FSL BOYS SOCCER NEWSLETTER
VOLUME XXIII NO. 4 NOVEMBER 10, 2005
SHIPLEY WINS CHAMPIONSHIP IN FIRST SEASON;
TOPS FRIENDS' CENTRAL 1- 0
Shipley needed two road wins to win the championship in their first year in the league and did so with a 3-1 semifinal win at Germantown Friends on Tuesday, November 1st and a 1-0 victory over 1st seed Friends' Central in the championship game played on Thursday, November 3rd. Junior BJ Glenn tallied for the Gators shortly before halftime and then he and his teammates held their breath as the Phoenix missed on a penalty kick which would have tied the score in stoppage time of the first half. Shipley held on for the shutout behind the goalkeeping of senior Joe Kenney who had 9 saves and was helped by senior defender Sam Malcolm who headed away a sure goal which had gotten past Kenney.
Glenn also scored and had an assist in the semifinal game against Germantown where the visitors went out to a 2-0 halftime lead (on a goal from play and a penalty kick) only to see the Tigers roar back behind a goal from season and career FSL scoring leader senior Mbizo Mzamane assisted by junior Marek Loder and a near miss on a head ball off a direct play which would have tied the score. Shortly thereafter Shipley iced the win on a play developed off a direct kick at midfield. Senior co-captains Caleb Balderston and Nick Fatula were Shipley's other scorers. Friends' Central easily handled Abington Friends in the other semifinal, 5-0, after escaping with a 1-0 win against the 'roos in the final week of the regular season. Junior Sam Feldbaum had a pair of goals, while seniors Tom Vail, Alex McElroy and Zach Malet each scored one. Senior Galen Guindon contributed three assists, while classmate Deitrich Brubaker and sophomore Dan Fedder each helped on one goal.
Mzamane, Weimar Lead All-Stars
All-time FSL leading scorer Mbizo Mzamane, a senior at Germantown Friends, was named by the coaches to represent the FSL on the Pennsylvania all-state soccer team. He and Friends' Central senior keeper Zach Weimar have been named to the all-SE Pennsylvania team. The following players were named by the coaches to the all-league teams. The FSL team will play an all-star team from the Bicentennial League in the SPSCA Thanksgiving Classic at 2:00 pm on Friday, November 25th at Eastern College.
First Team
Name School Grade Aaron Grossman
Moorestown Friends
12 Zach Bove
Friends Select
10 John Oakey
Friends Select
12 Doug Keith
Academy of the New Church
11 Dan Miodovnik
Abington Friends
12 Robert Armstrong
Abington Friends
12 Sam Feldbaum
Friends' Central
11 Alex McElroy
Friends' Central
12 Zach Weimar *
Friends' Central
12 Alex Dettmer
George School
12 Zach Bull
Westtown School
12 Sung Kyu Hahn
Westtown School
12 Mbizo Mzamane #*
Germantown Friends
12 Evan Cantu-Hertzler
Germantown Friends
12 Brian Pepe-Mooney
Germantown Friends
12 David Bartholomew
Shipley
11 B.J.Glenn
Shipley
11 Caleb Balderston
Shipley
12 Sam Malcolm
Shipley
12 Joseph Kenney
Shipley
12 * - All-South East Pennsylvania Selection # - All-State
Honorable Mention
Name School Grade Michael Conboy
Abington Friends
12 Ivan Asplundh
Academy of the New Church
12 Alex Balme
George School
12 Sesooter Ikpah
Westtown School
12 A.J. James
Westtown School
12 Tom Vail
Friends' Central
12 Nate Gemberling-Johnson
Germantown Friends
12 Marek Loder
Germantown Friends
11 Jamie Seltzer
Shipley
12 Nick Fatula
Shipley
12
FINAL FSL SCORING LEADERS THROUGH 11/3
Name Year School Goals Assists Points Mbizo Mzamane
12 Germantown
14 4 32 David Bartholomew
11 Shipley
10 0 20 Tom Vail
12 Central
6 1 13 BJ Glenn
11 Shipley
5 3 13 Galen Guindon
12 Central
4 5 13 Alex McElroy
12 Central
5 2 12 Sam Feldbaum
11 Central
5 2 12 Marek Loder
11 Germantown
4 4 12 Robert Armstrong
12 Abington
4 4 12 Aaron Grossman
12 Moorestown
5 1 11 Zach Bove
10 Select
5 1 11 Mike Conboy
12 Abington
4 3 11
FSL BOYS' SOCCER ALL-TIME LEADING GOAL SCORERS (as of 11/3/05)
Mbizo Mzamane
GFS 2002-05 34 Isaac Gowin
GEO 1989-92 24 Josh Simon
AFS 2000-03 23 Chris Hood
AFS 1999-02 22 Zevi Tilles
GFS 1990-93 21 Eric Chijioke
GEO 1990-93 20 Chinezi Chijioke
GEO 1992-95 19 Alan Henderson
WTN 1988-91 17 Adam Dewan
WTN 1994-97 17
VOLUME XXIII NO. 3 OCTOBER 30, 2005
Shipley, Abington Gain Final Playoff Spots The final two playoff berths were not decided until the last games of the season were completed with all four teams playing having a shot at making the post-season. In postponed games played on Friday, October 28th, host Shipley beat Friends Select 5-1 to gain third place in their inaugural season. Abington topped visiting George School 4-1 to gain fourth place and knock the Cougars out of the playoffs. Prior to this season the George School had made the playoffs for a remarkable twenty consecutive years. Shipley will travel to Germantown Friends, site of their regular season come-from-behind win, on Tuesday, November 1st for one semifinal while Abington will visit Friends' Central for the second time in a week in the other semifinal.
