07/04/06
For Immediate Release...
U19 Virginia Legacy's run in the
Regional Tournament with 1-0 loss to Regional power FC Delco...
The Virginia Legacy played F.C.
Delco from Eastern Pennsylvania in an exciting Regional
Semi-final match. Delco is a renowned club on the east coast and
would prove to be a tough opponent for the Legacy. Delco came
out strong in the first half but never creating any good
opportunities. The Legacy defended very well by shutting out
Delco in the first half. The first half ends 0-0.
The Virginia Legacy came fired up
the second half. They created several early chances but could
not find the back of the net. Andrew Hoxie slid a ball across
the face of the goal that found Jack Collins. Collins’ shot hit
a Delco defender and went out. A little while later Bryan Davis
hit a volley 20 yards out that was well saved by the Delco
goalie. With 15 minutes left in the game Max Hare was brought
down in the box and the referee gave a penalty kick. Andrew
Hoxie stepped up to take the penalty kick and the Delco goalie
made a huge save to keep the score at 0-0. With five minutes
left of regulation a Delco player was bumped in the box and the
referee unfortunately gave a penalty kick. They scored the goal
and the game was 1-0. The last five minutes the Legacy pressed
on and gave it everything they had by creating a couple of good
chances by Andrew Hoxie. But the Legacy could not find the
equalizer. The game ended 1-0. The Legacy finished 3rd in the
Regional One tournament out of 12 teams. The Legacy represented
Virginia and their club very well.
07/02/06
For Immediate Release...
U19 Virginia Legacy finish group play
with a 4-3 win and advance to Regional Semi-Finals...
The Virginia Legacy plays BW
Gottschee for their last game in their group. The Legacy still
advance to the Regional Semi-finals regardless of the result of
the game. The Legacy came out flat in the first 10 minutes and
they were punished for it. The Eastern New York team scored from
a good volley from outside the 18 yard box. The Legacy responded
well with Andrew Hoxie scoring three well earned goals in the
first half to make the score 3-1.
The second half was tough for the
Legacy. Gottschee came out strong hoping to get their first win
of the tournament. They scored 10 minutes into the second half.
The referee called a penalty kick 10 minutes later in the 65th
minute. Gottschee converted the penalty kick and the score was
level at 3-3. Late in the half Max Hare was fouled outside the
18 yard box. As the Gottschee goalie was setting up the wall on
the near post; Bryan Davis took a quick free kick and caught the
keeper off guard by side netting it far post. The Legacy held on
to the end and the final was 4-3. The Legacy won their group
with 9 points and advance to the Regional Semi-finals which will
be held on Monday July 3rd.
07/01/06
For
Immediate Release...
U19
Virginia Legacy advance to Monday's Semi-Finals with impressive 6-1
win.
The
Virginia Legacy 86’ played AS Roma from Delaware in their second
game of the Region One tournament. The Legacy got off to a rough start
giving up an early goal in the first five minutes of play. Roma played
a good cross in that was mishandled and directed into the goal by a
Legacy defender. The Legacy turned it on after the goal. Jack Collins
hit the post twice but could not find the net. Several chances were
created by the Legacy and finally they struck in the 16th minute.
Andrew Hoxie chipped the oncoming keeper to tie the game. Hoxie scored
again in the 36th minute to put the Legacy up 2-1. The half ends 2-1.
The Legacy came fired up for the second half and ready to put the Delaware
state champs away. Legacy scored just three minutes into the start of
the second half. Teddy Barry played a great ball across the box which
was misguided into the back of the net by the Roma center back to put
the Legacy up 3-1. Hoxie scored again three minutes later in the 51st
and again in the 59th minute to put the Legacy up 5-1. Mike Starks
topped off the game with a goal in the 61st minute to put the game
completely out of reach. The final score was 6-1. With this result the
Legacy win their group and automatically advance to the Region One
Semi-Finals which will be held on Monday, July 3.
More
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6/30/06
For
Immediate Release...
Match
Report from Virginia Legacy game vs Beachside in first game of
Regionals. Results in 2-1 Victory...
The
U-19 Virginia Legacy could not have asked for a better start to their
first game of the Region 1 Youth Championships.
A 2-1 victory over
Beachside
SC
from
Connecticut
earned them three points and put them in a good position to advance
from their group to the semi-finals with two group games left to play.
The
Legacy started off well maintaining possession for large portions of
the first half, creating numerous scoring chances. However, it was not
until late in the first half that the legacy first got on the board.
After a rare flurry in front of the Legacy goal, that involved
some great defending by left back Marcus Dixon and quality saves by
goalkeeper John Anderson, the Legacy counterattacked quickly, catching
Beachside off guard and numbers down.
Andrew Hoxie did very well holding off two Beachside defenders
and then finding Jack Collins in front of goal who calmly slotted the
ball past the Beachside goalkeeper.
The
second half began with Beachside coming out and applying more
pressure, but they were still unable to create quality chances.
With Beachside again pushing numbers forward the Legacy were
able to effectively counterattack. Put through by an excellent ball by
Andrew Hoxie, Max Hare calmly finished off his one on one breakaway
the Beachside keeper to give the Legacy a 2-0 lead. Beachside then
switched formations to a
4-3-3
to try and create more offense. With about 15 minutes left to play
Beachside finally found the back of the net narrowing the score to
2-1. The game would end with Beachside applying more offensive
pressure but still being unable to find an equalizer.
With
the three points in hand, the Legacy hope to remain atop the table
with a good result over CSA Roma from
Delaware
at
3:00 pm
on Saturday.
6/27/06
For
immediate Release.........
U19
'86 Virginia Legacy To Attend Regional
Soccer Tournament This Weekend
12
clubs from the Mid Atlantic and Northeast will compete
The
U19 ’86 Virginia Legacy (formerly the Williamsburg Soccer Club) will
compete this week at the Region One regional competition in
Virginia Beach
,
Virginia
. The Legacy will be the
Virginia
representative as the team won the Virginia Youth Soccer Association
State Cup this year. The Legacy won three games as they repeated as
State Champions for a second straight year. In the final they defeated
the Gunston Dragons 3-0. The team will
travel to
Virginia Beach
on Thursday for the opening ceremonies and will then play one game a
day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The semi finals will be on Monday
July 3rd and the final on July 5th.
In
the preliminary rounds the team will compete against Beachside from
Connecticut
, CSA Roma from
Delaware
and Gottshee Soccer Club from
Eastern New York
. “This should be a good weekend of soccer for these guys,” said
Richard Butler, Director of Coaching. “The standard of play will be
very good from all twelve teams involved, and as long as the weather
holds up, I think we have a good chance to progress out of our group.
The boys have a year of experience at this level after competing last
year and I believe that will hold them in good stead this year. We
have some very good players in our squad who are playing collegiate
soccer and also playing for our senior team the Williamsburg Legacy.
The guys are looking forward to playing and representing our new
organization.”
For
more details on the Region One Tournament go to www.region1.com.
