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CONGRATS! Well done to all who helped the Balimore Kickers become the 2011 Spring Mid-Maryland Soccer Association's regular season champs.
Now on to the league playoffs! http://www.marylandsoccer.com/mmdsa/ 2011 Fall Maryland Major Soccer League Wrap Up
The Baltimore Kickers men's soccer team concluded the 2011 fall Maryland Major Soccer League season in the Champions Division on Tuesday, November 15 with a 0-0 draw to newly promoted Vybez United. The men's squad finished exactly where they were last year at the end of the fall season, fifth in the standings with a 5-8-1 record.
The men's squad opened the 2011 fall season with a promising 3-2 win over rival Magicmen FC but, stumbled over the next six games. On Thursday, October 13, the Kickers regained their composure and battled two time MMSL Champions League winners, Baltimore Bays, to 3-2 loss. Despite the unfortunate outcome for the men's team, the Bays players and manager/coach Bryan Bugarin, complimented the Kickers on their performance, stating the game was the toughest by far all season. The match proved to be a turning point for the Kickers as they would go 3-1-1 over the next five games and qualifying for the Bernie Reif Cup.
The Kickers will be entering in all State and National Cups (Rowland Cup, Stewart Cup, US Men's Open Cup, US Men's Amateur Cup, Maryland O-30 Cup, US Men's O-30 Cup) for 2011-2012.
The Baltimore Kickers men's soccer team kicked off the 2011 Maryland Major Soccer League fall season with a 3-2 win over rival Magicmen F.C.
The game's first goal was scored by the Kickers' leading point getter from last season, forward Chris Lorenzet to give Baltimore a 1-0 lead. The Kickers continued to dominate possession in the first half with Joe Pusateri and Brandon Fisher bossing the midfield. Winger Greg Keller and forward/midfielder Colin Rome both came close with chances but were unable to convert. The Kickers went to the intermission with the 1-0 lead.
Champions Soccer League 2011
F Patrick Healey Cup Semi-final Results - Summer 2011 Baltimore Kickers 4
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**The championship game for the summer league is Sunday, July 31 at 6PM on the turf field at Cedar Lane Regional Park (1100 Cedar Lane, Bel Air, MD 21015).
Sunday, July 12, 2011
The Mid-Maryland/Mason Dixon Spring Leagues finally came to an end with the playing of the first inter-league challenge game between the Baltimore Kickers and Bushwallers FC. The game was scoreless until the 89th minute when Greg Keller put in a goal off an assist by Kyle Leahy. Congratulations to both teams on a fine match.! Other than a 3 to 2 loss to Platinum Kickers, the Baltimore Kickers finished strong with a 9 and 1 record including impressive playoff wins versus Magenda FC and Vybez United.
Thursday, June 23
Catonsville, MD - The Baltimore Kickers men's team advanced to the 2011 Mid-Maryland Soccer Associations tournament Championship with a resounding 5-1 thrashing of Magenda FC at Catonsville High School. The Kickers took a 3-0 lead at halftime and cruised to a 5-1 win.
The game had been previously been scheduled for the evening of June 9 but, was postponed and rescheduled because of thunderstorms in the area. The teams met the following week on June 16 but, not long after the second half started, officials called the game due to lightning. The Kickers were winning 1-0 when the game was stopped. The league later informed the Kickers that the game would have to be replayed in its entirety, despite Baltimore winning 1-0.
Baltimore will play in the final, also known as the Interdivisional Cup on Sunday, on Sunday, June 26 at Cedar Lane Regional Park in Bel Air, MD (1100 Cedar Lane, Bel Air, MD 21015-6407) at 5PM.
The Sunday's winner will play in the Mid-Maryland / Mason-Dixon Challenge Game, against the champion of Mason-Dixon league. The date, time and location will be announced.
May 2011
The Baltimore Kickers men's squad finished at the top of the table in the 2011 Mid-Maryland Soccer Association men's spring soccer league.
A 6-2 win over Christos Baptist May 26, 2011, at Catonsville H.S., assured the Kickers of the top spot and first round bye for the playoffs. Baltimore finished the spring regular season schedule with only one loss, which came at the hands of the second place team, Platinum Kickers. January 9, 2011
Woodbine, MD - The Baltimore Kickers men's team won their opening round game of the 2011 Rowland Cup tournament, 4-2 over the DC Flames at chilly Western Regional Park. The DC Flames come from the Cosmopolitan Soccer League around Washington D.C., and have won the CSL 4 years in a row.
The Kickers received goals from four different players in the game. Roughly 10 minutes into the match, Baltimore central midfielder Brian Tully opened up the scoring by putting the Kickers up 1-0, with a rifle from about 22 yards out. The lead would not last long as the Flames pressured Baltimore's backline, and got the equalizer to make it 1-1. The Kickers were unlucky to not have tallied more goals in the first half as a their shots nearly missed, some striking the post and others forcing the opposition's goal keeper into making saves. Baltimore would regain the lead deep in the first half when forward/midfielder Nick Kiss unloaded a cannon from the top of the Flames' 18 yard box to give the men's team a one goal lead that they would take into the break.
The Kickers began the second half leading 2-1 but, the run of play shifted to the visitors from Silver Spring and the Flames came out pushing to tie the game.15 minutes into second half, Baltimore conceded the tying goal, making the score 2-2 . With less than 15 minute left on the clock and the score still even, the men's team began thinking about penalty kicks because if the match was tied at the end of regulation time, the teams would have gone straight to PKs. Fortunatlely for the Kickers, central midfielder Joe Pusateri made a brilliant run down the center the of the park and netted the game winner from 12 yards out, with under 10 minutes to play.
The Flames, behind again, tried to mount another comeback, but in stoppage time Brandon Fischer iced the game for Baltimore, giving the Kickers a 4-2 lead and the win. January/February 2011 The Baltimore Kickers will field an Over 30 team for the first time and will participate in the Maryland Over 30 Cup. The date, time and field location has yet to be determined.
The Baltimore Kickers men's team played the Maryland Bays on Sunday, January 16 in a play-in game for the 2011 Stewart Cup at Western Regional Park in Olney, MD. The winner would move on to the first round of the the tournament. New addition, goalkeeper Ryan Flannery from Stevenson University, played brilliantly but, the Kickers fell to the Bays, 3-0 and were knocked out of the competition. On Sunday, February 13 at Western Regional Park, history was made as the Baltimore Kickers advanced to the semi-final round of the Maryland Qualifying for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 1-0 victory over AC Baltimore. Despite the icy field and the packed-in defense, Kickers' forward, Chris Lorenzet curled in the winner around the 65th minute. Baltimore advances to play the winner of the Magicmen/Charm City game. Time and location will be determined later. Recent memory cannot recall the last time, if at all, that the Baltimore Kickers participated in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The tournament is the most prestigious domestic competition that includes both amateur (Baltimore Kickers) and professional teams (D.C. United) in the U.S. dating back to 1914. For more information, please visit the following links: http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Lamar-Hunt-U-S-Open-Cup/2009/08/History-of-the-Cup.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_Hunt_U.S._Open_Cup Kickers win, 1-0 over AC Baltimore! We advance to the second round of Maryland qualifying. Not sure when that will be, and the opponent is yet to be determined.
the twine with a fine individual effort to put the Kickers up 2-0 in the 50th minute. |
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