Apache FCer Richie Million was part of the winning side -- Doxa Italia -- which knocked off the DV8 Defenders 4-1 in a penalty kick shootout last week to take the USASA Region IV championship and earn a sponsored trip to the National Cup later this summer.
With both teams coming off celebrations the day before at qualifying for the U.S. Open Cup, the match took some time to really get moving, but by the extra time period it was moving at a brisk pace. The penalty kick shootout fell in favor of Doxa, as two DV8 players missed the target to hand the championship to the Southern California side.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Apache gets back to winning ways
Despite a slow start against bottom-dwellers United Football Academy, Apache FC bounced back to scoring form with a welcome 8-0 win Tuesday night at Griffith Park.
Sporting two new additions -- central midfielder Esteban Zelaya and striker Richard "Trix" Taylor -- who were signed right on the May 19 LA Municipal League deadline, the Warriors dominated the first half with smart passing and strong offensive runs, but again had some finishing issues.
It wasn't until more than 40 minutes in when Taylor stepped onto the field for the first time in an Apache FC uniform, that the squad finally put one away, ironically on Taylor's first touch of the ball. Taylor took a through pass from Nick Midulla and slotted it past the United keeper.
The second half saw the arrival of coach Billy Alarcon, whose brother David "Puma" Alarcon filled in for during the first half. Play was again dominated by the Warriors, who finally saw more scoring success --- in droves -- at the 70-minute mark, when Midulla spun through several defenders before striking the ball home.
That seemed to tear the bandage off as the Warriors then scored six unanswered goals in just over six minutes ... Mike Barthel's two bullet shots outside the box netted him a brace, Taylor added another two goals for a hat trick, and Zelaya and Desmond Gallagher added singles ... their first goals of the season. Midulla leads the team in scoring now with five goals, followed closely by Barthel and Taylor with three.
The win also saw the Warriors playing without several key starters ... Alex Martinez, Jimmy Lin and Guillermo Herrera are all on the injury list while Custis Smith, Richie Million, Gerard McManus and Matthew McCallum were away for the match.
"Our two new signings definitely stepped up to the bat," Coach Billy Alarcon said. "Zelaya was a strong and calming influence on play in central midfield throughout the match and Taylor scoring a hat trick in his first appearance ... that definitely seemed to spark the goal scorers on the team."
The Warriors defense also had some stats to be proud of, with keeper Carlos Guerrero recording his fourth shutout over eight games, and the back four -- Bryan Moore, Desmond Gallagher, Sammy Xaylitdet and Rahoul Ghose -- reducing their goals against average to .625 ... or only five goals over eight matches.
Apache FC, who remain in a strong second-place position behind Hollywood United, are back at John Ferraro 7 next week for a return match against Santiagueño with a later 8:50 PM start. The team won their first encounter 3-1. Then the Warriors will play a pair at Griffith Park -- against Los Andes and United FA -- before finishing the season off at JF6 with a third meeting against Hollywood United.
The top four teams in the blue division advance to the Cup round with first playing fourth, and second playing third, in the first round. Winners will then advance to the semis facing teams from the Tuesday night Red division.
OTHER RESULTS:
Dinamo Lokomotiv (0) vs Los Andes (1)
Hollywood United (6) vs Santiagueño (2)
Sporting two new additions -- central midfielder Esteban Zelaya and striker Richard "Trix" Taylor -- who were signed right on the May 19 LA Municipal League deadline, the Warriors dominated the first half with smart passing and strong offensive runs, but again had some finishing issues.
It wasn't until more than 40 minutes in when Taylor stepped onto the field for the first time in an Apache FC uniform, that the squad finally put one away, ironically on Taylor's first touch of the ball. Taylor took a through pass from Nick Midulla and slotted it past the United keeper.
The second half saw the arrival of coach Billy Alarcon, whose brother David "Puma" Alarcon filled in for during the first half. Play was again dominated by the Warriors, who finally saw more scoring success --- in droves -- at the 70-minute mark, when Midulla spun through several defenders before striking the ball home.
