnley will next be competing at Surf Cup in San Diego, CA July 24-26.