Brandon FC Flames 97 Boys: Hot Info

Tryouts for the Brandon Football Club U13 Boys for the 2010-2011 season will take place starting on June 2nd, 2010. Last year Brandon F.C. had over 60 kids tryout for this age group, which a super turnout. We formed four teams in the age group, 3 of the teams played in the Club Director's League, and 1 played in the USA League.

Here are the dates and times for the boy's tryouts -

Sunday, June 6th (BOYS)

The ‘97s will be playing in some prestigious tournaments this year.  Although our tournament schedule is subject to change, here is the current list of tournaments we expect to participate in.  Tournaments are a full team effort as we could be playing 3-5 games in a weekend.  It is important that we have as much participation as possible.  If a player is unable to attend, please advise the coaches asap.

The B.F.C. U11 boys entered the West Pasco Junior Showcase this weekend a little uncertain of what to expect. Not only were the boys playing up an age group, but they were also playing in a format quite new to them. In an effort to start preparing for next year's 11 v 11 CDL grouping, BFC entered the U12 11 v 11 bracket at West Pasco. They were grouped with U12 teams West Pasco Black (USA D3), Nature Coast (USA D2) and HCU (CDL League Champions).

On Saturday the boy's played extremely well through both matches. They defeated Nature Coast, 2-0 in the morning and then West Pasco Black, 7-1 in the afternoon. The boys played 140 minutes of soccer on Saturday in 86 degree temps, in addition to playing on a bigger field with a larger ball.

Since the HCU team had also won both of their matches on Saturday, it meant that the Sunday morning match between BFC and HCU was a true semi-final. It was certainly a tremendous match. Both teams battled throughout the 70 minutes. HCU held a distinct possession advantage throughout the 1st half, however, the BFC boys were not rattled and controlled a good portion of the 2nd half. After several good scoring chances by the boy's in blue, HCU countered on a quick break and narrowly slid one over the line to take a 1-0 lead. The BFC boys continued to battle, but just couldn't gain the equalizing goal. There were heroic plays made by BFC players all over the field; the keeper making outstanding stops, defenders diving to save certain goals, midfielders fighting and battling to maintain possession and forwards working hard to get off the shots.

Several coaches, and even referees, paid tremendous compliments to our U11 boys for all their effort. The most flattering comments made were that our boy's displayed outstanding character and that they were "fun to watch."