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 | Spartan men's soccer team shock NYIT in play offs!!!!!!
Amazing Spartans in Regional NCAA play offs.
Spartans beat 13th Nationally Ranked Mercyhurst, PA. on Wednesday 19th Oct!!
St. Thomas Aquinas College Battle to classic win !
Above, coach Hernandez puts the players through a session on the fab playing surface whilst at the Catskills camps. ADVANCED CLINICS FOR PRE SEASON HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE PLAYERS NOW OUT CHECK OUT THYE CLINICS PAGE. camps and clinics.
RVSC U17s lose close game in semi final off State cup away to the Regional champions Bayside.
The rvsc boys played a great game but in the end a very poor call by the home linesman in the last minute dissallowing a perfectly good goal by Dylan Williams meant that RVSC bowed out off their 2011 State cup challenge. "What a shame to go out in such an unfair manor, but thats soccer" said Team Captain Ryan Roethel. The team returns to action on Memorial weekend in Virginia. RVSC U16S MAKE NY STATE CUP FINAL
The lead was doubled minutes later when Jimmy Rosengrant and Marc Tores combined well to set Myres up for RVSCto lead 2-0. With just minutes remaining Rvsc rapped up a great day when Marc Torres scored from the penalty spot after an FC defender handled in the box. A great end to the day for Ramapo Valley SC and for the 2nd year in a row they will be represented in the June 5th finals in Lagrange. RVSC u17 red team win NEFC showcase championships.
With five teams in the bracket all the scores were 0-0 or 1-0 games not one single game had two goals, such was the high standard. Ramapo recorded wins over Vermont State champions 1-0, the Mass State Champs The Expos, 1-0, New York west, State finialists Post FC, 1-0 and a 0-0 verse Bostons Weston FC. The team has now gone nine games without conceeding a goal, going back to Massapequa in December 5th. It is also their third straight tournament win, following on from Affrims and the RVSC ice breaker. Rvsc u16s red, win exciting State cup opener at Soccer Plus, Newburgh.
Coach McEnery was delighted with the win and the boys now look forward to a contest against the highly fancied Eastern FC. RVSC u14s red win Fort Dix March tournament
RVSC u16s and u17s white win their premier championships in the Chesterfield Ice Breaker in Virginia.
In the News: RVSC u16s play well in Weston Cup, Florida:
In the News : GB Soccer appoints Derek Dervish, Buisness Manager to the delight of GB Soccer Director, G. Brown. Derek brings in a wealth off business management experience and has already began to make the company even more professional off the field. GB Soccers Director is delighted with this latest development " this is a huge step in our growth as a professional company, on the field we are being very successful, Derek now brings us that success into our business management" (for full staff list click on link) : Our team The Foyle Cup, International Soccer Tournament in Ireland , 2010.
ST. Thomas Aquinas College, Men's soccer team have history making year !
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The St Thomas Aquinas Men's soccer team continued their amazing season in their first ever NCAA national play off tournament. Thursday the 10th November saw the Spartans pull off a major shock with an magnificent 4-1 win over East Coast Conference champions NYIT. Danny Davren scored in the first half after great work from Rob Stevens. 1-0 at the half. The Spartans came out firing in the 2nd half encouarged by their first half performance and during a 10 minute spell they took a well deserved 3-0 lead, with goals from Joe Connolly and Remington Lee. NYIT came back with a goal to make it a tense finish but the Stac men stood strong led by the fantastic Captain Kurt Schuler. With just 10 seconds left, Remy Lee hit his second and Stac's forth to rap up the famous win and onwards run in the Nationals. Now into the sweet sixteen National round they face number two ranked team in the Country and number one ranked team in the region, Franklin Pierce, the game is at Franklin at 7pm on Saturday night. The Pierce players and coaches were at the game and will surely be thinking that if they are not on their 'A' game the the Spartans could well pull off another shock win. 
Coach Brown " I am so proud off the boys tonight, we may well be the underdogs here but we have proved that our selection has been justified. My thanks go out to the fantastic supporters who travelled the five hours up to New Hampshire. MA, to cheer on our boys in the pouring rain. We knew you where there and it was a great boost to lads when the going got tough ."
The Spartans Off St. Thomas Aquinas College will be heading to New Hampshire on Wednesday the 9th November to take on NYIT on Thursday in the Regional play off tournament. This will be the Stac Men's first ever attendance at the best off the best play offs. Seeded 5th in the region Stac will be taking on NYIT seeded 4th with the winner staying on to play on Saturday against the number 2 team in the Nation and seeded 1st in the region, Franklin Pierce.
Coach Brown: " this is truly a great moment in our history, it has been a very hard year, our toughest schedule ever, on the road for most of it, injuries to key players and training venue issues. But, still we have achieved the first part off our dream, I am delighted for the players past and present for the effort put in over my time here at St Thomas Aquinas College, their hard word and determination is the reason we are heading to New Hampshire for our first ever Play Off NCAA tournament"
It's Stac V NYIT, take two on Thursday the 10th November at Franklin Pierce, NH. 4:00 PM kick off. Go Spartans !!!!
The St Thomas Aquinas Men's college Soccer team made an impressive, historic win over PA based Mercyhurst College, currently Ranked 13th in the Country. 
