The Thunder Bay Chill returned from the USA Cup this past weekend held in Blaine, Minneapolis. The USA Cup tournament is one of North America’s Premier tournament hosting over 800 teams. The Chill sent 14 teams to the tournament this past weekend.
Although the tournament was hindered with rain, lightning, shortened games, and heat delays, the Chill club managed to move 5 teams past the round robin stage, 2 teams winning silver, and 1 team bringing home gold for a 2nd straight year.
The Chill U12 boys defeated EPSC 98’s 2-0, Mpls. Blackhawks 8-0, and tied Sioux City Strikers to advance to the quarter finals. The quarter finals were an easy game as the Chill demonstrated their offensive strength in beating MKSC Elite with a 9-0 win. The Semi-Final match-up was a legendary affair as the Chill faced the New York Cosmos of the legendary Cosmos soccer team of the NASL. The Chill beat them with a strike by Mathew Pawlicki. The final was a rematch of last season’s final which could not be decided in regulation play. The teams went to penalties from the spot with Alex Pike getting the winner. Zachary Hynna was the shot stopper for the Chill.
The Chill U12 boys have now won their 3rd straight tournament in a row, winning the USA CUP in 2010, the Golden Boy International tournament in February, and the 2011 USA CUP.
“They are a great group of players, they all know each other very well on and off the field, which is important on building good team chemistry.” states Coach Saverio Lento.
The Chill U14Boys and U11 Boys also had great tournaments losing in the finals and coming home with Silver medals.
The Chill U14 Girls and U13 Boys both came out of their respective pools only to lose out in the semi-finals.
U11 BOYS "A" FLIGHT RUNNER-UP
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