Hillside Grade School #11

12:00 - Lady Cougars vs. Valley Stream - U11 G

1:20 - StormCats vs. Oceanside - U11 B

2:40 Pumas vs. Garden City - U10 B

New Hyde Park HS

Football Field #8

2:00 - BattleCats vs. Bohemia - U14 B

3:30 - CrazyCats vs. Massapequa - U14 B

New Hyde Park HS

Soccer Field

2:00 - Cheshire Cats vs. Valley Stream - U14 G

3:30 - StrayCats vs. Stonybrook - U14 G

ATS #12

2:00 - Aristocats vs. Commack - U12 G

3:20 - Lightning Cats vs. Commack - U12 G

New Hyde Park HS

Soccer Field #6

10 a.m. - Leopards vs. Sachem - U19 B

11:50 - Panthers vs. Newfield - U19B

1:40 - Pantherettes vs. Massapequa - U15 G

New Hyde Park HS

Football Field #8

10:00 - Lady Pumas vs. POB - U16 G

11:40 - StarCats vs. Bellport - U13 G

1:10 -0 Cougars vs. Bayshore - U13 B

ATS #12

11 a.m. - Bobcats vs. Longwood - U19 G

12:50 - Courageous Cats vs. Sachem - U19 G

2:40 - Firecats vs. Hewlett - U15 G

Aristocats 3 - Valley Stream Angels 2

The Aristocats began their spring season with a hard fought win over division rivals, the Valley Stream Angels. On a chilly, windy day, the first half play was not up to Aristocat standards. Suzie Jozkowski scored the first half goal on a breakaway, while Ali Art and Alyson Bader contributed strong defensive play. In the second half, the Aristocats stepped up their play, led by some quality passing by midfielders Diana Cotilletta and Ashley Felcon. The aggressive play provided a number of solid scoring chances, and Suzie took advantage of them to score twice more in the second half. Alicia DeMarco took control of the center of the field with some terrific tackling and long passes, while Alison Luby was tough to beat on one side of our defense. Aristocat spirits were lifted by the excellent play of Danielle Losonci in the net. In the end, the Aristocats survived a nail-biter to move on to the second round of the State Cup Open competition.

Lady Jaguars 2 - Patchogue-Medford 0

The Lady Jaguars, in a convincing 2-0 opening season victory in the State Open Cup, have advanced to the round of 16.

In the first half our girls controlled the tempo starting with Elizabeth Montrieul at sweeper, along with Lucia Giordano, Stefanie Weitzel and Lauren Baumann, who controlled our defensive end of the field. Heather Burkey's perfectly placed corner kick was banged home for the game winner by Pamela Fiorillo. Laura Papalexis improved her State Cup record to 11 wins and one loss in three years with another sterling performance.

Heather's solo dash and blast into the net locked-up the victory.

The coach would like to wish a speedy recovery to Leah Cantor's foot and Lauren Stacom's knee. Great game girls - let's keep up the tempo.

Bengals 3 - Northport 1

What a great way for the Bengals to start the season, especially for the first State Cup game. Goals scored today came from Matt D., John K. and Peter with the help of our offensive players. Great defensive plays by Fernando, Seb and John M. And as usual, our goalie, Chris S. with some really great saves. All the boys played well and hopefully can keep it up during the whole spring season.

Firecats 2 - Oceanside Riptide 0

Fast start to the Cup season for the Firecats, who dominated both ends of the field. The offense showed no rust from the off-season, as Staci Scianabo, Lauren Ratafia, Melissa Suarez, Ali Hintz and Nicole Lippolis combined to put constant pressure on the Oceanside goal. Although no one could finish in the first half, the defense kept the Firecats even. Stalwart play from Jen Mason and Christine Maulion on the back line and smart, aggressive play from keeper Molly Herrick denied every Riptide offensive. In the second half, the Firecats' midfield took over, with Eleni Roulis, Lindsay Martin, Mary McFarland and Janette Antic quickly breaking up Oceanside attacks and launching counter strikes. Early in the half, a gorgeous corner kick from Staci caught the Oceanside keeper flat-footed to give the Firecats the only goal they would need. Late in the game, Ali out-fought the Riptide goalie to control a chip cross from Stacy and buried the shot to close out a fine victory.

In the first round of State Cup play, the Lady Leopards were eliminated by Oceanside. The Cats turned in a credible performance but were unable to derail the potent Express attack. Lauren Spota and Christine Mikowski were the midfield catalysts. Whitney Blake and Jackie Hazel turned in spirited two-way efforts. Katherine Hock scored the goal. The defense was orchestrated by Samantha Didrikson. Alison Papalexis and Katie Sakowich excelled at marking back.