That seemed to tear the bandage off as the Warriors then scored six unanswered goals in just over six minutes ... Mike Barthel's two bullet shots outside the box netted him a brace, Taylor added another two goals for a hat trick, and Zelaya and Desmond Gallagher added singles ... their first goals of the season. Midulla leads the team in scoring now with five goals, followed closely by Barthel and Taylor with three.
The win also saw the Warriors playing without several key starters ... Alex Martinez, Jimmy Lin and Guillermo Herrera are all on the injury list while Custis Smith, Richie Million, Gerard McManus and Matthew McCallum were away for the match.
"Our two new signings definitely stepped up to the bat," Coach Billy Alarcon said. "Zelaya was a strong and calming influence on play in central midfield throughout the match and Taylor scoring a hat trick in his first appearance ... that definitely seemed to spark the goal scorers on the team."
The Warriors defense also had some stats to be proud of, with keeper Carlos Guerrero recording his fourth shutout over eight games, and the back four -- Bryan Moore, Desmond Gallagher, Sammy Xaylitdet and Rahoul Ghose -- reducing their goals against average to .625 ... or only five goals over eight matches.
Apache FC, who remain in a strong second-place position behind Hollywood United, are back at John Ferraro 7 next week for a return match against Santiagueño with a later 8:50 PM start. The team won their first encounter 3-1. Then the Warriors will play a pair at Griffith Park -- against Los Andes and United FA -- before finishing the season off at JF6 with a third meeting against Hollywood United.
The top four teams in the blue division advance to the Cup round with first playing fourth, and second playing third, in the first round. Winners will then advance to the semis facing teams from the Tuesday night Red division.
OTHER RESULTS:
Dinamo Lokomotiv (0) vs Los Andes (1)
Hollywood United (6) vs Santiagueño (2)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
SUMMER 2011 season information
2011 Summer Soccer Registration Dates
Priority Registration begins Monday, July 11- Thursday, July 14
Open Registration begins Monday, July 18, 2011 until leagues are filled.
2011 Municipal Summer Soccer League Managers Meeting
30+ Men's League: Saturday, August 20, 2011, 9:30 AM
Griffith Park Visitor Center Auditorium,
4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027
I assume we will get priority registration this time as we are in the league now. First Summer Season game won't be until after the Managers Meeting, likely in September.
Priority Registration begins Monday, July 11- Thursday, July 14
Open Registration begins Monday, July 18, 2011 until leagues are filled.
2011 Municipal Summer Soccer League Managers Meeting
30+ Men's League: Saturday, August 20, 2011, 9:30 AM
Griffith Park Visitor Center Auditorium,
4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027
I assume we will get priority registration this time as we are in the league now. First Summer Season game won't be until after the Managers Meeting, likely in September.
APACHE FC STICKS SECOND WITH A SCORELESS TIE
Apache FC held on to second place in the LA Municipal League Tuesday night with a hard-fought scoreless draw against Dinamo Lokamotiv at the ever-worsening John Ferraro fields.
"It says a lot when we hold a team scoreless," Coach Billy Alarcon said following the game. "(Our keeper) Carlos made some great saves as well."
Alarcon added: "The tie was good for us following two straight losses. We could have beat that team and possibly netted one of our many chances. But alone in second place isn't bad seven matches into the season."
On the defensive side, Apache boasts the best Goals Against record (.71) with only five goals so far this season ... Hollywood United has eight goals against.
The squad was in fact helped by the division leaders -- Hollywood United -- who knocked off third-place Los Andes 2-1.
The Warriors remained composed throughout their match from the back, forward, with strong performances from keeper Carlos Guerrero, the back four, and midfielders Guillermo Herrera, Ivan Miller and Custis Smith. Central midfielder Alex Martinez was unfortunately sidelined following a rough challenge midway through the first half which left him with possible ligament damage in his knee.
