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29th Annual Labor Day Tournament
Registration is OPEN
It’s time for the East Brunswick Soccer Club’s 29th annual Labor Day Tournament (Sept. 4-6) ... and what do we do for an encore? Last year more than 210 teams participated in one of our most competitive tournaments ever. And we even hosted a two-hour autograph session with East Brunswick’s Heather O’Reilly, fresh off of her US National Team’s gold medal-winning performance in the Olympics.
There are lots of reasons why we’ve hosted one of the longest running and most successful tournaments in the state: a convenient, cental location; great fields (including three lighted turf fields); flighting for all skills levels (select, premier and national); four games guaranteed; a carnival atmosphere (with lots of vendors and lots of fun); and much, much more.
And one big benefit to the EBSC tournament: weather permitting, we’ll play all games on Friday evening (for local teams), Saturday and Sunday, which will give you and your families the day off on Monday, Labor Day, to enjoy a family day before the start of the school year.
We have a limit of 210 teams this year, so we urge you to register today to avoid being locked out or placed on a waiting list. Contact our LDT director for more information.
See you in September!
2009 Heather O’Reilly Outstanding EBHS Freshman Athlete Award
EBSC's Connie Fiocco Recipient
East Brunswick Soccer Club’s own Connie Fiocco received the "2009 Heather O’Reilly Outstanding East Brunswick High School Freshman Athlete Award". Connie has been with the East Brunswick Soccer Club since she was four years old, playing in our Superstars program. She moved up to our Travel program at the first opportunity, and has been playing on the same Premier team for 8 seasons. She currently plays for the EBSC Girls U14 Hurricanes, coached by Jim Kinard. The Hurricanes won their flight last Fall and finished runners-up this Spring.
This past year, Connie earned Varsity Letters in Winter and Spring Track as well as starting on the High School Freshman soccer team. Connie is a complete all-around athlete, also competing in East Brunswick’s Fast Break Basketball League. During this extremely busy Freshman year, Connie took 5 honor classes, where she received a 3.5 GPA.
East Brunswick Soccer Club is proud of Connie, and would like to congratulate her for an outstanding Freshman year, and for remaining with our Club for 10 years.
Blazers win U12 MNJYSA Championship
For the EBSC U12B Blazers this was no ordinary spring season. Tied atop Mid-NJ Flight 2 the Blazers hosted a playoff game versus Chatam United on June 11th. With a tightly contested 1-0 victory the Blazers were flight winners and earned the opportunity to host another playoff game.
On June 17th the Blazers hosted the flight 3 champion, HopewellValley, and advanced with a convincing 3-1 victory. The win set up the Mid-NJ U12B Championship game with Flight 1 winner, Somerset Hills.
On Saturday, June 20th, with a large crowd in attendance and a steady rain soaking the Heavenly Farms turf the Blazers came out ready to play. Maintaining possession in the offensive side of the field throughout most of the first half the Blazers dominated the ball but unfortunately did not capitalize. The second half saw Somerset Hills come out stronger but the Blazer defense kept a clean sheet and at the conclusion of 70 minutes the score remained 0-0. Two 5 minute overtime periods found the match a scoreless deadlocked. A victor was to be decided by PK’s.
Each team picked its 5 players and Somerset Hills was first to shoot. Holding a 2-1 advantage facing Somerset Hills’ final shooter, the Blazer’s keeper made his 3rd and final save sealing the Blazer’s U12 Division Championship!
Congratulations to all the parents and members of the Blazer family.
Members of the Blazers are: Brian Amriddinov, Josh Barkoff, Alex Coward, Brandon Enny, James Fiocco, Alex Gomez, Ryan Josephson, Evan Kleiner, Kyle Knotts, Noah Levine, Derek Morgen, David Nadler, Adam Rosa, Dylan Serra, Matt Siegel, Kevin Walsh
Coaches: Steve Morgen, Luis Serra, Alan Nadler ----- Trainer: Jim Buchanan of MaestroSoccerAcademy
John Holland Memorial Scholarship Award Winner
East Brunswick Soccer Club is pleased to announce the 2009 recipient of the John Holland Memorial Scholarship: Kathleen Chase
EBSC presents this scholarship annually to high school seniors who have shown significant involvement with the Club, in order to acknowledge their soccer accomplishments and their contributions to Club and community.
EBSC Blasters schedule open tryout
The EBSC Blasters (U17G) will hold an open tryout for the 2009-2010 season on Tuesday, June 23 at Central School from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Players must have been born after 8/1/92 to be eligible for the U17 age group; younger players are also welcome to try out.
All EBSC rec and travel players are invited to attend, as are out-of-town players. Please bring a ball and water and be sure to wear cleats. Call Coach Andy (732-238-8290) or Coach Pete (917-340-6226) for more information.
Collegiate Soccer Seminar - Recap
The East Brunswick Soccer Club recently hosted a panel discussion on "Myths and Facts on Collegiate Soccer and Soccer Scholarships." Moderated by EBSC President Ron Brandsdorfer, the panel featured Glenn Crooks, head women’s coach at Rutgers University; Julian Richens, assistant men’s coach at Rider University; Alyssa Sotomayor, junior, Ithaca College; and Evan Brandsdorfer, sophomore, Temple University. Click here for the Powerpoint presentation that was used during the program. Further information is available by contacting Ron at ebsoccer1@gmail.com.
The East Brunswick Soccer Club is a proud member
of the East Brunswick Coalition of Athletic Organizations,
and is recognized and supported, in part, through an indirect grant from the
Township of East Brunswick Recreation and Parks Department.
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