Alleycat Tryouts for 2009-10

The final tryouts for the rising u13 Wildcats (for girls born between 8/1/96 - 7/31/97) are scheduled for next week.

When: Tuesday July 21, 2009
Where: Afrim's Latham
Register: Click Here

Please DO NOT wear Alleycats uniforms or training gear to this tryout.

If you are interested in participating but are unable to make the tryouts, please contact Nancy Clemens @ 852-3640 who will put you in touch with the coach.

Wildcats win Clifton Park International

The Alleycats Wildcats finished the season on a high note winning the 33rd Annual Clifton Park International Soccer Tournament on Sunday.

The final was a rematch of the ENY State Cup final and the Wildcats prevailed again 1-0. Over the course of the tournament, the Cats outscored their opponents 22-1 while winning all five of their games.

Widcats 5-0 Soccer Domain White
Widcats 4-1 Clifton Park Panthers
Widcats 6-0 Nirvana Arsenal
Widcats 3-0 Soccer Domain Blue
Widcats 1-0 Clifton Park Panthers

Wildcats in the news

Two newspaper articles today about the Wildcats...

Schenectady Gazette
Times Union

From West Virginia last week
WCHS

Alleycats Girls Summer Camps Available

CATS CAMP 2009
Girls Camps
July 13 – 17 – Technical Training Camp – Ages 8 and up
July 20 – 24 – High School Pre-Season Fitness Id & Technical Training - For Modified, Freshman, JV and Varsity Players

Camp Directors – Betsy Drambour / Ashley Moore

For more information Click Here
Boys camps also available.

Results

Wildcats finished second in their group but lose in the tiebreaker for the wildcard.

As the top team to miss the playoffs the Wildcats finish 5th in their first Region 1 championship tournament.

Sunday

Ground crew has fixed the pond in front of the goal and the coin toss is in progress.

Alleycats are in red going from right to left and Maine is in blue

Emily down the near side crossbto kennedy into the corner cleAred by blue

A couple of chances early by both teams

Liisi brings it up to emily to Liisi shot deflected pit to emily cross just missed Kennedy blue ball

Rain hard now can't update Liisi from the 18 1-0 cats lead

Ema scores2-0

2-1 halftime

Final

Sunday Morning

Wet and cool this morning heavy rain overnight down to a constant
drizzle now.

RE: How's the cake Kennedy?

"west Virginia beach"

Anna Gili Mellisa We'Ve got talent
Liisi Ema Emily Kat The really dumb heros
Sophia Meghan Kennedy Julia Everybody makes mistakes

Talent Show!?!

Sunday

Sunday's game will be at 8am vs Seacoast United, Maine's State Champions who are 0-2 after today's 2-1 loss to Empire United Rochester. The Alleycats will need a win and some help from the other groups to advance to the playoff round.

The other Capital Region teams (CP boys 12s and BW boys 12s) both have a win and a tie and are fighting for the playoffs on the boys side.

Talent show tonight at 7:15.

Birthday Cake

Lasertag at Kats Party

white attack knocked outnof mellisas hand goal white 3-0

4-0

Water break white defenders are gettingto everything in the box

4-0 final score Wildcats fought hard to the final whistle.

Second half

Cats ball left to right

Emily to hili anna cross to Kennedy tackled away

Julia take away red throw deep into box cleared

Liisi to gili through ball saved

More sat

White corner in the box cleared hili down the far side red throw

Red corner kick sophia ema fights for it red throw

Sophis to Liisi to meghan red throw deep in white zone into the box red throw time running out white clear halftime

Games time

Wildcas are in red Loudoun in white
Breeze is picking up and some clouds are rolling in cutting through the heat.

Underwat 10 min early white ball moving left to right white offsides

Long cross to sophis taken away liisis fouled free kick on frame saved by white


White corner save mellisa

loudoun with the give and go score 1-0 loudoun

White throw cleared by kennedy goal kick red won by loudoun sophia take away 5050 ball red foul free kick gets past the keeper 2-0 loudoun

Liisi corner kick through the box white ball

Julia goal kick to emily white throw intobthe box good chance red corner white country julia tacked clear to Liisi to Kennedy off side

Ball bouncing high in the box Kennedy knocks the ball loose from the keeper saved good opportunity for red

Meghan to Liisi kick overhead into the box keeper loses track of the ball cleared

Anna shot wide right


Water break for the heat



Mellisa to anna taken away white counter gets past mellisa julia with agreat effort to takle the ball and clear

Loudoun

Opponents prepare for the game.

Saturday Wildcats vs Loudoun Red

Hot and sunny this morning not much of breeze. Kickoff scheduled for noon.

How's the cake Kennedy?

Dinner

Movies

Ice Age no Transformers no Ice Age
no Transformers no ....