Abington got goals from the Armstrong brothers, Robert and Nathan, and from Justin Lee, as well as a George School own goal in their 4-1 win. Shipley got two goals and an assist from BJ Glenn and goals from Jamie Seltzer, Nick Fatula and Tony Li to top the Falcons who had their best ever FSL season record (4-4).
In postponed games played on Thursday, October 27th Friends' Central capped their regular season with a 1-0 win over Abington on a goal 12 minutes into the second half by Dietrich Brubaker. Prior to this the 'roos had missed a first-half penalty kick to take the lead. Zach Weimar had the shutout for the Phoenix. Also on the 27th George traveled to Moorestown and came home with a 2-0 decision. Travis Lowell and Duncan Mayer were the goal scorers. Alex Detmer had the shutout. Germantown and Moorestown were able to play their game on Wednesday the 26th. The host Tigers scored first, saw the Foxes tie it at 1-1 before scoring the next 7 goals on the way to an 8-3 win. FSL leading goal scorer Mbizo Mzamane tallied twice in the first half and once in the second. He was joined in the scoring parade by junior Marek Loder with two goals and three assists. Senior Evan Cantu-Hertzler also scored twice while classmate Brian Pepe-Mooney netted the Tigers' final goal 15 minutes into the second half. Sophomore Ben Gemberling-Johnson had three assists, senior Alex Fernberger had two and junior Teo Zuares had one. Senior Ben Grossman tied the score for the visitors in the 9th minute and then tallied again in the 75th minute. Mike Murza closed out Moorestown's scoring in the 77th minute.
FSL SCORING LEADERS THROUGH 10/28
Name Year School Goals Assists Points Mbizo Mzamane
12 Germantown
13 4 30 David Bartholomew
11 Shipley
10 0 20 Tom Vail
12 Central
5 1 11 Aaron Grossman
12 Moorestown
5 1 11 Marek Loder
11 Germantown
4 3 11 Galen Guindon
12 Central
4 1 9 Alex McElroy
12 Central
3 2 8 Teo Zuares
11 Germantown
2 4 8 Ben Gemberling-Johnson
10 Germantown
1 6 8 Ivan Asplundh
12 ANC
3 1 7 Evan Cantu-Hertzler
12 Germantown
3 1 7 Robert Armstrong
12 Abington
3 1 7 BJ Glenn
Shipley
3 1 7 Brian Pepe-Mooney
12 Germantown
2 3 7
FSL BOYS SOCCER NEWSLETTER
VOLUME XXIII NO. 2 OCTOBER 25, 2005
FCS, GFS Make Playoffs; Third & Fourth Spots Up For Grabs
With regular season games postponed right and left, the playoffs have also been pushed back and are now scheduled for Tuesday, November 1st (semifinals) and Thursday, November 3rd (championship). Two rescheduled games were played on Monday, October 24th. Host Abington blanked Moorestown 4-0 to keep their playoff hopes alive and visiting Friends' Central topped Westtown 2-0 to clinch first place (details in the next newsletter). Abington, Shipley, Select and George are all in the hunt for the final two playoff spots. See the FSL website for the latest information on rescheduled games.
