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<\/p>\nMembers of New York Gold hold up the NY\/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase championship trophy after beating Pennsylvania Gold during Sunday\u2019s matchup at Pitt-Bradford. New York won all four matches Sunday.
\nP-J photo by Christian Storms<\/p>\n
BRADFORD, Pa. \u2014 In the past two renditions of the NY\/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase the Gold Boys title has stayed south of the border. In the most recent event, Pennsylvania won the first-ever contest that required extra time, repeating as champions in the penalty shootout. <\/p>\n
Very much to the relief of New York head coach Jason Deering of Southwestern, it was not necessary to go to extra time on Sunday, but it was from the penalty marker that New York got started and it controlled the contest until the final whistle with a 3-1 victory at the Kessel Athletic Complex at Pitt-Bradford. <\/p>\n
After plenty of pressure in the early going, Ellicottville\u2019s Owen Doherty won a penalty and proceeded to hammer a shot that was too strong for Eisenhower\u2019s Casey Seymour, despite him getting a hand on it. <\/p>\n
Pennsylvania equalized shortly after when a goaltending error was caused by slipping on the turf, allowing Northern Clarion\u2019s Logan Bish to tap in his side\u2019s only tally. <\/p>\n
Pennsylvania mustered a couple of more inspired attacks after pulling level, but New York soon settled back into its dominant possession game. Then before halftime, New York regained the lead on a give and go with Maple Grove\u2019s Ty Kraft setting up Portville\u2019s Colin German.<\/p>\n
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Maple Grove\u2019s Kylie Kress, playing for New York Gold, attempts to get by Bradford\u2019s Kierstin Taylor, playing for Pennsylvania Gold, during the NY\/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase on Sunday at Pitt-Bradford.
\nP-J photo by Christian Storms<\/p>\n
\u201cThe talent we have on this field is amazing,\u201d Deering said. \u201cI love watching these guys do their things and what we had for attack, those players just fit my type of game and fit each other\u2019s type of game. <\/p>\n
Hoping to avoid another overtime, New York pressed hard for an insurance goal in the second half, but was deterred several times with Seymour making big stops for Pennsylvania. The relief came with just about 10 minutes left, as Randolph\u2019s Cooper Freeman set up Wellsville\u2019s Aiden Cowburn for the dagger, a 3-1 lead and likely the return of the cup to the Empire State. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it was 2-1 that\u2019s all I thought about, how last year we got the tying goal,\u201d Deering said. \u201cI was praying for that third goal to happen and a couple incidents down there I was really hoping we could get another goal and get it taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania put together some inspired counter attacks, but the New York defense allowed very little space making it an easy job for anyone in net. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe defense won us the game,\u201d Deering said. \u201cKids like Coopers (Freeman and Wilczewski) in the middle, Grey (Kidder), they\u2019re made to get going and get the ball to our attacking players.\u201d<\/p>\n
The strong defense from both sides led to a very physical game and the emotions ran quite high with several players earning a yellow card. The win stops recent Pennsylvania momentum, putting the all-time record at 6-3 in favor of New York and the passion from the players showed how important the event has become for both sides. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s awesome, it\u2019s an awesome looking trophy,\u201d Deering said about the showcase. \u201cThis is a great event for soccer, I wish more people in the soccer world knew about this. I want this to be celebrated more, because it is our top 40 upper-level high school players. They put in so much work into being this level, I wish more people would come out to this event, cause some chaos and enjoy the environment because it\u2019s a good show.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sportsmanship Award for New York went to Doherty, while Eisenhower\u2019s Seymour was tapped for the honor. The New York MVP was Allegany-Limestone\u2019s Thomas Buffamante and the Pennsylvania honor went to Jacob Alberts of DuBois.<\/p>\n
GIRLS GOLD<\/p>\n
In the history of the Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase there had never been a complete sweep of Gold and Silver games from either side. After three New York victories, the Gold Girls led by Southwestern head coach Derek Houser had the opportunity in the primetime game to complete the sweep. <\/p>\n
