Parting Shot

Goal

Seaside Cup

TFC White won our bracket in the Seaside Cup as we ended the season with two ties and two really tough losses. We were up 3-0 (one goal by Ben Rice and two by Douglas Kosiba) in our first game before letting the Fire tie us in the closing minutes. We lost 3-2 (goals by Sam Carpenter and Robert Kenny) to Fayetteville Force on a questional goal call. We tied the eventual bracket winners TFC White 1-1 (Stat Man has no record of who scored our goal), and closed our season with a 1-0 lose to the Cape Fear Breakers. It was a rather symmetric close to our season. Our first loss of the season was 1-0 to the Breakers in Virginia Beach, and our last loss of the season was a similar loss in Wilmington.

• United 3 - Fire 3
  
• United 2 - Fayetteville Force 3
  
• United 1 - TFC White 1
  
• United 0 - Cape Fear Breakers 1
  

Scoring

                     Goals Assists
Douglas Kosiba        14      2
Alex Alberti           1      0 
Brian Grose            0      3
Kyle Griffin           4      2
Andrew Lamoureaux      1      0
Robert Kenny           2      1
Kegan Tawney           2      1
Ben Rice               2      1
Nathaniel Atkinson     0      1 
Sam Carpenter          1      0

Current record:  
                  W L  T  GF  GA
     League       2 3  5   9  14
     Tournaments  3 5  6  19  24
     Overall      5 8 11  28  38

Kepner Cup Finals

• CRSC Carolina Classic defeats CASL Premier in a shoot out after a 0-0 tie.
  

Ramblings from Stat Man

• CASL Premier scored the most goals (21) and points (18) in the opening three games. They only allowed one goal - to the Triangle United Silver team.
  
• There were only two teams that did not allow a goal in the first three games - CASL United and the OCSA Coastal Crew.
  
• Of the eight bracket winners, six were from the first division, and two (CASL United and the Winston-Salem Twins Blue) were from the second division.
  
• Five of the top eight seeds made it to the quarterfinals. The #2 seed GSC Gold was the highest seed to fall. They were in the same bracket as CASL United and FVAA Flash Red.
  
• Seven teams from our division entered the tournament. Only CASL United and FVAA Flash Red had more points (11) than Triangle United Silver (9).
  
• Despite being ranked 27th, Triangle United Silver had more points than 20 other teams and had as many points as one bracket winner - CRSC Carolina Classic.
  
• The lowest ranked team that had more points than Triangle United Silver was 18th ranked CASL United.
  

United Smothers Fire with Dominating 3-1 Win

We saved our best game of the season so far for the Kepner Cup finale as we defeated the USA Fire (a strong 5-2-3 team in the second division west). The final score could have been at least 5-1 as Alex Alberti and Kyle Griffin barely missed goals in the second half. Douglas Kosiba tied the game in the first half on a pass from Brian Grose, and then put us in the lead for good on an outstanding individual effort after a pass from Nathaniel Atkinson. Kyle Griffin scored the final goal after a corner kick by Brian Grose.

We finished a strong second in our bracket with 9 points.

USA Fire          1     0          1
United            1     2          3 
 
                     United             Fire
Shots               (9, 12) 21         (5, 3)  8
Saves               (4,  2)  6         (7, 6) 13
Offsides            (1,  3)  4         (1, 0)  1  
Corner Kicks        (1,  3)  4         (1, 3)  4
Fouls               (5,  6) 11         (5, 5) 10

Blue Blue after Loss in Cold

United upset the 1st division Gaston United Blue by 2-1 on a cold Sunday morning in Wilmington. Alex Alberti, making his first start on offense, got us off to a great start with a hard shot into the net, and Douglas Kosiba scored our second goal on a pass from Ben Rice. We held off a determined Blue team in the second half to win our first State Cup game.