On Friday, October 21st ANC gained its first win of the year, a 3-2 overtime decision over host Friends Select. Falcons sophomore Zach Bove opened the scoring in the 8th minute. ANC equalized for the first time in the 26th minute as junior Alex Rohtla finished a ball off a throw-in from senior Ivan Asplundh. Select regained the lead three minutes later on a penalty kick by senior John Oakey. This lead held until the 61st minute when Asplundh evend it up for the Lions with an assist from sophomore Travis Hyatt. Hyatt netted the game winner in the 14th minute of overtime on a breakaway with an assist from junior Doug Keith. Also on the 21st Germantown visited Westtown and took home a 2-0 win. After a scoreless first half, junior Teo Zuares tallied just 30 seconds into the second stanza. Senior Mbizo Mzamane netted an insurance goal midway through the period with an assist from junior Andrew Butler. Senior Nate Gemberling-Johnson was in goal for the shutout. In a rescheduled game on Wednesday, October 19th host Shipley and Westtown tied 1-1. Junior David Bartholomew tallied for the Gators in the first half assisted by sophomore Sam Foster.
On Tuesday, October 18th host George School upset previously undefeated Friends' Central 1-0 and Westtown topped Moorestown 2-0. Also on the 18th Shipley used three second-half goals to top ANC 3-0. Bartholomew scored for the Gators in the 45th and 68th minutes. Sophomore Nikhil Gregg assisted on the first tally. Senior Nick Fatula closed out the scoring on a breakaway in the 71st minute. Senior Joseph Kenney notched one save for the shutout.
On Friday, October 14th Germantown traveled to Bryn Athyn to play ANC in the rain and came home with a 6-0 win, scoring three goals in each half. Junior Tucker Wood opened the scoring with an assist from classmate Josh West. Career FSL goal-scoring leader (30 goals) Mzamane knocked in the next two before halftime with the first coming on a head ball off a corner kick from sophomore Ben Gemberling-Johnson. Gemberling-Johnson opened the second half scoring with an unassisted tally. Senior Brian Pepe-Mooney scored a very well-executed goal on a pass from classmate Evan Cantu-Hertzler. Cantu-Hertzler scored the final goal with an assist from Mzamane. Nate Gemberling-Johnson made 2 saves for the shutout. Also on the 14th Friends' Central blanked visiting Friends Select 3-0. Senior Zach Malet opened the scoring in the 32nd minute with an assist from junior Sam Feldbaum. Malet scored again in the 57th minute, this time assisted by sophomore Matt Bernstein. Senior Tom Vail closed out the scoring with a 79th minute penalty kick. Senior Zach Weimar made 1 save for the shutout. The Shipley-Westtown game was postponed to 10/19 due to wet grounds.
FSL SCORING LEADERS THROUGH 10/21
Name Year School Goals Assists Points Mbizo Mzamane
12 Germantown
10 4 24 David Bartholomew
11 Shipley
10 0 20 Tom Vail
12 Central
5 1 11 Galen Guindon
12 Central
4 1 9 Alex McElroy
12 Central
3 2 8 Ivan Asplundh
12 ANC
3 1 7 Teo Zuares
11 Germantown
2 3 7 Aaron Grossman
12 Moorestown
3 0 6
FSL BOYS SOCCER NEWSLETTER
VOLUME XXIII NO. 1 OCTOBER 12, 2005
Phoenix Unbeaten; Shipley, GFS and Select Each With 3 Wins Friends' Central has opened the defense of their 2004 title with a pair of 1-goal victories, followed by two shutouts to start the season at 4-0. On Friday, September 23rd the Phoenix hosted Germantown and took a 1-0 win in a game with few offensive chances. Central had the better of the midfield play for the most part and used an early second-half goal by senior Alex McElroy (with an assist from classmate Galen Guindon) and the shutout keeping of Zach Weimar to secure the win. The Phoenix followed with a road win at Moorestown, 2-1, on Tuesday, September 27th. Goals came in the 12th minute from senior Tom Vail (assist to McElroy) and in the 13th minute from McElroy (assist to senior Drew Erickson). Also on the 27th Shipley played its first ever FSL game and took home a 2-1 overtime win against George School. Junior David Bartholomew netted both goals for the Gators without benefit of assists. His first score came in the 57th minute, and then after the Cougars had knotted the score he tallied the game-winner 6 minutes into the first overtime period. The Phoenix traveled out the Main Line on Saturday, October 1st and handed Shipley a 2-0 defeat. McElroy scored in the 7th minute from Erickson and Vail tallied in the 49th minute with an assist from Weimar. They followed that with a 5-0 blanking of ANC on October 11th. Junior Josh Aichenbaum opened the scoring in the 4th minute and Guindon netted a penalty kick in the 16th minute. Vail, junior Sam Feldbaum and Guindon each scored in the second half.
