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FUTSOC FUTALAN U19 Gray Sweeps the IMG Invitational

December 28th, 2017

The IMG Invitational Tournament can be a grueling experience but the FUTSOC FUTALAN GRAY U19 squad made their game performances during the weekend look simple.  The team was led by our very talented Coach Howen Hernandez calling extremely effective offensive and defensive strategies.

The first game challenger was Shore FC Juventus from Maryland. Our FUTSOC victory score was a complicated  2 – 1 win,  with unbelievable highlights maneuvered by Miguel Roa, Nico Tovar, Jose Colina, Andres Polonia and Ronaldo Belgrove.  Midfielder, Tony Sanchez scored the winning goal with a textbook header. Goalie, Christopher Caicedo, came up with some clutch saves as the game was expiring.

The second challenger team came from Haiti (Association Sportive).  FUTSOC was entirely dominating with a defeat of 8::0 over the cleaarly over-matched opponent.  Player highlights consisted of Ronaldo Belgrove scoring 4 goals, Sebastian Horvath assisting with Enzo Da Silva and Andres Polonia scoring a hat trick. Juan Canon and Angelo Palmieri worked extremely hard to shut down the Haitian offense.

The final game was played versus a local home town team, Davie Sharks. The Sharks started the game with a lot of energy just to find themselves frustrated by the possession game exhibited by FUTSOC, which executed their game plan to perfection resulting in a dominating 5::0 victory.  Impressive plays were made by Ronaldo Belgrove who scored 4 goals for the second game in a row, Benedick Marcano scoring the opener and Adam Bensch making an incredible save on the goal line to keep the clean sheet.

The teamwork and skill displayed by FUTSOC throughout the tournament was beyond impressive.  Coach Hernandez is eagerly looking forward to the remainder of the season where he is confident the team will continue demonstrating their amazing talents on the field.