Gaston United Blue    0     1          1
United                2     0          2 
 
                     United            Blue
Shots              (12, 3) 15         (10, 13) 23
Saves               (3, 7) 10          (4, 1)   5
Offsides            (2, 1)  3          (0, 0)   0  
Corner Kicks        (3, 0)  3          (2, 3)   5 
Fouls               (4, 4)  8          (4, 4)   8

CASL Premier Ruins Kepner Cup Premiere

Our opening game in the Kepner Cup was not exactly encouraging as we fell to the CASL Premier 7-1. On the other hand, Douglas Kosiba's goal on a direct kick after a foul was the only goal allowed by the Premier in their opening three games.

CASL Premier      4     3          7
United            0     1          1 
 
                     United            Premier
Shots               (2, 4)  6         (20, 11) 31
Saves              (10, 2) 12          (0, 1)  1
Offsides            (0, 0)  0          (1, 0)  1  
Corner Kicks        (0, 4)  4          (5, 3)  8
Fouls               (2, 0)  2          (1, 5)  6

Miracle on Grass - United Sinks FVAA 1-0

Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles? Yes!!!!!!!!!!!
With about ten minutes left, we had our only corner kick of the game. Kyle Griffin kicks it toward the goal. Douglas Kosiba leaps in the air and heads it into the corner of the net. GOOOAAALLL!

FVAA Flash Red    0     0          0
United            0     1          1 
 
                     United            FVAA
Shots               (6, 6) 12         (13, 7) 20
Saves               (6, 5) 11          (3, 3)  6
Offsides            (1, 1)  2          (2, 2)  4  
Corner Kicks        (0, 1)  1          (3, 4)  7
Fouls               (4, 2)  6          (0, 7)  7

Feel the Force, Doug

Douglas Kosiba scored our only goal, and the United broke its string of ties and losses with a 1-0 victory over the Fayetteville Force.

Stat Man was not present to keep the stats. Maybe Stat Man should stop coming. :-)

United Stopped by Deep River Rapids

This time we broke our scoreless streak as Douglas Kosiba scored a goal in the second half. Unfortunately, we still lost 2-1.

Deep River Rapids 1     1          2
United            0     1          1 
 
                     United            Rapids
Shots             (10, 12) 22        (13, 13) 26
Saves               (6, 5) 11          (2, 7)  9
Offsides            (0, 0)  0          (0, 1)  1  
Corner Kicks        (0, 3)  3          (3, 1)  4
Fouls               (3, 2)  5          (3, 7) 10

Standings as of 04/18/2006

                         W  L   T   Pts GF GA
FVAA Flash Red           9  1   0   27  33  6
CASL United              7  1   2   23  29  8
Wilson RM United         6  3   1   19  22 11
Carolina Olympic         6  4   0   18  16 10
SSA Coastal Force        5  3   2   17  19 16
Triangle United Silver   2  3   5   11   9 14
Cape Fear Breakers Blue  3  5   2   11  11 13  
Goldsboro Sting          2  5   3    9  16 30
Fayetteville Force White 2  7   1    7   9 23
SASL Deep River Rapids   2  7   1    7   9 19
SSL Rockets              2  7   1    7   4 27

Lost Weekend II - "CASL Keep"s United Winless

CASL United played extremely well and won 5-0.

CASL           2     3          5
United         0     0          0 
 
                    United            CASL
Shots               (4, 5)  9       (17,13) 30
Saves              (10, 4) 14        (3, 3)  6
Offsides            (0, 0)  0        (3, 4)  7  
Corner Kicks        (1, 0)  1        (1, 2)  3
Fouls               (1, 4)  5        (3, 8) 11 

Lost Weekend I - Olympic Games

We broke our string of tie games - but not in the manner we wanted as the Carolina Olympic scored late in the first half and held on to win 1-0.

Olympic        1     0          1
United         0     0          0 
 
                    United            Olympic
Shots               (5, 9) 14        (4, 7) 11
Saves               (1, 3)  4        (2, 5)  7
Offsides            (0, 1)  1        (1, 1)  2  
Corner Kicks        (2, 1)  3        (2, 0)  2
Fouls               (1, 2)  3        (4, 7) 11

Uniform notes

The general rule we are following is the trend with
most professional clubs.....darks at home (green),
whites on the road. We'll mix n match if we have back
to back away or home games in one weekend.

