U14 Boys Runners-Up at Tournament of Champions

This was written by Don Borenstein of th Andover Soccer Association.

The Andover Soccer Association's U-14 Boys Warriors were runners-up at this past weekend's Massachusetts Tournament of Champions, played at Citizens Bank Fields in Lancaster, MA.  

After winning the Essex County Championship without conceding a goal, the ASA Warriors advanced to play the winners of the nine other Mass. Youth Soccer regions.  

The Warriors stormed through group play, winning 2-1, 5-0 and 2-0 against Stoughton, Scituate and Athol.  The Warriors faced off against a talented Dartmouth squad in the semi-final but dominated play and won 4-0.  

They met Dorchester in the final for a hard-fought, physical match, with each team converting on a penalty kick.  The Warriors had several good scoring opportunities but the game winner fell for Dorchester in the second half, following a scramble in the Andover goal mouth.

Over the course of the two championship tournaments, goal keeper Ben Andresen and his defense including, Phil Amesoeder, Ethan Borenstein, Logan Bravo, Luc Pakey and Pat Hughes, recorded a remarkable six shut-outs.  In the attacking end, goal scorers were, Raini Huynh, Jeff Hunt, Peter Heckendorn, Santiago Jacome, Daniel Teplow, Hugo Medrano, Tom Rockwell, Jeremy Chan and Matt Adams.