Youth Soccer Roundup

U-10 Boys The Revolution defeated the Eagles, 5-0, with Gabe Freeman and Nick Knight each scoring in the first half and Drew Pion playing strong in goal for the Revolution. Zach Helper was solid in the midfield in the third quarter, when the Revolution scored three times on goals by Freeman, Miles Yorkin and Justin Kupyer. Brandon Kupfer made several fourth-quarter saves for the Eagles. U-10 Boys The Tigers beat the Green Goblins, 3-2, at Barrington Recreation Center. The Goblins scored first on a goal by Cory Abdullah, assisted by Alex Mosch. The Tigers tied it on Eric Alperin’s tally off of an assist by Hagen Smith. Jack Jordan gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead off of a corner kick by Alperin at the end of the first half. Late in the third quarter, Jacob Shmuely scored to increase the Tigers’ lead to 3-1 on Smith’s second assist. Abdullah converted a penalty kick to pull the Goblins within a goal in the fourth quarter, but Tigers’ goalie Brad Graboff prevented the equalizer with key saves. Jonah Joffe, Alex Mack, John Collier, Nick Ravich and Tommy Collins were solid on defense for the Tigers while Julian Shabahang, Mosch and Abdullah led the Goblins’ attack. U-12 Boys The Crimson United came from behind to edge the Serpants, 2-1, and remain undefeated. Adam Bailey scored in the first half for the Serpants. Judd Liebman tied the game in the fourth quarter off of an assist by Turner Hanley. Minutes later, Shervin Ghaffari passed to Daniel Davis for the game-winner. Goalie Casey Jordan was aided by defenders Cole Kahrilas, Stephan Callas, Oliver de Brevannes, Parker Hiatt, Kevin Walker and captain Barton Richman. Willie Gansa played well for the Serpants. U-16 Boys The Galaxy Revolution, a local Under-16 club team, defeated Palos Verdes, 3-2, Saturday in League Cup competition, with striker Giovanni Lopez scoring all three Galaxy goals, one unassisted and the other two assisted by Alex Rivas. The win gave the Revolution excellent momentum for Sunday’s games’a three-team pool with only one survivor invited to the Sweet 16 of Southern California. Lopez picked up where he left off, scoring early off of assists from Jordan Asheghian and Shaun Gordon. Goalie Kevin Klasila and the rest of the defense took it from there, shutting out FRY Soccer Club, 1-0. In the afternoon game, Alberto Amarante scored twice on headers in the first half, assisted by Asheghian and Charlie Hartwick, to take a 2-1 lead. Lopez scored off of an Asheghian assist in the second half and the Revolution went on to win, 3-2. Defensive standouts in all three games included Joel Glanz, Emi Reyes, Thomas McAndrews, Brock Auerbach-Lynn, John Howe and Klasila. U-14 Girls The O’ Snaps shut out Vanilla Ice, 2-0, Saturday at Palisades High. Rebecca Lawton opened the scoring in the first quarter and Meg Norton added a goal in the second quarter. Aggressive midfield play was exhibited by Christine Lubieniecki and Brittany Edelman while defenders Jackie Rosen, Becky Kelly, Kathryn Wilson, Maggie Randolph and goalies Jenna Weinbaum and India Hughes kept the Ice offense at bay.