After suffering another unfortunate bounce just like the boys that tied the game 1-1, New York regained the lead on a 30-yard strike by Allegany-Limestone\u2019s Abby Peck and never looked back while adding two more tallies at the end of the first half and cruised to a 7-1 victory. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew that going in that every other team won and you don\u2019t want to be the one who drops the ball,\u201d Houser said. \u201cIt was pressure and I think they welcomed that pressure. We had a lot of girls from last year and it was kind of a tough loss last year, and I think they really wanted to come out and get a little bit of payback.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coordinating club teammates and successful high school chemistry, Houser was gifted with two full units that did not miss a beat during substitutions. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat really gives you a big advantage,\u201d Houser said about his substitutes. \u201cWhen you can put on a fresh new set of players and the quality of play didn\u2019t drop at all. We tried to organize the groups kind of with who played together, The Storm Southern Tier group in the first one and Allegany players and some others in the second group.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the early part of the game, the ball was magnetically attracted to Maple Grove\u2019s Kylie Kress on the left wing and she was soon rewarded with the first goal of the game in under 10 minutes. <\/p>\n
Pennsylvania equalized when Brockway\u2019s Rheanna Spinda capitalized on a goaltending miscue, but that did not change the momentum as the Allegany-Limestone tandem regained the lead on a long goal from Peck. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe got out to a good start,\u201d Houser stated. \u201cThen we did give up a goal, then within a couple of minutes right back in and then we never looked back.\u201d<\/p>\n
New York trailed most of the game last year, rallying back from a 2-0 in the second half, but was unable to ever take the lead. On Sunday, the girls made sure there was not an option for Pennsylvania to rally. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe start was really the difference,\u201d Houser added. \u201cLast year I think we got in a 2-0 hole if I remember correctly and you have to dig yourself out. When you play really good teams it\u2019s just hard, you can get to 2-2, but to get that third goal is really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the 43rd minute, Kress grabbed her second goal of the game which was a tap-in after good pressure on the goalkeeper by Cuba-Rushford\u2019s Cloey Larabee caused a turnover. Then in the extra time, New York managed another when Falconer\u2019s Julianna Roth set up Portville\u2019s Grace Gariepy for a strike and the 4-1 lead heading into halftime. <\/p>\n
\u201cThese girls played amazing,\u201d Houser said. \u201cI knew they had it in them, but you just never know until the game starts. There\u2019s nerves, there\u2019s all these different elements and they just came out from the first whistle they were ready to go and it never stopped. I couldn\u2019t be more proud of the way they came together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The goals just kept coming for New York in the second half, with Larabee registering her first assist on Southwestern\u2019s Marlana Cresanti\u2019s goal and then minutes later Larabee finished off a strike by Kress that hit the post for a 6-1 lead. Allegany-Limestone\u2019s Madison Honeck added the final tally on a shot from distance that squeaked through the Pennsylvania goalkeeper\u2019s hands. The victory for New York has now tied the event at 4-4 for both states. <\/p>\n
The Sportsmanship Award for New York went to Pine Valley\u2019s Sarah Kruszka and Pennsylvania\u2019s went to Bradford\u2019s Kierstin Taylor. Larabee was tapped for the New York MVP, while Pennsylvania\u2019s was Brockway\u2019s Zoe Puhala. <\/p>\n
NOTES: The New York Silver boys kicked off the day with a 2-0 victory, with second-half tallies coming from Genesee Valley\u2019s Evan Turybury assisted by Bolivar-Richburg\u2019s Landon Barkley, and Barkley, who scored the final goal unassisted. The New York Silver girls were just as dominant as the Gold squad, pulling off a 4-0 victory with two goals by Olean\u2019s Leea Kopp, and one goal each from Wellsville\u2019s Jaden Dunbar and Wellsville\u2019s Emily Stuck.<\/p>\n
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