Rockers 2 - Crush 2

Goals scored by Daniel Morici assisted by Michael Milillo and one unassisted goal kept all at the edge of their seats. Great defense by Thomas Kuenzel, Drew Carrick and Matthew Williams and in goal Chris McCrorie.

Good game by all Crush members. Goal by Bobby Young. Good "O" by Bart Tully, Peter Mancuso, John Salvagione, and Jonathan Zaccarini. Good effort by Mike Raszka, Mike Hodgson, Tyler Iocco and Kenny Richards.

Senators 5 - Tigers 0

Anthony Orrivo and Anthony Grimaldo played hard. James Falow good goalie. Sayar Shalma and Matthew Sortiriou good running.

Kevin Porzelt, Frankie Pate and Thomas Roulis were offensive threats. Patrick Aquafredda, Rahal Basu were super on defense.

Wizards 2 - Dragons 0

Fantastic goalkeeping by Sean Conerty. Two sensational goals by Ryan Conerty. Unbelievable offense by Ryan Mimnagh and Vincent LoVerde. Joseph Weiss protected defense. Incredible effort by all!

Dragons played outstanding in their first game. Mike B. and Rob S. played great in goal. Steve C., Benny T. and Jonathan Y. were awesome on the attack. Zach F., Steve L. and Chris S. were a defensive wall.

Arrows 0 - Rough Riders 0

Boys played a terrific opener. Goals by Joseph M., Joseph D., and Tom S. Great defense by Johnny G., Chris I., Joseph T., Kevin T. and Ryan H.

Great opening game by Joey R., Mike S., Alex, Shyanne, Joey R., Justin, Eric and Santino. After a cold preseason, there was not a lot of quality practice time but everyone played tough and great.

Flames 3 - United 0

Damien Murray (2) and Chris Pisciotta (1) scored for the Flames, with assists credited to Peter Mastrandrea and Nicholas Prevete. Zachery Gunzberg returned every loose ball, while playing sweeper. Peter Mastrandrea showed game saving goal skills. Thomas Ditta held the back line defense and also played goal. Newcomers Rocco Vaglica, Michael Giangrande, Suhaib Habibullah and Robert Winenski played tough defensively. Chris Calderone gave a solid effort.

Super game by all. Great offense by Danny Catapano, Tommy Kariotis and Matt Geus. Great goalie by Chris Mercadante and Kobi Friedman. Super "D" by Billy Reavy, Greg Priest, Charlie Arman and Mike Corrado. Zach Moskowitz and Joe Nicastro were awesome.

Cosmos 0 - Metro Stars 2

Albert Fajardo and Raffaele played great in goal. Thomas, Brian, Daniel, Patrick and Joseph were strong on offense. Great defensive play by John, Mittal, Colin and Ralph. Great first game Cosmos.

Keith and Aaron made great goals. The defense of Jacob, Michael and Marco stopped everything. Chris was outstanding in goal. It was a fun-filled first game.

Devils 0 - Jaguars 0

Great opener for the Devils. Great defense by Joseph Nikic and Troy. Midfield play by Dillon Popovich and a great effort in goal by J.T. O'Callaghan. Great offense by Anthony Obidienzo.

Excellent first game by the Jaguars. Strong play on both ends of the field by Patrick McGonigle and Gregory Zacharese. Sharp passing by Justin Mayer. Excellent goalkeeping by Matt Koehler.

	W	L	T	Pts.
Arsenal	1	0	0	3
Chicago Fire	1	0	0	3
Crew	1	0	0	3
Express	1	0	0	3
Hurricanes	1	0	0	3
Fusion 3	0	1	0	0
Impact	0	1	0	0
Little Giants	0	1	0	0
Panthers	0	1	0	0
Rough Rider	0	1	0	0

Little Giants 1 - Crew 5

The Little Giants came up against a very good Crew team and couldn't get it going. Nick Cusumano, Ryan, Sin, Zachary Ricchiuti did their best to pull the ball in the Crew's end of the field. Good goalkeeping from James Roth. Ed Daly and Daniel Santarsieri moved the offense. Goal by Kyle Sheridan.

Fast game up front with two goals by Tony Peveraro, two by Andrew Cohen and one by Chris "the speedy winger" Taglich. Mid-field everywhere (Robby Martines and Tony Peveraro). Defense solid as a rock with Vladimire Ivanoff sweeping, flanked by Lorenzo Posadas and Nick Marrano. Desi Farrell had a strong game in goal. John Hunt, super-sub, played great. Frankie Fabiano was strong.