And the squad were also missing Richie Million, Matthew McCallum, Sammy Xaylitdet, Ger McManus and Mike Lewis from the lineup. But Apache forwards Mike Barthel and Nick Midulla did generate numerous chances on goal throughout the match. The entire squad fought for the winner until the final whistle. But that last final touch, and possibly a bit of luck, eluded the team on the night.
The Warriors next see action May 24 against United FA at Griffith Park with a 7 PM kickoff. Three of the team's final five regular season matches are thankfully on turf.
"It says a lot when we hold a team scoreless," Coach Billy Alarcon said following the game. "(Our keeper) Carlos made some great saves as well."
Alarcon added: "The tie was good for us following two straight losses. We could have beat that team and possibly netted one of our many chances. But alone in second place isn't bad seven matches into the season."
On the defensive side, Apache boasts the best Goals Against record (.71) with only five goals so far this season ... Hollywood United has eight goals against.
The squad was in fact helped by the division leaders -- Hollywood United -- who knocked off third-place Los Andes 2-1.
The Warriors remained composed throughout their match from the back, forward, with strong performances from keeper Carlos Guerrero, the back four, and midfielders Guillermo Herrera, Ivan Miller and Custis Smith. Central midfielder Alex Martinez was unfortunately sidelined following a rough challenge midway through the first half which left him with possible ligament damage in his knee.
And the squad were also missing Richie Million, Matthew McCallum, Sammy Xaylitdet, Ger McManus and Mike Lewis from the lineup. But Apache forwards Mike Barthel and Nick Midulla did generate numerous chances on goal throughout the match. The entire squad fought for the winner until the final whistle. But that last final touch, and possibly a bit of luck, eluded the team on the night.
The Warriors next see action May 24 against United FA at Griffith Park with a 7 PM kickoff. Three of the team's final five regular season matches are thankfully on turf.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Apache FC back in action Tuesday night
LA Municipal League
Tuesday, May 17 | 8:50 PM
Apache FC vs Dinamo Lokomotiv | John Ferraro 7
Come out and cheer the Warriors on.
Tuesday, May 17 | 8:50 PM
Apache FC vs Dinamo Lokomotiv | John Ferraro 7
Come out and cheer the Warriors on.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Kick for the Cure teams announced
Hey lads. Here is your official roster for the Kick for a Cure tournament in June. Myself, Rahoul and Mike B will be heading down Friday afternoon, the 17th. We have a small tradition of having an early dinner at a Mexican restaurant, then going to register, followed by a team movie outing. This year's movie will be 'The Hangover 2'. Of course you are ALL welcome to join. I hope you all do!!
As you know we are taking two teams down. Two teams that we consider "A" teams. We are going down to win TWO cups, not one. We take this very seriously. My brother, David, aka Puma will be coaching one squad, while I will oversee the other.
Now the Blake's 6 squad will be a little different. We will be re-naming that squad 'Blake's 6'. Blake was a 13-year-old kid who had the disease this tournament was started to to help fight. Unfortunately, he passed away late last year. We have adopted his name and will be playing in his honor. And it is an honor. His Mom and family, who live in Georgia, could not be more excited about us playing for Blake. His favorite color was purple but was always too shy to wear it because he thought he might be looked at as girly. So the men that we are, we will be wearing a special purple jersey, designed by Rahoul. We'll wear our regular shorts and socks.
This will also have the special logo Rahoul created for our new team name. You can read a full write up on our home page about Blake. The shirt was made by our friends at Niky's sports, and in return for sporting their logo on the sleeve, they have agreed to give us the shirts at cost. 7 bucks. The shirt will be yours to purchase and be a cool memento to keep after the tourney is done.
The squads are as follows.