YAT - Deja vu all over again

The United managed to tie their seventh straight consecutive game in a row (redundancy intentional) - another 0-0 tie. This was also the second 0-0 tie with the Carolina Breakers Blue. We dominated most of the first half, but could not find the net - kind of like JJ Redick in the second half against UNC.

Breakers       0     0          0
United         0     0          0 
 
                    United            Breakers
Shots              (12, 8) 20        (2, 7)  9
Saves               (1, 3)  4        (7, 4) 11
Offsides            (1, 2)  3        (0, 2)  2  
Corner Kicks        (1, 2)  3        (2, 1)  3
Fouls               (5, 6) 11        (6, 3)  9

YAT - United Withstands Coastal Force

We stopped a habit of getting behind in games - we never trailed. However, we did wind up with another tie - our fourth in four league games and our sixth straight tie game. Another great game in goal by keeper Zac Scott was highlighted by his stop of a penalty kick by #00, the Force's leading scorer.

United          0     0          0
Coastal Force   0     0          0 
 
                    United           Coastal Force
Shots               (6, 11) 17       (6, 9)  15
Saves               (4, 6)  10       (5, 9)  14
Offsides            (1, 2)   3       (1, 2)   3  
Corner Kicks        (1, 3)   4       (3, 2)   5
Fouls               (5, 6)  11       (6, 11) 17

YAT - Groundhog Day

Yet another tie - that was our fifth consecutive tie game. Again we fell behind 1-0 in the second half, even though the Wilson team was down a player after a red card for unsportsmanlike behavior. Ben Rice came to our rescue with a direct kick goal after a foul call. Zac Scott played a great game in goal with 15 saves (at least).

Wilson          0     1          1
United          0     1          1 
 
                    United            Wilson
Shots               (4, 8) 12        (9, 18) 27
Saves               (6, 9) 15        (3, 3)   6
Offsides            (0, 1)  1        (1, 2)   3  
Corner Kicks        (0, 2)  2        (2, 2)   4
Fouls               (8, 2) 10        (5, 7)  12

Yet Another Tie (YAT)

Continuing our season long pattern, we fell behind 1-0 and came back to tie the SSL Rockets. Our lone goal was scored in the 37th minute on a pass from Kegan Tawney to Douglas Kosiba. We had numerous opportunities, especially in the second half, when we outshot our opponents 17-7.

SSL Rockets     0     1          1
United          0     1          1
 
                    United            Rockets
Shots              (9, 17) 26        (5, 7) 12
Saves               (5, 4)  9        (5, 6) 11
Offsides            (4, 1)  5        (1, 1)  2  
Corner Kicks        (0, 3)  3        (2, 1)  3
Fouls               (3, 4)  7        (2, 2)  4

United, Stung by non-calls, tie Sting

Despite controlling the game, the United had to settle for a 4-4 tie as two Sting goal were blatantly aided by the offensive player being clearly offsides. We were behind 3-1 at the end of the first half, but came back with three goals to take a 4-3 leade with only a few minutes left. However, the Sting tied it in the final minute as their recruit from the Mexican national team :-) scored yet again. Douglas Kosiba scored the first and third goals and assisted on the fourth goal with a pass to Kyle Griffin. Kyle also scored the second goal.

United          1     3          4
Sting           3     1          4 
 
                    United            Sting
Shots             (15, 19) 34       (10, 6) 16
Saves               (3, 3)  6        (8, 7) 15
Offsides            (0, 0)  0        (1, 1)  2  
Corner Kicks        (5, 1)  6        (0, 1)  1
Fouls               (1, 4)  5        (6, 4) 10

Flash: Flash Win

There is no joy in mudville as the Flash defeated Triangle United Gold 1-0 for the championship in our division.

Late breaking news: The final game was reduced to penalty kicks because of the field conditions. Evidently the fields we played on were closed after our game!

