u13 Gold season review

4th place... we certainly set our sights a bit higher and the season started off on a good note and ended on a strong pace which is helping us now in District Cup play. Somewhere inbetween the usual series of events (illness, inconsistent scoring etc) cost us from finishing in the top 3. But the coaching staff is very proud of your efforts. Many of you played A LOT OF SOCCER this year, starting with the trip to Italy, the extra development and exhibitions. You came to all the sessions with enthusiasim and a desire to turn up the cylinders! Grazie!

A word of thanks to Yosu for taking on a lot of your practices this season. Yosu brings many years of experience which benefited each of you immensely!! We hope he will be back with us next season as well!

Our season is not over yet! We have Cup Play, GHSA and the Summer Tournament. We will also start building our u14 Gold team soon with assessments and summer training sessions! We hope you will all be back and re-register! The 2009/2010 registration form is now available!

Stay tuned for additional information.

Now go out there and win a CUP for yourselves and the Club! Congratulations on a great season (so far)!

Shutout!

here's hoping....

great result in Cowichan! Now who do we play on March 28th?

...on a long three week Cup Run!

GHSA Tourney Schedule

Our April 3-5th tourney schedule is starting to take shape, depending on how far we go in district cup it may be 'fine tuned'... keep an eye on the LINK

as you can see we expect some GOOD competition! lets see how you do against a u14 and a Metro team!

LAKEHILL Lakehill Dragons U13 Boys Gold

-v- BU StrikersU13 Gold 4/3/2009 7:35 PM UVIC 2B field
-v- PCSC Poco United U14 Gold 4/4/2009 9:45 AM Tyndall Turf field
-v- KSC Kerrisdale WarriorsU13 Gold 4/4/2009 2:45 PM UVIC 2A field
-v- NCUS Lightning U13 Metro 4/5/2009 12:15PM UVIC 2A field

Tevez?

well, I don't think CarlosT is a '96 but if he has a relative who wants to live in the Lakehill Catchment for the u14 season, maybe as an exchange student? I am sure Mario and the Dragons can use an extra striker or two for next season....

Pure Entertainment...

A good game on a sunny (but cold) day is always a delight to watch and Sunday's exhibition vs Calgary Foothills u14Gold Girls was just that... fun to watch! The guys (+Emily) where in command of the game from the get-go however that does not mean they where not challenged! Calgary has a number of provincal class players in their lineup, especially Nr 21 and Nr 20! Just ask Mitch, he probably still has a uniroyal pattern running down his back as #21- decided the quickest path to the ball was to run a straight line OVER Mitch! Bodies did fly and often it was the guys! Aidens brother scored a Beckham-like spot kick from 30 yards to the upper post corner...amazing accuracy! Emily worked hard and set up one (maybe 2?) of the Dragons' three goals. Even our keeper took a turn as striker and despite a break-away was thwarted by the CFFC keeper! Lots of good play from Liam, Matteo, Justin, our #6 :), Jaxion and Dexter to name just a few of the boys who took their energy up a level against the quick paced CFFC team!
Thanks to both teams for an entertaining game!

good game!

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Good effort today Dragons! Rest up for Sunday's exhibition!

big test on saturday...

hope you all have been studying hard! Your teachers (er: Coaches), Yosu, Mario, Dave have been really pleased with the last two games. Our season is not completely over.. the standings won't change... but we are working towards two huge tournaments this year, the Gordon Head one will be a great test before the summer tourney for the travelling team!

So come to Braefoot Park 'sand trap' this Saturday at 10:15 to prepare for the big test vs JdF!

PS: District Cup starts March 15th.. our chance to shine!

next game....

Jan 17, 2009

11am at Braefoot#1

Boys U13 Gold

Lakehill Dragons

-vs-
Cowichan Valley

Quote of the week.....

Fans were surprised when health and safety chiefs put up signs at Southampton's FA Cup clash with Manchester United warning of "flying footballs". One Saints fan said: "The number of shots we've had this season, I don't think there's much danger of being hit by any of our players."

Source: BBC Sport/Daily Star

Indoor Tourney resume.....

Congratulations to the Dragons who participated in the weekend BaysU indoor tournament! You all got lots of touches on the ball and a lot of goals were scored (at both ends of the field! ;)

What we saw was a very different game from outdoor soccer.. in the end neither the Dragons or the Lakers were a match for the DDC collection! My observation was that you started every game well and usually got ahead but could not sustain the pressure. Unfortunately I missed the 4th game vs PLSC where a total of 11 goals were scored in what was described to be a thrilling game! In the final as expected the DDC team walloped their opposition.

On the girls side the CB team with guest Monique from our Lakehill Reds u13 team went undefeated with a convincing win in the Championship game over Gorge that saw two goals from CB Goalies scored against their opponents!

Two other lakehill teams made the finals and won!!! The u15Gold Girls and the u16 Gold Boys (the boys went undefeated in their division)!!

Back to training tonight at UVIC to prepare for our final few games then we are registered to play in the annual GHSA Tournament in April so lots of soccer remaining on this season!

Happy Holidays!

We hope everyone is having a great Holiday season and keeping fit (Shovelling their neighbours driveways, side streets etc). Braefoot Park is still under snow so we are hoping for a quick melt!

We wish everyone a great start to 2009!

Coming up

Well done on Saturday vs Bays ! Enjoy a few days rest and we'll be back to soccer again soon!

Keep an eye on your email for updates!

Circle Saturday JANUARY 10th @ 7pm at UVIC for a 90 minute Mario-Practice!

