Photos Dragons Team and Awards Ceremony

This was our last game warm-up and team photos. 

Team MVP of the tournament was Vincent Wiskowski.  Balboa Dragons members elected to the AASCA 2011 All Star Team were Marcos Justine and Vincent Wiskowski.  Congratulations to all team members for their tremendous effort on the field in every game.

Marcelo Casas, Troy Beverly, John Vigil, Marcos Justine, Manuel Vigil,Vincent Wiskowski, Stefano D'Agord, Collin McMillan, Daniel Riley, Larryon Truman, Daniel Riley, Alex Caballero, Xavier Velazquez, Anour Frajia, Luke Wiskowski, Sheren Chatlani, Gary De la Rosa

Participating Teams in the Boys Category AASCA Honduras 2011:

 Escuela Americana de Tegucigalpa Honduras, Escuela Americana de El Salvador, Balboa Academy Panama, Colegio Americano de Guatemala, Lincoln Academy Nicaragua, Escuela Interncional de Sampedrana Honduras, Colegio Interamericano Guatemala,  Escuela Americano Nicaragua, International School of Panama, Freedom High School Honduras.

Complicated Game ends in 2-0 Loss

The boys founght hard in a complicated game that unfortunately ended for us in a 2-0 loss against the Guatemalan team.  We will be attending the closing ceremony this evening.

Photos Balboa Academy Cheering for the ISP Girls Team

Photos from Friday, Warming up for the Tegucigalpa Game

Tegucigalpa - El Salvador Tie leaves Balboa one point short.

A 0-0 tie between the American School of Tegucigalpa and Colegio Americano de El Salvador leaves Balboa one point short of qualifying for the semi-finals.  The boys finished the group stage third in the group of five teams.  That result gave the American School of Tegucigalpa 9 points, Ameican School of El Salvdor 8 points, Balboa 7 points, followed Colgio Interamericano de Guatemala, and Lincoln Academy of Nicaragua. We attended the match, cheering on the Tegucigalpa team, but unfortunately, things did not go our way, and we were not able to be among the four qualifiers to the semi-finals.  The boys play tomorrow at 11:30am against a team from the other group, Colegio Americano de Guatemala.  This game will decide 5th and 6th place among the 10 teams in the tournament.

9-0 Balboa Win vs Lincoln Academy --Statistics and Summary

1st goal :  Marcelo Casas score directly from a coner kick.

2nd goal : Troy Beverly shoots, it is deflected by the goalkeeper to the feet of Larryon Truman who scores the goal.

3rd goal: Long kick by Vincent Wiskowski to Marcelo Casas to go one on one vs the goalkeeper and dribble around him and score.

4th goal: Anouar Fraija passed to Marcelo Casas, who shoots it in the upper corner of the goal.

5th goal: Long kick by Vincent  Wiskwoski to Troy Beverly who dribbles around the defense, passes to Marcelo Casas, who shoots it to the upper corner.

6th goal: Troy Beverly dribbles around  the goalkeeper and scores.

7th goal: Sheren Chatlani recieves the ball after a goalkeeper save from a shot by Anouar Fraija and shoots it hard on the ground to the left side.

8th goal: goal scored by Anouar Fraija off a corner play
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9th goal: Sheren Chatlani dribbles through three defenses. shoots it from the top of the box to the left side of the goal. Assist by Anouar Frajia.

Note: 11 goals were scored by Balboa ( John vigil, Troy) but only nine were counted because of calls by the referees.
The first six goals were scored in the first half.
 LIA got numerous dangerous scoring oportunites in the second half but they were stopped by some great saves by Vincent.
A solid performance by Stefano D'Agord in the middle, who had many steals and put the ball forward consistently.
Great defending by Marcos Justine.

BIg Win 9-0

Mission completed. The Dragons won in the second game of today against the Lincoln Academy of Nicaragua by a score of 9-0.  For Balboa to qualify to the next round, Tegucigalpa has to defeat El Salvador in a game to be played at 3:30 today.  We will go watch  this match and support Tegucigalpa..

More details on the goals scored later...