Spring 2006 Schedule as of February 6

Maps to fields: Classic field locations

2/19   @ Goldsboro Sting         12:00     YMCA #1
2/25   Seaside Rockets           12:00     TUS1
2/26   Wilson RM United           5:00     TUM1
3/4    @ SSA Coastal Force       12:00     SSA5
3/5    Cape Fear Breakers Blue    1:30     TBA
3/11   @ Carolina Olympic        10:00     CRA1
3/12   @ CASL United              1:00     TBA
3/26   Sanford Deep River Rapids  2:00     TBA
4/8    @ Fayette Force           12:00     FS4
4/9    FVAA Flash Red             1:00     TBA

Breaker, Breaker, Another Tie

The United ended the tournament with a 0-0 tie against the Cape Fear Breakers Blue. Both teams were rather blue with cold by the end of the game, played on a muddy field on a very cold day. We had a lot of opportunities and were showing improved play but could not bring home the win. Coach Panos said that this week's practice would focus on the art of how a goal is scored.

Cape Fear       0     0        0
United          0     0        0
  
                    United        Cape Fear
Shots              (8, 8) 16     (3, 7) 10
Saves              (1, 4)  5     (4, 3)  7
Corner Kicks       (1, 1)  2     (0, 0)  0
Fouls              (4, 4)  8     (4, 3)  7
Offsides           (0, 0)  0     (0, 0)  0

United Avoids Ambush with Second Half Comeback

In a game shortened to 25 minutes halves, the United came back from a 2-0 deficit to salvage a tie with the host team. The Ambush scored two goals after long throw-ins, but we struck back with two goals by Kegan Tawney. Kegan scored the first goal on a penalty kick and the second on a pass from Douglas Kosiba as he outraced the defenders and the keeper to slam home the tying goal. The game was played in mud and rain and cold, not exactly ideal conditions for the players or their parents.

FVAA Ambush       1     1        2
United            0     2        2
 

                   United        Ambush
Shots             (10, 7) 17    (2, 7)  9
Saves             (0, 2)   2    (5, 3)  8
Corner Kicks      (5, 1)   6    (0, 1)  1
Fouls             (1  2)   3    (2, 3)  5
Offsides          (0, 1)   1    (1, 0)  1

Ohio Flash Edges United with Last Minute Goal

A premium soccer club from the Columbus, Ohio area scored a last minute goal to edge the United 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half with the Flash scoring in the first minute on a penalty kick and then in the last minute. Robert Kenny scored our goal on a penalty kick. The Flash won our division, but were fortunuate to escape this game with a win. They were a very physical team, to say the least, and Kyle Griffin had to leave the game in the second half after being cleated.

United     0     1         1
Flash      0     2         2

            
                 United       Flash
Shots            (4, 7)  11   (4, 15) 19
Saves            (0, 10) 10   (1, 3)   4
Corner Kicks     (1, 2)   3   (2, 1)   3
Fouls            (2, 6)   8   (6, 6)  11
Offsides         (1, 0)   1   (3, 0)   3

Cosmos Win Old Dominion Cup

The River boys won the U-15 Silver bracket of the Old Dominion Cup with a 3-0 victory over the CYA Tigers. We were the only team they could not defeat!!!!

Silver Extinguishes Fire's Hopes for Victory with Late Score

Once again the Silver allowed an early score, but this time we came back to tie the game with about ten minutes left and almost won on a penalty kick. Andrew Lamoureaux scored our lone goal. The Silver dominated the second half with an 18-5 shot advantage against the Chesapeake Select Soccer Club Fire. We finished our first tournament with a 1-1-2 record, quite an accomplishment for a team that had never played together.

Silver        0     1         1 
Fire          1     0         1

               Silver       Fire
Shots          24 (6, 18)   12 (7, 5)
Saves           7 (3, 4)    15 (4, 11) 
Corner Kicks    3 (0, 3)     2 (1, 1)
Fouls          12 (5, 7)    11 (4, 7)
Offsides        1 (0, 1)     3 (2, 1)

Heartbreakers - Cape Fear Ends Title Hopes with 1-0 Victory

Our title hopes went blowing in the wind as we lost a tough game to a veteran Cape Fear Breakers team. We never could maintain a consistent offensive threat to overcome the Breakers lone goal scored in the game's opening minutes.