Saturday morning field conditions

At the moment the Braefoot field conditions have field closures in effect, our game is at 11am on Saturday vs Bays and the next walk about is 9am so keep an eye on this WEB PAGE and check your emails for possible locations change!

Quote of the Week

We're not scoring much, and that's always a worry as you need goals to win games.

Craig Brewster points out the obvious after Inverness Caledonian Thistle lose 3-1 to Dundee United.
(source: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/).

last league game of 2008....

Coming off of a much needed result vs the islanders, how will Mario's lads fire up all 11 cylinders? Stay tuned...

Ferry Trip

Salt Spring has joined the league and our bye has been replaced with an away game! By all accounts the lads played well , scored some goals (pleasant change), had opportunities and offside calls galore! It`s not the amount of goals that count its how your finish your chances! Still lots of work required... Mario is planning a `finishing school`for the lads in 2009!

Lakehill players need to....

By all accounts the lads played very well against GHSA on Saturday but the finish was not there! Chins up and prepare for the coming weekend! We have a good feeling about the next game!

Next up: the yellows+blues...

Let's see if the Dragons can bounce back from their weekend drubbing by the league leaders...

Quote of the Week...

"They are a good team on paper, but the game's never been played on a piece of paper."
Leyton Orient's Martin Ling proves his managerial credentials and knowledge of the game. (source: BBC Sport).

Great Tuesday Practice!

Thanks to the Dragons and the Reds! The Tuesday night mixed practice was great! I know the Girls loved kickin' butt and the Guys wanted to outrun the girls! You are two skilled teams and the coaching staff will look for more opportunities to train you all together!

Next up ...the Guys prepare for their Saturday 11am home game against GHSA, while the Gold Girls are challenged to a full field game on Thursday by another Boys team....

Coach...

Q: What does this person have in common with Mario (besides they are both Italian)?

A: Two very talented teams!

(you thought the answer was neither would be coaching Lakehill this weekend didn`t you ;) we'll have to see who is behind the bench this weekend)

quote of the week...

"The way the game's going, we'll be playing with slippers on shortly and there will be no tackling whatsoever."

Dundee United manager Craig Levein hits out after Roy O'Donovan's straight red for a challenge on Falkirk's Gerard Aafjes.

source: BBC Sports



(but no issue with a shoulder to shoulder challenge!!)

coulda, shoulda..didn't....

chance #1
chance #2

biggest chance! (over the bar)

...early on we had plenty of goal scoring chances! At this level of play and with the amount of skill on this team we just need to bury our opportunities!

ouch!

this was a hard hard shot that unfortunately hit the PLSC keeper right in the nose!

Dragons drop points (again)

A frustrating result from a well played game.... a defensive lapse allowed our opponents to take two points from us! While unlucky we'll have to work hard in our next game to fire up the cylinders and regroup!

We'll be posting some game photos by Monday...

click on photo to enlarge...

more pix

quote of the week...

"If they walk out on their heels, that's not good. I think you should jog out to training so I'll be looking out of my window. Hats and gloves - are they good? It depends how cold it is!"

Sunderland boss Roy Keane warns of complacency after his side beat Newcastle.
They promptly lost to Stoke.



hmmmm sounds like another game from the past weekend...hmmmm...... have a good weekend against PLSC!

Lakehill Boy's at the Whitecamps camp

GREAT TURN OUT by the Dragons at the Wendy's /Whitecaps/LISA evaluation camp!
Just shows what great training and development Lakehill offers! Well done everyone!

streaming....

LIVE EPL games online HERE (when being played)

battle of the stripes this Saturday!

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Black/White vs Red/White on the Hampton Turf

An unfortunate sequence of events that led to the equalizer for Gorge following a solid solid effort from the Dragons! What made the coaching staff especially happy was the fact that our team played well from the Goalie, the Defense and the Midfield!

Everyone deserves recognition especially Ian and Justin who received Marios 'players of the match' special mention!

Anyone have any photos?

scoring leader...

No this is not another pair of Matteos many many cleats he has polished in his bedroom, it sthe Golden Shoe... so who is our scoring leader so far? is it Ian? Aaron? Axion Jaxion? take a guess on the voting box.... UPDATE: we are told that Liam and Aaron are the top two so far, but after this weekend? maybe Axion Jaxion? Or Ian? or Justin? or.....

come-back time...

above: Aaron finds the net! while below: "Cool" Justin slots home a Penalty Kick....
above: '"Hoops" lifts the ball into the net! niccccce!

(above) Axion Jaxion volleys one wide!

The Dragons kept pace at the top of the u13B Gold standings but the surprise of the weekend was that PSC can be beaten! JdF is also playing very well and challenging for the top so the Dragons have to stay sharp at this weeks Practices!

above two photos shows Liam in action, one goal was ruled back by the ref... but Liam continues to show he knows where the goal is and gets into the fray of play! Well done Dragons!

Troy, Matteo and Monty...

above, Troy get his FIRST of the season!

(above) Matteo nets his 2nd of the match! (below)

Monty goes for goal!
Thanks to Linda and Tony for the photos from the CB game!

Emily's u13G Reds also had a great result on Saturday photos here (follow the links)

memorable quote..

"My dad used to referee me when I was a kid. I remember him booking me - and asking my name."

Coventry's Kevin Kyle.

Our next three games...

Away at Cowichan

Home to Cordova Bay (11am start)

Away at Gorge

on the field...

You have to be iSync with your team mates! Know where they are , know what your options are!

Whitecaps Prospects u13 camp - November 2nd!

Wendy's Whitecaps Prospects Camp comes to Victoria November 2nd *** 4-6pm ***$25

click on image for details!