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Briarcliffe College - 2008 Men's Soccer National Champions

Briarcliffe College - 2008 Men's Soccer National Champions

Congratulations to Briarcliffe College who defeated NHTI 2-1 on October 31 to capture the 2008 USCAA Men's Soccer National Championship.

Alan Acevedo of Briarcliffe was named the tournament MVP and was joined on the All-Tournament team by Steven Diaz, David Panchano and Sebastian Gonzalez.

Concordia-Selma defeated Rochester College 4-3 in overtime for third place, while Penn State York defeated Columbia Union 1-0 for fifth place.

All-Tournament Team was:  Alan Acevedo (MVP)- Briarcliffe Steven Diaz- Briarcliffe David Panchano- Briarcliffe Sebastian Gonzalez- Briarcliffe Antonio Bifsha- NHTI Josh Smith- NHTI Justin Dawalga- NHTI Trevon Mitchell- Concordia-Selma Brian Arneaud- Concordia-Selma Justin Sellers- Rochester College Trevor Wilsom- Rochester College John Suarez- Penn York 

Friday's Games

5th place: Penn State York 1, Columbia Union 0

3rd place: Concordia-Selma 4, Rochester 3 (OT)

Championship: Briarcliffe 2, NHTI 1 

Thursday Games:

Consolation: Penn State York 1, Robert Morris Lake County 0

Consolation: Columbia Union 1, Penn College 0

Semifinal: Briarcliffe 1, Concordia-Selma 1 (Briarcliffe wins 4-2 in shootout)

Semifinal: NHTI 5, Rochester College 2

 

 

Wednesday, October 29 results

Game 1 - 1PM

NHTI - 4     Penn College - 2

Goals:

NHTI - Nicholas Papamichael (2), Antonio Bifsha, Josh Smith

Penn College - Roberto Barraza, Stephen Lis

 

Assists:

Penn College - Colbey Frye

 

Goalkeepers:

NHTI - Andrew Pescia - 6 saves, 1 ga

 

 

NHTI

 

PENCT

Shots:

11

 

12

Corner Kicks:

6

 

5

Fouls:

13

 

9

Offside:

7

 

4

Yellow Cards:

#4

 

#25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Game 2 - 1PM

Brarcliffe - 2     Penn State York - 0

Goals:

Briarcliffe - Alan Acevedo (2)

 

Assists:

David Panchano - (2)

 

Goalkeepers:

Briarcliffe - Steven Diaz - 2 saves, 0 ga

Penn State York - Joe Dizio - 2 saves, 2 ga

 

 

PSUYK

 

BRCLF

Shots:

3

 

2

Corner Kicks:

6

 

6

Fouls:

7

 

5

Offside:

0

 

0

Yellow Cards:

#12

 

#4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Game 3 - 3PM

Concordia Selma - 1     Robert Morris Lake County - 0

Goals:

Concordia Selma - Chuvalos George

 

Assists:

Concordia Selma - Hyron Browne-Baptiste

 

Goalkeepers:

Concordia Selma - Darron Maillard - 5 saves, 0 ga

Robert Morris Lake County - Alex Flores - 2 saves, 1 ga

 

 

CONAL

 

RMLKC

Shots:

13

 

4

Corner Kicks:

4

 

3

Fouls:

15

 

7

Offside:

1

 

1

Yellow Cards:

(1) - ?

 

2 - #16 & ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Game 4 - 3PM

Rochester College - 1     Columbia Union - 1  (Rochester win shootout 4-3)

Goals:

Rochester - Justin Miller

Columbia Union - n/a

 

Shootout Goals:

Rochester - John Wineland, Chris Hall, Billy Wineland, Justin Sellers

 

Goalkeepers:

Rochester - Stevin Jasinowski - 4 saves, 1 ga

Columbia Union - Jonathon Uribe - 12 saves, 1 ga

 

 

ROCH

 

COLUN

Shots:

13

 

4

Corner Kicks:

1

 

2

Fouls:

n/a

 

n/a

Offside:

2

 

2

Yellow Cards:

#3

 

#19