Silver        0     0         0 
Breakers      1     0         1

               Silver       Breakers
Shots          11 (5, 6)     9 (7, 2)
Saves           4 (4, 0)     6 (3, 3) 
Corner Kicks    2 (0, 2)     3 (3, 0)
Fouls          10 (5, 5)     8 (4, 4)
Offsides        3 (2, 1)     0 (0, 0)

The Day The Cosmos (Almost) Stood Still - Silver Ties Cup Finalists

Amid unending cries of "River", the Silver held off a second half onslaught by the Delaware River Soccer Club Cosmos and tied the eventual Dominion Cup finalists. Kyle Griffin scored when his shot deflected off of a River player for our only goal at the fifteen minute mark in the first half. We kept the lead until the last five minutes of the game when the Cosmos scored off of a corner kick. That was the first goal scored on us in 135 minutes of action.

Silver        1     0         1 
Cosmos        0     1         1

               Silver       Cosmos
Shots          12 (10, 2)   18 (6, 12)
Saves          10 (4, 6)     8 (6, 2) 
Corner Kicks    3 (3, 0)     4 (1, 3)
Fouls           7 (1, 6)     7 (3, 4)
Offsides        0 (0, 0)     4 (2, 2)

Silence of the Predators - Silver Opens Tournament with 2-0 Victory

Triangle United Silver U-15 (we really need a team nickname) won in its first game ever and started the Old Dominion Cup with a 2-0 shutout over the Virginia Rush Predators. Douglas Kosiba scored the first goal in team history at the fourteen minute mark in the first half, and added the second goal shortly before halftime on a pass from Brian Grose. We dominated the second half with a 14-3 shot advantage and never let the Predators back into the game. Zac Scott and Will Jones split the goalkeeper duties.

Silver        2     0         2 
Predators     0     0         0

               Silver       Predators
Shots          20 (6, 14)   11 (8, 3)
Saves           5 (3, 2)    10 (2, 8) 
Corner Kicks    3 (1, 2)     2 (0, 2)
Fouls           6 (4, 2)     4 (2, 2)
Offsides        2 (2, 0)     1 (0, 1)

Weather Hotline

The weather hotline for Ephesus is the Chapel Hill Parks and Rec. #: 685-8277. If you do not get a message from Debbi or myself, and are concerned about whether practice has been canceled, please call this number after 3:00pm.

Tournament Schedule

Saturday – 7:30am - Virginia Rush Predators - Red Wing Park field 45

Saturday – 2:35 pm - Cape Fear Breakers - Chesapeake City Park field 62

Sunday – 11:45pm - Richmond Kickers Central - Red Wing Park field 45

Sunday – 2:35pm (This is the FINALS, so we’ll only play if we qualify) - Red Wing Park field 45

Directions to Colonial Inn Oceanfront Hotel (from I-85)

Take I-85 N. Drive for 67.2 miles.

Take exit number 12 (South Hill, Virginia) to get on US-58 E towards LA CROSSE / NORFOLK. Drive for 102.3 miles.

Take I-664 S towards PORTSMOUTH / I-264 E / NORFOLK / I-64 / VA BEACH / US-13 N. Drive for 1.6 miles.

Take exit number 15A to get on I-264 E towards PORTSMOUTH / NORFOLK. Drive for 25.4 miles.

Turn LEFT onto PACIFIC AVENUE. Drive for 0.5 miles.

Turn RIGHT onto 29TH STREET. Drive for a short distance.

Turn RIGHT onto ATLANTIC AVENUE. Drive for a short distance.

Practice Schedule for week of November 27 - December 3

Tuesday – 5pm til 6:30pm (Ephesus)
Wednesday – 7pm til 8:30pm (Ephesus - although Debbie is trying to change the time)
Thursday – 5pm til 6:30pm (Ephesus)

Our first tournament will be the Old Dominion Cup in Virginia Beach, Virginia on December 3rd and 4th.

See Old Dominion Soccer for more information.

According to MapQuest it is at least a four hour drive to the hotel where we are staying.

More details will be provided as they become available.

Welcome to the web site for the Triangle United U-15 Silver soccer team.