Game results - 2/23/08

Lightning All-Stars lost 11-2 to the undefeated 4th grade Aces team to end the season. Mateo and Nicholas scored. Lightning All-Stars finished 2-5-3. Great job, boys!

Game results - 2/9/08

In the first game of the playoffs, the Lightning All-Stars notched a victory on penalty kicks over the Lightning. Mateo scored Lightning All-Stars only goal in regulation, midway through the first half. Lightning struck back in the second half, and regulation time ended at 1-1. After a scoreless 5-minute overtime, the game went to penalty kicks. Lightning missed their first two, while Lightning All-Stars made their first two. After another Lightning miss, and a Lightning All-Stars miss, Lightning missed their 4th shot, thus giving Lightning All-Stars the victory. Great play from our keepers, Dylan and Juan, and great hustle from all the boys.

Our record is now 2-4-3. Our next playoff game is on February 23rd, 2 PM at Gunston.

Current Standings going into the Playoffs

League Standings For 2008 Boys U10 Indoor Soccer
Standing Team Record
1 Aces 8-0-0
2 Arlington Optimist 5-3-0
3 McKinley 3-2-3
4 Key Lightning 3-3-2
5 ASF Lightning 4-4-0
6 Falcons 2-3-3
7 Lightning All-Stars 1-4-3
8 Lightning 0-7-1

Game results - 2/2/08

Lightning All-Stars notched their first win of the season, 6-3 over the 4th Grade ASF Lightning team. The win avenged a 6-1 defeat earlier in the season.

After a goal from Juan early in the first half, ASF scored a goal at 13:43 of the half to tie the game. Lightning All-Stars struck back with three goals in the last three minutes of the first half, two from Nicholas, and one from Mateo on a left-footed direct kick to make the score 4-1 at the end of the first half.

In the second half, ASF got two goals to narrow the lead to 4-3 at the midpoint of the second half, but Nicholas struck again at 3:28 and added an insurance goal in the last 20 seconds to make the final 6-3.

All the boys hustled hard for this victory. Great keeper work from Ben and Eric.Playoffs start next weekend. Game info to follow.

Our record is now 1-4-3.

Current Standings

Here they are:

League Standings For 2008 Boys U10 Indoor Soccer
1. Aces 7-0-0
2. Arlington Optimist 4-3-0
3. McKinley 3-2-2
4. Key Lightning 3-2-2
5. ASF Lightning 4-3-0
6. Falcons 2-3-2
7. Lightning All-Stars 0-4-3
8. Lightning 0-6-1

Game 7 results - 1/26/08

Lightning All-Stars battled the 3rd Grade Science Focus team to a 1-1 tie. Neither team scored until 14:54 of the 2nd Half when Science Focus Lightning broke through. A minute and a half later, Nicholas put one in the net for Lightning All-Stars. Good hustle from everybody.

Our record is now 0-4-3. Next Saturday's game will be at Gunston, 1PM, vs. ASF Lightning. Wear white shirts again.

Lightning All-Stars Roster for Game 7:
Mateo
Juan
Tucker
Ethan
Benjamin
Eric
Nicholas
Dylan
Marco

Game 6 results - 1/19/08

Lighting All-Stars blew a 3-0 first half lead, and then scored a late goal to salvage a 4-4 tie with McKinley at the Gunston bubble.

Ethan, Nicholas and Mateo all scored in the first six minutes of the game to establish the 3-0 lead. McKinley scored late in the half to make the score 3-1 at halftime. After 12 minutes of no scores during the second half, McKinley scored three goals in a six minute span to take a 4-3 lead. Benjamin scored in the last minute of play to get the tie. Kudos to Juan for some stellar keeper play in the first half.

Lightning All-Stars record is now 0-4-2. Next week's game is against the Science Focus Lightning, 2PM at Barcroft.

Lightning All-Stars Roster for Game 6:
Mateo
Juan
Tucker
Ethan
Benjamin
Eric
Nicholas
Dylan
Marco