Blake's 6
Carlos Guerrero
Bryan Moore
Rahoul Ghose
Desmond Gallagher
Nick Midulla
Mike Lewis
Alex Martinez
Sammy Xaylitdet
Juan Salinaszelaya
Jimmy Lin
Apache FC Warriors
Steven Rullie
Custis Smith
Mike Barthel
Jeff Pederson
Ivan Miller
Sean Davies
Guillermo Herrera
Milton
TK
Our first practice will be THIS THURSDAY NIGHT MAY 12TH 8PM AT OUR SOL DEL VALLE COMMUNITY CENTER TRAINING FACILITY. Cost is 5 bucks per player. ALSO, WE WILL BE PRACTICING ON AN "INDOOR" CONCRETE COURT. This will totally benefit us in practicing the 6 v 6 format as well as with small goals. So bring your indoor boots or samba type shoes to this practice.
Billy
As you know we are taking two teams down. Two teams that we consider "A" teams. We are going down to win TWO cups, not one. We take this very seriously. My brother, David, aka Puma will be coaching one squad, while I will oversee the other.
Now the Blake's 6 squad will be a little different. We will be re-naming that squad 'Blake's 6'. Blake was a 13-year-old kid who had the disease this tournament was started to to help fight. Unfortunately, he passed away late last year. We have adopted his name and will be playing in his honor. And it is an honor. His Mom and family, who live in Georgia, could not be more excited about us playing for Blake. His favorite color was purple but was always too shy to wear it because he thought he might be looked at as girly. So the men that we are, we will be wearing a special purple jersey, designed by Rahoul. We'll wear our regular shorts and socks.
This will also have the special logo Rahoul created for our new team name. You can read a full write up on our home page about Blake. The shirt was made by our friends at Niky's sports, and in return for sporting their logo on the sleeve, they have agreed to give us the shirts at cost. 7 bucks. The shirt will be yours to purchase and be a cool memento to keep after the tourney is done.
The squads are as follows.
Blake's 6
Carlos Guerrero
Bryan Moore
Rahoul Ghose
Desmond Gallagher
Nick Midulla
Mike Lewis
Alex Martinez
Sammy Xaylitdet
Juan Salinaszelaya
Jimmy Lin
Apache FC Warriors
Steven Rullie
Custis Smith
Mike Barthel
Jeff Pederson
Ivan Miller
Sean Davies
Guillermo Herrera
Milton
TK
Our first practice will be THIS THURSDAY NIGHT MAY 12TH 8PM AT OUR SOL DEL VALLE COMMUNITY CENTER TRAINING FACILITY. Cost is 5 bucks per player. ALSO, WE WILL BE PRACTICING ON AN "INDOOR" CONCRETE COURT. This will totally benefit us in practicing the 6 v 6 format as well as with small goals. So bring your indoor boots or samba type shoes to this practice.
Billy
APACHE FC DROPS TO SECOND PLACE
Apache FC fell to second place in the LA Municipal League Tuesday night following a frustrating 1-0 loss to Hollywood United.
Both the Warriors and United started the match undermanned, but it was HU which took the only goal on the night off a free kick outside the box midway through the first half, with the shot deflecting off a defender into the net.
Continuous pressure and numerous chances on goal throughout the remaining 60 minutes would not yield a tying marker for the Warriors, who hit the post and upright at least four times. One shot off the inside post also appeared to be in, but was ruled "no goal" by the referee.
Coach Billy Alarcon chose to see the positive in the match, however, noting the Warriors never gave up right to the final whistle.
"We have some incredible individual talents on this side and still need some time to see those talents gel together," Alarcon said. "It's just going to take time and practice for our players to calm down on the field and start to trust one another ... rushing the ball on fields of John Ferraro's quality just does not work."
Alarcon added: "Second place mid-way through the season ... in our first season ... is still very encouraging."
The Warriors next see action May 17 against Dinamo Lokamotiv at John Ferraro 7 with an 8:50 PM kickoff.
Both the Warriors and United started the match undermanned, but it was HU which took the only goal on the night off a free kick outside the box midway through the first half, with the shot deflecting off a defender into the net.
Continuous pressure and numerous chances on goal throughout the remaining 60 minutes would not yield a tying marker for the Warriors, who hit the post and upright at least four times. One shot off the inside post also appeared to be in, but was ruled "no goal" by the referee.