GFS hosted George in an early season opener on Friday, September 16th. The Tigers dominated the play and had numerous scoring chances, but only found the net twice. Junior Henry Robb scored directly on a corner kick in the 33rd minute and senior Mbizo Mzamane tallied in the 43rd minute with assists from senior Brian Pepe-Mooney and junior Teo Zuares. Senior keeper Nate Gemberling-Johnson was in goal for the shutout. On the 23rd host Abington and Westtown played to a 1-1 tie. Also on the 23rd host Moorestown blanked ANC 2-0. Senior Aaron Grossman tallied both goals for the Foxes in the 27th and 60th minutes (the latter on a header off a rebound from the keeper). Senior Shawn Stutz stopped 4 shots for the shutout in a game with some pressure back and forth where Moorestown finished their opportunities and ANC did not. In the most noteworthy game played on the 23rd Friends Select traveled to George school and beat the Cougars 2-1. It was the Falcons first league win since 10/18/2001 (2-0 over GFS) and only their second since 1998 (1-0 over FCS on 10/22/98). The Falcons also ended an even longer streak, as this was their first win over George School since the inaugural year of the league, 1981, when they blanked the Cougars 4-0 on 10/9/81. There were scoreless ties in 1984 and 1985, but otherwise George has had Select's number for more than two decades.
GFS visited Select in Fairmount Park on the 27th and spotted the hosts an early goal by Alex Winthrop four minutes into the game, before storming back to a 3-1 halftime lead on the way to a 5-1 victory. Junior Marek Loder opened the scoring for the Tigers in the 8th minute with an assist from Zuares and then scored again in the 35th minute with an assist from sophomore Ben Gemberling-Johnson. Senior Alex Fernberger scored just before halftime, converting a rebound off the post from a shot by Mzamane. Second half goals came from Zuares (with assists from Mzamane and Fernberger) and Mzamane with assists from Ben Gemberling-Johnson and substitute keeper Zach Porges.
On September 29th host Abington held off Shipley for a 1-0 win, while on the 30th Select made a successful journey across the Delaware to beat Moorestown 4-1. On October 4th Westtown notched their first win of the season, 2-1 over ANC. Westtown opened the scoring in the 34th minute when senior Sung Kyu Hahn finished a loose ball after a corner kick. Junior Ian Reitman netted a 49th minute goal for the winners with an assist from senior Sesooter Ikpah. ANC pulled to within one with a goal in the 75th minute from senior Ivan Asplundh assisted by junior Doug Keith. Two days later Westtown visited Select in Fairmount Park and lost to the Falcons 1-0. This was another streak-breaker for Select which had not defeated Westtown since 1986 (there was a tie in 2001). Also on Thursday, October 6th Abington kept ANC out of the win column with a 3-2 road victory. The 'roos opened the scoring in the 26th minute when senior Rob Armstrong blocked a clearance and deflected it into the goal. Sophomore Adam Wirtshafter put Abington up 2-0 in the 34th minute. The Lions came back with a 47th minute breakaway goal by Asplundh with an assist from freshman Chris Hyatt. Senior Mike Conboy knocked in a rebound off the ANC keeper in the 71st minute for what proved to be the winning goal as junior Doug Keith scored in the 79th minute to pull ANC to within one goal, but without enough time to even the match.
On Friday, October 7th host Germantown had a 1-0 lead (Mzamane in the 32nd minute) over Shipley with less than 5 minutes to play when junior David Bartholomew scored twice for the Gators, once on a direct kick and the game winner on a floater to shock the Tigers and tighten the playoff race.
Games on the 11th of October saw George and Westtown play to a scoreless draw, while host Germantown beat Abington 5-2. Senior Jack Meigs opened the scoring in the 13th minute with a header off a throw-in from Fernberger. Mzamane then took over, scoring 2 goals in each half with assists coming from junior Tucker Wood, two from Pepe-Mooney and one each from senior Zach Barrett and Zuares. Abington's goals came in the second half from Brian Burke and Andrew Mason. Also on the 11th visiting Shipley blanked Moorestown 5-0 with Bartholomew netting a hat-trick and BJ Glenn and Todd Herman each tallying once. Assists came from sophomore Nikhil Gregg and senior Caleb Balderston
The Westtown-Friends' Central game scheduled for 9/30 is rescheduled for 10/24, while the Moorestown-George School game originally on 10/7 is now set for 10/27.
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