Making new friends?

Recovery

Alleycats are resting after today's strong effort.

Alleycats Moving Up in the Rankings

After the Wildcats Empire Cup victory on Sunday, the Alleycats Wildcats are now ranked as the #5 u12 Girls team in New York State by the soccerInCollege website.

Top New York State Girls u12 Teams
1. Farmingdale United
2. Patriots FC 97
3. Long Island United Red Wolves
4. North Rockland Avalanche
5. Alleycats Wildcats
6. lijsl select b
7. Manhattan Hotspur
8. lijsl a
9. East Meadow Hurricanes
10. Massapequa Explosion

Video of Opening Ceremony from local TV Click Here

Bridge

Ohio to West Virginia bridge

Bear Sports Photography - the official photographer for the tournament

Friday Games from YMCA

Proffessional Pictures from the opening ceremony

Next Up

Next up for the Wildcats is a high noon showdown Saturday versus Virginia #2 - Loudon 96 Red.

For all the scores and schedules Click here

Alleycats vs Empire United - Rochester (NYW #2)

This mornings game is against the New York West runner up - Empire United Rochester.

[1:25 PM corrected to include names missing in the origninal]

3 whistles game over cats win 2-0
In other Group A action VA2 over Maine 7-1

2:00 to go

Gili good fight for the ball in front of the Cats bench Alleycats throw in.

Red moves up a defender field the field is getting spread nicely. Red take away from cats throw in shot up and over the goal. Blue attacking again, red 7 take away, sh takes the ball all the way - lots of space 1 on 1 with Julia great stop!

Blue attacking with numbers Shot across the goal and off the post, Liisi beats here defender chip to Emily in the corner great defensive play.

Blue keeper clears deep to 6 nice shot nice save Mellisa.

8:55 Action's getting a bit more physical bodies flying on both sides. Meghan battles for the ball on the near side - great take away meghan with the cross into the box - nobody there. Katherine with the clear into the corner. Sophia is fouled Liisi taking the kick good air up and through the box.

Yellow card on 7 red their big defender for a little extra action after the whstle

Back and forth action in the midfield both teams with good defensive efforts by Anna, Julia and Red 7 to prevent any opportunities. Spoke too soon Liisi fight soft two defenders cross from midfield to a wide open Sophia 2-0 wildcats.

Wildcats coming out on fire in the second half another opportunity in the box save red


Blue kickoff they bring the ball down to the corner kat from the top off the box save
Liisi to emily to Liisi to emily to Liisi in the box left foot 1-0 cats

Halftime no score in other action va2 leads maine 3-1.

Ema is pulled down in the corner - free to sophia at the top of the box too much tragic shot deflected red counter another save

8:25 blue starting to get the edge in possession. Still no score. Blue country attack gets behind the defender nice save mellisa.
8:15
Liisi from the 18 deflected by the keeper. Corner isheaded another save for red. Blue gets 1st chance on a counter.
Sophis fouled outside thebox free kick into the box another save

8:10 play us about 50-50 Alleycats have a few shots from distance but no real opportunities.

8:00 red starts with the ball Alleycats are sooting at the left goal.

7:30 Lovely cool morning by the river. Everybody is here and warming up.
Alleycats are in blue, Empire united is in red.

Opening Ceremonies

For the herald dispatch article Click Here - more photos

The opening ceremonies were at Marshall Univesity at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

Before the ceremony there was music, a crossbar contest and a mascots 5v5 game (the Marshall mascot was red carded and Little Caesar scored twice)..

One player from every team was chosen to take part in the crossbar challenge - top five in every age group got awards. Liisi represented the Wildcats.

The ceremonies got underway with sky divers from the 82nd Airborne landing in the stadium. Once the speeches and National Anthem were done, the players marched on to the field Olympic style.

The athletes from all 15 state associations marched onto the field in the parade of states. The Alleycats girls carried in the Eastern New York banner.

The lighting of the torch by the 1997 Boys Region 1 Champions from West Virginia signaled the official opening of the games.

The girls are ready to go - First game is Friday at 8AM. Good luck!!

The local paper will have stories and photos online herald-dispatch.com

I will be giving updates during the game - if I can get the technology to work.

Working out the cobwebs

The girls are hard at work at practice first thing this morning at the Friends of Cole fields. It's a cool overcast morning and the girls are excited to be playing. The last of the players will be arriving this afternoon.

Alleycats Wildcats at The Region 1 Championships

Girls started arrivng on Tuesday and by Thursday morning most of the girls we in Charleston. We're all staying at the same hotel as some of the other younger ENY teams - we've seen the Blackwatch boys and the Long Island United u12 girls (some of the same girls that we played at the Empire Cup .