After only a couple of practices as a full team, the Green-White Strikers decided to take on all challengers in the 2010 Buffalo Grove Kick-Off Classic on August 28th-29th. On Saturday it didn’t take the team long to assert their dominance with back-to-back 6-0 victories against Team Evanston Silver and Spartan FC Classic. Sunday’s first game again against Team Evanston Silver was basically a repeat of the first game, a 6-0 victory. Our 4th game of the tournament was against an undefeated Park Ridge White Lightning. This was a winner take all game. The first half was a tough battle and ended scoreless. Within the first few minutes of the 2nd Half, the Strikers took the game over with 2 quick goals to take a commanding lead and tallied a goal later to finish off Park Ridge 3-0 and earn the U-11 Black Championship. The tournament held 83 teams, both boys and girls of different ages. The Green-White Strikers were the only team in the tournament to finish with 40 points (4 victories and 4 shutouts). A truly amazing accomplishment for a team together for such a short time. I’m looking forward to the start of the 2010 Fall Season.

www.bgparkdistrict.org/pdf_files/soccer/classic/results/Boys%20U11%20Black.pdf