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...

Tough Loss 2-0

The Dragons suffered their first loss this morning against the American School of Tegucigalpa, who were last year's champions.
 Coach Acuna told the boys after the game that in order to qualify the semi-finals they need to score at least 7 goals in the next game and Tegucigalpa needs to defeat El Salvador in a match to be played later day. Next up--- Lincoln Academy of Nicaragua.

Photo from Thursday, 4pm game Campisa Field Balboa Academy vs Escuela Americano de El Salvador

Tie 1-1 vs EAS

The boys played a hard fought game in their second match today and came away with a tie against one of the tougher  opponents, Escuela Americano de El Salvador.  EAS  managed to score first, in the first half despite good defending by Marcos Justine, Cole McMillan, Alex Caballero, Manuel Vigil, and Vincent Wiskowski . Sheren Chatlani nearly scored, with a well taken shot,
Anour Fraija, Thomas Riley and Larryon Truman  used their speed  to take the ball up front and start the counterattacks during the second half.  The goal was scored by Troy Beverly, initiated by a free kick taken by Marcelo Casas  that ended up at John Vigil, who then passed to Troy who evened the game 1-1. The last five minutes were dominated by Balboa, who could have managed to get the win, yet were pleased with the hardfought tie.

Photos from the first game, Thursday, 8:00 am, BAD vs EIG, Campisa Field # 1

FIRST WIN!! Balboa Academy Dragons 3 Colegio International de Guatemala 1

The boys won their first match today, defeating Colegio International de Guatemala by a score of 3-1.

First Half:          Marcelo Casas scored, making it 1-0.

                          Troy Beverly scored, assisted by Marcelo Casas. 2-0   Beautiful team work here!

Second Half:      Penalty scored by CIG  2-1

                           Beautiful cross by Larryon Truman to Alex Caballero who headed it in   3-1 
                           Amazing play.


The boys are at the moment in the Hotel pool,  they will eat lunch at noon.  At 2:30 we leave to go back to the Campisa field to play a school from El Salvador.

They got their first three points, Go Dragons!  Weather was hot and sunny, but humid.

                      

We arranged for the bus to come pick us up at the hotel at 4:30.  Stopped at El Colonial supermarket on the way to the Opening Ceremony and Ice Breaker event.  Everyone bought a few needed items; snacks, Gatorade, granola bars,  bananas and oranges.
The Opening Ceremony was nice, there were several guest speakers including some gentlemen who have played in a World Cup in the 80s.  There were two musical pieces, perfornned by High School girls.  Following the Athlete's Oath, was the Ice Breaker for the players. 
We arrived back a the hotel about 9pm. 
We will be downstairs at the buffet breakfast tomorrow by 6 am.

Checking out the field at the host school.

Waiting in the San Salvador airport for the flight to San Pedro Sula.

Tocumen airport departure.

In Honduras!

We have arrived safely in Honduras, after having had two very nice flights.  On our second flight, from San Salvador to San Pedro Sula, threre was another AASCA soccer team (The American Nicaraguan School )  traveling with us. The pilot announced  that both teams were onboard and wished  both teams good luck.  There was applause from the almost full cabin.
 It is overcast, and we had some rain on the bus ride in from the airport.  The Crowne Plaza Hotel is very nice and they let us have an early check-in.  The tean is eating lunch in the hotel restaurant, and have made plans to watch the Barcelona-Arsenal Champions League game together here at the hotel.  We will leave later this evening to attend both the ice breaker event and the Opening Ceremony at the Host School.

I will let you know later tonight how those went,.

Joanne

Previous Friendly Match Results

BAD VS CHORRILLO SUB 17        4-1 win

BAD VS BULLDOGS                     4-0 win

BAD VS  ISP                                 5-0 win

BAD VS ISP                                  2-1 win

BAD VS ISP                                  2-1 win

BAD VS Rene Mendieta FC            4-0 win

BAD VS COSTA DEL ESTE           1-1 tie

BAD VS BULLDOGS                     7-1 win

Welcome to the Balboa Academy AASCA soccer blog!

Welcome to the new blog, where you can find the latest updates, photos and info about how the team is doing in San Pedro Sula, Honduras during the 2011 AASCA soccer tournament.