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Congratulations to the Floral Park Thunderbirds. This past Fathers Day (June 20^th), the Thunderbirds competed in the finals at the Waldbaum’s Cup held at the Three Village Soccer Club on the Stonybrook University Campus. The Waldbaum’s Cup is the world’s largest single elimination tournament, where over 1,500 travel teams compete for a chance to win the Championship for all of Long Island.

Most athletes go through life never getting an opportunity play in a Championship Game at any level. The Thunderbirds played like champions throughout the entire tournament. Pictured above are from left to right are: kneeling: Connor Sullivan, Chris Loumeau, Luke de Armas, David Patalano, Mark Streiber, Luke Calo, Joseph McKie, and Daniel Neuscheler; standing: Colin Williams, Lorenzo Arrindell, Michael Meegan, Michael Goga, Logan Buckley, and Logan Kenneally.

The Thunderbirds, a group of fine young men entering 6^th grade in the fall, coached by Keith Neuscheler, Ken Streiber, and Adrian de Armas, most of whom have been playing soccer together since 3^rd grade, were fired up for every Waldbaums’ game this Season. In the opening round, the Plainview Old Bethpage Thunder were no match for the mighty Thunderbirds falling by a score of 5-1. Then on to Carle Place for the Quarter Finals, where the T-Birds took a 4-0 lead over the Carle Place Thunder, only to have to batten down the hatches as the Thunder stormed back bringing the final score to 4-2. The Semifinals brought our Division rival, the Valley Stream Tornadoes, to Floral Park, where the Thunderbirds took an early 2-0 lead, only to have the Tornadoes twist back to within 1 goal; the T-Birds held strong despite the ref making us play 37 minutes in the second half.

On to the Finals where the Floral Park Thunderbirds were set to play the Uniondale All-Stars, a formidable opponent as they mowed down their competition 5-0, 4-0, and 4-0, in their respective Waldbaum’s Cup games. Mark Streiber started off the scoring, giving the T-Birds a 1-0 lead. Luke Calo netted another one, however Uniondale led 3-2 at halftime. In the second half, Mark Streiber put another ball in the back of the net to tie it at three, only to have the Allstars get one right back to take a 4-3 lead. Luke de Armas then scorched a top right shelf direct kick that the Uniondale keeper never had a chance on to tie the score at 4-all.  The Floral Park Thunderbirds now had all the momentum and had several scoring chances that just missed, resulting in a 4-4 tie at the end of regulation. If there is a tie at the end of regulation, the teams have to play two Golden Goal “Sudden Death” Overtime periods. The first overtime started, with the Thunderbirds maintaining momentum and keeping the pressure on the Allstars, only to be saved by the game being stopped by Thunderstorms. There was a 40 minute delay which gave the Uniondale Allstars time to regroup. Unfortunately, once play began Uniondale was able to net the game winner on a freakish rebound. Luke Calo, Colin Williams, Michael Meegan, Logan Kenneally and Michael Goga were tireless on the attack, keeping the ball in deep and blasting several shots that just missed the net. They kept the Uniondale defense on their toes the entire game with constant pressure in the offensive zone. Lorenzo Arrindell, Connor Sullivan, Mark Streiber, and Luke de Armas were ironmen running up and down the field playing both offense and defense. They dominated play throughout the game and maintained constant pressure in Uniondale’s end of the field. And now for the defense, as you can’t win in soccer without a great defense. Chris Loumeau, Logan Buckley, Dan Neuscheler, and Joseph McKie thwarted most of the Allstars attacks in our end. They provided a wall of defense that was almost impossible to penetrate. And when the Allstars were able to muster up a shot on goal, our keeper David Patalano, made save after save and immediately set us off on offense with a quick outlet pass or a bomb over midfield.

Coaches Neuscheler, Streiber, and de Armas were very proud of the effort the boys gave that day, and could not have asked for a better Father’s day present when they handed out the medals to the entire team, one of very few that made it to the Finals game. The Thunderbirds are already looking forward to soaring again next year. Go Thunderbirds.

Games for Sunday, April 25 are cancelled

Please see the schedules for this weekend.  This should just be confirming the times your coaches have already told you about.

April 10 and 11 Schedules

Schedules are posted for Week 2 and 3, please see these pages:

Week 2 – March 20/21

Week 3 – March 27/28

Due to the weather we will need to cancel the intramural soccer program for this weekend.

1. NO Soccer this weekend (Saturday and Sunday are postponed)

2. We will extend the season and still play 5 weeks.

3. We will post the schedule when we determine date and times

4. Follow the March 20-21 schedule for next week.

If you have any questions, please email web@fpindians.com

If your child would like to play spring soccer and was not registered in the fall there is still time.

The location is at JLC.  Schedules can be found using the links on the right side of the page.

The children need shin guards and cleats and bring water.

The fee is $40.00 (even though the registration form says $100.00) for the 4 weeks.

If you have registered and paid for the fall season then there is no need to re-register.

Please bring the attached form to the field with a check made out to floral park Indians on the start date from above, and we will provide you with a shirt for your child.

Below are the registration forms in Word or PDF format.

09-10 registration form late (Microsoft Word Format)

09-10 registration form late (Adobe PDF Format)

Please see the schedules under the Pages links on the right side of the page.

Thanks!

Below is the basic “schedule” (details to follow):

• Week 1 – March 13-14
• Week 2 – March 20-21
• Week 3 – March 27-28
• Week 4 – April 3-4: NO SOCCER
• Week 5 – April 10-11
• Week 6 – April 17-18

NOTE:   If your child is 4 or 5 years old, we have openings for the 4 and 5 year old soccer program which runs 4 sessions starting on March 13^th 2010. Boys play on Saturday’s and girls play on Sunday’s.  The fee is $40.00. For an application and information please email prek@fpindians.com.

The official launch of a Better Modell’s Sporting Goods will take place from Saturday March 6th through Monday March 8th, 2010 on what is being called “Modell’s Community Weekend‪”

During Community Weekend, Modell’s will not only give customers 10% off all in-store purchases, but we will also give an additional 10% back to local youth sports initiatives.   Each customer throughout the weekend will get to choose which organization they want 10% of their purchase to go back to.  We will only be choosing between 3 and 5 organizations per store, and the selections are based on those organizations which need the help raising funds for their sports initiatives.‪ ‪We’re asking you to invite as many people into our stores as possible over Modell’s Community Weekend to see that we are building a better sporting goods store for your community.  And, make sure they select your organization to receive a donation in the amount of 10% of their purchase!

Since the Saturday, December 5th tryout was postponed due to inclement weather, we have rescheduled it to be Friday, December 11, 7:30 pm at Methodist Church.  This tryout is to fill one spot on team.

For more info call Bryan McNulty at 917-559-1799.