Coach Billy Alarcon chose to see the positive in the match, however, noting the Warriors never gave up right to the final whistle.
"We have some incredible individual talents on this side and still need some time to see those talents gel together," Alarcon said. "It's just going to take time and practice for our players to calm down on the field and start to trust one another ... rushing the ball on fields of John Ferraro's quality just does not work."
Alarcon added: "Second place mid-way through the season ... in our first season ... is still very encouraging."
The Warriors next see action May 17 against Dinamo Lokamotiv at John Ferraro 7 with an 8:50 PM kickoff.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
APACHE FC DROPS FIRST LOSS OF SEASON
Apache FC dropped its first loss in LA Municipal League over-30s action Tuesday night, falling 2-0 to a scrappy Los Andes side.
The Warriors started well, dominating the first 10 to 15 minutes, but failed to get on the scoreboard. Los Andes then settled in and started its counterattack, forcing keeper Carlos Guerrero to make several key saves, including a sprawling block on a breakaway.
Los Andes kept raising their tempo and finally put one in off a corner kick at the 38-minute mark, which defenders couldn't clear.
The Warriors battled back in the second half often bottling Los Andes up in their final 30, but were stymied by several saves and a cluttered defensive area. Mike Barthel almost tied the match off a free kick outside the box -- which was dipping under the bar -- but the Los Andes keeper tipped it over for a corner.
Los Andes doubled their tally with about five minutes left, against the run of play, with a chip off a rebound.
Coach Billy Alarcon admitted the team had issues with the field conditions, but also noted that Los Andes played under the same conditions.
"They were just better than us tonight," Alarcon said, adding that Apache FC is still a brand new squad which had some growing to do.
The Warriors next see action May 10 against Hollywood United at John Ferraro 6 with a 7 PM kickoff. The Warriors won their first encounter against United 3-1, so the rematch should prove to be spirited.
The Warriors started well, dominating the first 10 to 15 minutes, but failed to get on the scoreboard. Los Andes then settled in and started its counterattack, forcing keeper Carlos Guerrero to make several key saves, including a sprawling block on a breakaway.
Los Andes kept raising their tempo and finally put one in off a corner kick at the 38-minute mark, which defenders couldn't clear.
The Warriors battled back in the second half often bottling Los Andes up in their final 30, but were stymied by several saves and a cluttered defensive area. Mike Barthel almost tied the match off a free kick outside the box -- which was dipping under the bar -- but the Los Andes keeper tipped it over for a corner.
Los Andes doubled their tally with about five minutes left, against the run of play, with a chip off a rebound.
Coach Billy Alarcon admitted the team had issues with the field conditions, but also noted that Los Andes played under the same conditions.
"They were just better than us tonight," Alarcon said, adding that Apache FC is still a brand new squad which had some growing to do.
The Warriors next see action May 10 against Hollywood United at John Ferraro 6 with a 7 PM kickoff. The Warriors won their first encounter against United 3-1, so the rematch should prove to be spirited.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Warriors set for last first round match
Apache FC will play their last match of first round LA Muni League play Tuesday night at John Ferraro, facing an improved Los Andes side.
Since defaulting in their first game against Santiagueno, Los Andes has racked up wins against Dinamo Lokomotiv and United FA, and suffered a 2-1 loss to current second-place side Hollywood United.
Apache hopes to improve its record to 5-0, adding to wins against Hollywood United, Santiagueno, United FA and Dinamo Lokomotiv this season, thus far.
Kickoff is 8:50 PM and fans are welcome.
Since defaulting in their first game against Santiagueno, Los Andes has racked up wins against Dinamo Lokomotiv and United FA, and suffered a 2-1 loss to current second-place side Hollywood United.
Apache hopes to improve its record to 5-0, adding to wins against Hollywood United, Santiagueno, United FA and Dinamo Lokomotiv this season, thus far.
Kickoff is 8:50 PM and fans are welcome.
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