The season started with the Waves winning the South Bay Force Showcase Tournament in Torrance after beating the El Segundo Gunners in the championship, 2-0, in an exciting overtime win.
During the tournament they got the chance to compete against some of the best U10 teams from OC, LA, and Ventura Counties. Their season culminated with a dominating win on Nov. 20 of 6-3 over AC Brea, the only other undefeated team in the division prior to the weekend. The team is now gearing up and training for an exciting League Cup Tournament which will begin in December.
They will then begin training to move on to compete in the State Cup in February to challenge themselves in competition against the best U10 club soccer teams in all of California.
The U10 Wave players include: Alec Gekchyan, Denzel Barrientos, Adrian Hong, Carson Klein, Alex Xhurape, Nic Sullivan, Sam Neglia, Cameron Harper, David Adelsberg, Bryce Lehner, Mason Ressler and Kieran Sidebotham.
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CdM takes second
Coach Chris Dunk's Plus boys' U-11 soccer team finished the fall season in second place among 19 teams in the countywide Plus League.
The team won its final six games of the season by a combined score of 24-2.
Once the team got comfortable playing together they were unstoppable. The team scored 41 goals on the season. The offense was lead by forwards Max Dunk, Sallar Tahbaz, Zack Karro, Jack Elliot and midfielders Niko Urban, Cameron Kayl, Joshua Means and Jackson Niedermeyer.
The group put constant pressure on every opposing team's defense. The defense led the league with fewest goals allowed with eight in 12 games. Outstanding efforts all season were turned in by defenders Matt Katz, Ryan Aleman, Kyle Pham, Dayne Parsons and Grayson Breeland.
