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RECAP
Both the Mens and Ladies teams had mixed fortunes at the JFK tournament in Virginia Beach last weekend.
The Men tied the 5th/6th place playoff game with the DC Dragons 4-4. Saturday's group games saw us beat
Atlanta 1-0 in the opening game, before going down 3-0 to Rye and 3-1 to the NY Islanders.
A comfortable 6-1 win against a depleted Bermuda team set up the 5th/6th playoff against DC Dragons.
The team were not as sharp as the New York teams who have been competing in their weekly league since March.
The feeling was that with more preperation and all players being available the semi-finals would have been an
attainable goal. The Mens division was won by the Toronto Lions, who went undeafeated throughout the tournament.
The fact that the Ladies didn't win and failed to score in their 4 games, doesn't even begin to do their performances
justice. Drawn in much the tougher of the two groups, they lost 1-0 to eventual finalists Malvern and could easily
have been a goal up after 30mins on other finalists Ohio State. Once again competing against teams who are playing
more consistently and had better match fitness meant that the second half of their games especially were very tough.
They finished up losing 1-0 to Malvern, 3-0 to Ohio State and 2-0 to Miami before going down 2-0 to Team Philly in the
playoffs.
It was great experience to play in a tournament of this level and I think everyone can learn a lot about what it
takes to compete at the higher grade. The fact that we are competitive with the east coast teams is a sign of just
how far we have come in recent years. Well done to all!
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