On Saturday the 8th Oct, The Stac men's soccer team traveled to Molloy College, Long Island, NY, for a Conference make or break game. The Spartans missing 4 starters added more woe during the game with the loss off William Miller and Captain Kurt Schuler. Sean Reilly was playing on half strength due to sickness and Remington Lee was struggling with a minor injury. With 10 mins left in the game the below par Stac was losing 2-1 but typical off the Spartans team they hung in their and were rewarded when Lee headed in an equalizer off a Reilly cross to tie the game up at 2-2. The Spartans then unleashed a wave off attacks to grab a winner and with 8.5 seconds left on the clock it was that man again Remington Lee with an unstoppable volley through a host off players to win the game, 3-2. 
The Spartans men's soccer team under the guideance off Coach Graham Borwn and assisted by Coach Andres Gomez have steered the College lads to their first ever National NCAA Ranking. The stac team are currently 7-1-4 and ranked 3rd in the Region and 17th in the National Rankings. The team have just returned from Lock Haven , PA, where they bounced back to winning ways 3-1 following their hard fought last minute defeat to National ranked CW post (6th in the Country).Coach Brown " it has been a tough season, every game has been like a cup final, but the lads just keep on playing hard. We are reaching the most important part off the season now and have picked up a number off key injuries, but that will not stop the team from giving everything they have"
Captain off the Spartans is GB Soccer's trainer / coach, Kurt Schuler. " It has been an amazing season todate, we are so honored to be Nationally ranked. However we know that we have some key games coming up, so we are not getting carried away with the rankings, we have a job to do and we have to overcome a number off bad season ending injuries to some off our starters." 
St Thomas Aquinas College show togetherness as they continue their grueling hard season against the top teams in the region. 
Jack Legg from Ballymena, Northern Ireland, is having a great start for the Spartans College team already notching up 5 goals. 
the GB Soccer stay over camps in the fantastic East Durham location, are in full swing. All players are enjoying the professional services provided by GB Soccer staff in conjunction with the excellent and friendly staff from Gavins Resort.
SUMMER CAMPS NOW IN, CHECK THEM OUT >>>>>>
With one dissapointing result on Saturday Morning 21st May, in the u17 semi final off the State cup, it was down to the RVSC u16s to make it two years in a row that RVSC had a team in the NY State cup finals day. And well they stood up to that challenge. Away to the Elite FC Westchester, Rvsc started off nervous but the boys hung in and worked hard to get to half time at 0-0. The half time talk was not one for faint hearted but it did the trick as the players came out firing and got their reward when Gavin Keenan played Edmond Myres in and as his chip shot boucned off the post Keenan's excellent follow up led to him hammering the ball in for a 1-0 lead. 
Ramapo Valley U17S returned from Boston after an amazing outting at the high class NEFC Ice breaker, hosting some off the countires finest soccer teams. In what was one off the hardest contests the boys have entered with State Champions all in play, this was to prove to be a great test for the RVSC boys.
The Ramapo valley u16 boys continue to improve after back to back tournament wins the boys travelled up to Newburgh, on Thursday March 24th for round one off the State Cup. A game against a very strong Soccer plus team was not want the boys wanted in round one, but they went into the game confident after their recent performances. Marc Torres got them off to a great start flicking on a Mike Nastu free kick but unfotunately some errors in defence and keeping saw Soccer PLus go 2-1 up before the half finished. 
The 2nd half saw Rvsc begin to play like they have done recently, as a result they quickly went level after an excellent goal from Liam Flynn brought the game back to 2-2. Rvsc had a few good chances to win this one in normal time but some unlucky finishing meant the game went into extra time. Another bad error saw Soccer plus grab another lead 3-2 in the first period off extra time but Ben Evans was on target to finish off an excellent save from the Newburgh net minder to square it again at 3-3. In the last period off over time RVSC were awarded a much deserved penalty after a hand ball by a Newburgh player and Marc Torres stepped up to hammer the ball in for the winning goal 4-3. 
Andes Gomez and his u14s had a great outing at the MSSL Fort Dix event in March, 2011. The players got their season off to a great start winning the final by a 1-0 scoreline. The u14s white team also coached by Andres, also had a great start to 2011 with a tournament win in the RVSC Ice breaker in March. 
Both team had magnificent unbeaten records in March 2011. Full reports to follow
Ramapo Valley u16 boys led in every game in Weston, Florida, during the Presidents weekend three day International Weston Cup. The boys have been working hard all winter following up on their good showing at all three weekend college showcases in the Fall, so it was no surprise to see the boys play well. However the hot temps and lack off out door games over the winter months showed as in each game they conceeded late goals to leave them needing a win to progress to the championship final. Leading 1-0 in that game Goalkeeper Matt Urnick unfortunately got sent off and conceeded a PK which eventually cost RVSC the game. But a great experience and excellent start to 2011.(click on link for full u16s update)
More florida pics. Dan and GB run some last minute details by the players in the Weston Cup, Florida.
Also in the news : RVSC u17 Red team have been accepted into the prestigious NEFC college showcase in New England come March. (click on link for full u17s red update) : 
The Spartans off St Thomas had an amazing year, making the play offs for the first time in their NCAA history. Eventually losing out in the semi final to a golden goal in the 2nd period off extra time. (read full STAC news by clicking on the link) :