Fusion 3 2 - Chicago Fire 3

Team Fusion, hold your heads high, today you showed everyone we will not go down easy. In a game that we dominated from beginning to end with no subs and played down one player the whole first half, luck went to the opposing team. Jonathan DeFelice, Andrew Montoni and John Jozkowski controlled the midfield the whole game backed up on "D" by the Rocco brothers (Mike and Nick), Daniel Lackner and Jason Brenner. Robert Graziano and Michael Oddo both played a solid game at the forward position. Our goal was scored by Jonathan DeFelice assisted by Mike Oddo. Remember boys, today we learned two very important things, teamwork and a lesson on sportsmanship.

A defensive battle against two tough teams. Chicago Fire was a bit rusty but is expected for Game 1. Alex Voskerijian, Patrick Nicoll, and co-captain, Anthony Fini created several non-stop hustle and defensive plays. Kris Kapela capped off his corner kick play when he volleyed one in during a scramble. Max Grant's speed and dribbling enabled co-captain Matt Andress to get open and tap in the winning goal. Matt showed his versatility earlier when he made several saves from the keeper spot. Gabe Gonzalez took over as the keeper to end an exciting game.

Arsenal 2 - Rough Riders 1

Goals by James VonDerLinn and Michael Santelesa with an assist to Eric Wendt on a well placed pass. Tremendous midfield play by Ronak Amin. But the play of the day was the save by Joey Beltempo on the penalty kick to save the victory.

Tough season opener for the Rough Riders. First half we opened up a little slow, but the pace was picked up dramatically. Great hustle from Andrew Bott, Joshua Cohen and Steven Halvey. Goal by Matt Simms.

Express 4 - Impact 2

Entire Express team played well to earn a victory in the season opener. Sean Rogers scored a hat-trick on assists from Frankie Tong, Alex Douris and John Coster. Gary Mancini scored on a beautiful crossing pass from Chris Gill. Sammy Wilbur played a tremendous game on defense along with Romulo Fajardo and Jonathan Ramos.

Impact came out strong in the season opener. We applied constant pressure the entire first half, but the tough Express defense wouldn't let us get off a good shot. A strong midfield was played by Robert Maer, David Schulman and Makis Konstantatos (who scored both Impact goals). Anthony Sacino played his position well and kept the pressure on the opponents. Jesse Klinger played very well in goal and was supported by Justin Hui and Declan Fee.

Hurricanes 4 - Panthers 1

The Hurricanes kept tremendous pressure on the Panthers defense. Andrew Morici (three goals) at center, Mario Costa (one goal) left forward, and Zack Marzouk at right forward, they eventually broke through. The Huricanes showed great teamwork all around. The defense and goalies did a great job. Special mention for sweeper Omar Ezat who constantly played offense and assisted on defense.

Lone goal scored by Michael Osorio. Great defense by Jake Weismann and Danny Bravo. Great hustle by Dan Viviano, Danny Naso and Sean Carton. Great offensive pressure by Scott Cohen. Good goaltending by Brian Bravo.

	W	L	T	Pts.
Wizards	1	0	0	3
Xtreme	1	0	0	3
Dynamite	0	0	1	1
Revolution	0	0	1	1
Stingers	0	1	1	1
Dragons	0	1	0	0

Dragons 2 - Wizards 4

Excellent effort by Dragons in tough loss. Two goals by Zachary Santangelo with great passing from Casey O'Neill and Robert Ferlazzo. Tough defense led by Jason Westfal, Peter Harmon and Brandon Saldana in goal.

Wizards got the season off to a roaring start. Led by forward Steve Lotti's hat trick, with great set up work from Bobby Montoni and Matt Prevetto who also scored on a rocket shot. Great effort on defense by Mike Gugliemi. Paul Conte controlled a strong Dragon attack.

Dynamite 1 - Revolution 1

A great start of a season, with a late super goal from Patrick Holahan on a beautiful pass from Jon-Paul DiMarco. John Weitzel super defense with Jonathan Presvelis and Joseph Knickel. Midfield controlled by Andrea Baracaldo and Sean Curry. Tremendous saves by Peter Fabrizi to keep the tie against a tough Revolution team.

Team Revolution played the season opener with a lot of heart and tireless effort. The defense wall of Nima Shahi and Vincent Marra played solid. Joseph Myones, Michael Sausto and Daniel Saldarriaga was relentless in offense resulting in a goal by Dane Kenny. Nicky Sekula controlled the midfield with courage and tremendous plays.

Xtreme 5 - Stingers 2

Great game by Xtreme. Hat-trick for Chris Leung on great passes by Brendan Levine and Michael Goldring. Also goals by Brendan Ramos and Michael Goldring. Solid defense by Anthony Caridi and Vivek Sharma. Anthony Perrone was solid in goal leading to a 5-2 win.

Good first effort by the Stingers. Goals by Tommy Graziano (2), kept the score close. Tremendous goaltending by John Ganz kept us in the game. Great hustle by Robert Butler and Mike Polizzi.