Tampa Bay Sun Bowl
Sun Dec 31, 2006
Treasure Coast United just returned home as Tampa Bay Sun Bowl Finalist!
TCU played 7 games in 4 days!
TCU went 6-1 and beat elite teams from Lakeland FL, Macon Ga, Mississippi LA, Long Island NY, Dayton Ohio and Tulsa Oklahoma.
The 2006 Tampa Sun bowl marks the 29 th year of this high profile, widely recognized elite youth soccer tournament.
The Tampa Bay Sun Bowl is a College Show Case Soccer Tournament with over 125 colleges in attendance. The tournament offers a great opportunity for High School age Juniors and Seniors to be scouted by college coaches looking to fill there rosters.
The u-18/19 division of the Sun Bowl has 60 teams entered.
Below is a summary of the games that led TCU to the final.
Wed Dec 27 th 2006
Game 1 9:00am
TCU wins 1-0 in opener!
The first game of the Tampa Bay Sun Bowl opens with TCU playing the home team Lakeland Shockers. The game started on a very clear and cool morning (42 degrees). Both teams started strong with TCU having advantage on possession. At half time the Score was 0-0. TCU played a strong second half with Kyle Conrad scoring the winner assisted by Giovanni Jimenez. The winning goal was a great display of team passing with 5 players involved. TCU's defense played strong with 6 saves for GK Lyle Dankenbring in the first half and 3 saves for GK Alan Eckler in the second half.
Injury report.
TCU's Carlos Sanchez (Defender) suffered a broken nose in the 14th minute of play.
Game 2 3:00pm
TCU wins 1-0 in second game of Tampa Sun Bowl
The second game of the Sun Bowl had TCU up against a very solid Macon Ga team.
TCU had many chances in the first half with Kyle Conrad getting the winner in the 30 th minute of play off a deep pass from Jason Schaumburg. TCU played a solid second half with possession soccer and some direct attacking mixed in. TCUs defenders of Kevin McGuire,Emerick Witkowski,Jason Schaumburg,Steven Tramonte, and GKs Lyle Dankenbring and Alan Eckler allowed no goals in the first 2 games.
Injury report
TCU's Giovanni Jimenez (midfield) suffered a sprained ankle. Return is Questionable.
Thursday Dec 28, 2006
Game #3 9:00am
TCU wins 3-0 in third game of Tampa Sun Bowl.
The second day and 3 rd game of the tournament has TCU up against a very determined Mississippi Fire. TCU had a dominant first half of play. In the 12 th minute of play TCU's Spencer Scott scored unassisted off a set play. Nic Nyssen scored in the 18 th minute with Harry Gillespie getting the assist. In the 25 th minute Harry Gillespie gets the third goal of the half with some very crisp possession passing through the midfield with Kyle Conrad notching the assist. TCU played a solid second half with TCUs defenders of Kevin McGuire,Emerick Witkowski,Jason Schaumburg,Steven Tramonte, and GKs Lyle Dankenbring and Alan Eckler allowing no goals in the first 3 games.
TCU was able to rest players in the second half in preparation for the 4 th game of the tournament in 2 days.
Game #4 3:00pm
TCU wins 2-1 to advance to the Quarter Finals!
The 4 th game of the tournament had TCU up against Long Island Merrick Hurricanes. This is a must win or tie for TCU to advance to the Quarterfinals. The first half opened with TCU applying pressure and some very good scoring chances denied by Long Island. In the 8 th minute of play TCU's Kyle Conrad was taken down in the box for a PK. Conrad's attempt was off the post and cleared by Long Island. The remainder of the half saw scoring chances by both teams with each others defenses coming out on top. The second half of play has TCU's Steven Tramonte (Def) winning a through ball and pushing forward for Kyle Conrad to get his first goal of the half. In the 11 th minute of play TCU's Jason Schaumburg hits a ball over the top which allowed Kyle Conrad to get his second goal of the day. With Long Island feeling urgency and pushing forward TCU's Kevin McGuire made a spectacular save to clear a ball off the line to prevent a certain Long Island goal. TCU conceded its first goal of the tournament in the final minute of play from a Long Island corner kick.
TCU's Giovanni Jimenez (Ankle) and Carlos Sanchez (Broken Nose) are questionable for Friday nights 7:00pm quarterfinal game.
Friday Dec 29, 2006 7:00pm
Game # 5 Quarterfinal
TCU wins 4-2 on Penalty Kicks to advance to semi-final!
All playoff games are 90 minute games. All games are single elimination.
The 5 th game of the tournament was a Quarterfinal match between TCU and Team Ohio. This was a rematch from a Championship game in The Atlanta Norcross Nike Cup a month earlier where Team Ohio beat TCU in the Final minute of play. Team Ohio scored first in the 14 th minute of play from a turn a shoot 35 yards out! TCU equalized in the 20 th minute with some nice midfield play from Spencer Scott, Trevor Monroe, Nic Nyssen and Harry Gilliespie getting the assist on Kyle Conrads driven header to beat Team Ohio's keeper far post. Score at the half 1-1. The second half opened with some physical play by both sides.Team Ohio's keeper had to make to clutch saves to keep Kevin Fitzpatrick and Kyle Conrads shots out of goal. TCU's defense played strong not allowing any goals. The game ended 1-1 and wents straight to PK's. Team Ohio first PK is off the post. TCU's Kevin Fitzpatrick, Jason Schaumburg, Kevin McGuire and Harry Gilliespie all had perfect goals to beat Team Ohio 4-2 on PK's. GK Lyle Dankenbring had 5 saves and GK Alan Eckler had 3 saves in Goal. This win puts TCU in the semi-final game against Tulsa Oklahoma.
TCU's Giovanni Jimenez (Ankle injury) had limited play. Carlos Sanchez (Broken Nose) did not play and is questionable for semifinal.
Saturday Dec 30,2006 8:00am
Game # 6 Semifinal
TCU wins 2-1 to advance to Tampa Sun Bowl Championship!
The 6 th game of the tournament was a semifinal that had TCU up against Tulsa Oklahoma.
TCU played some great soccer with possession, short passes and TCUs defenders hitting some long balls to put Tulsa under constant pressure. In the 31 st minute Kyle Conrad scores after some hard work by Nic Nyssen to set up the goal. TCU gets the second goal of the half in the 43 rd minute. Spencer Scott was fouled hard outside the box for a free kick. Tulsa's keeper makes a great save from the free kick for a TCU corner. Spencer Scott served in the corner for Lyle LeCaptain to get his first goal of the tournament and TCU goes into the half up 2-0. With Tulsa needing to get on the board and feeling urgency TCU was under some serious pressure.TCU,s defenders of Kevin McGuire,Emerick Witkowski,Jason Schaumburg and Steven Tramonte were working hard to stop the many counter attacks. In the 85 th minute Tulsa breaks through to get on the board with a nice volley. The game went into the 93 minute with TCU attacking when the Referee finally calls the game. The win puts TCU in the Tampa Bay Sun Bowl Championship game against the Clearwater Chargers. TCU's Lyle Dankenbring GK had 4 saves in the first half and Alan Eckler GK had 4 saves in the second half.
TCU's Giovanni Jimenez (Ankle injury) had limited play. Carlos Sanchez (Broken Nose) did not play and is questionable for the final.
Game # 7 Championship game 3:00pm
TCU loses 5-3 in Final!
This was a game of 2 halves! TCU was leading 3-0 into the 43 minute!
The 7 th game of the tournament had the TCU u-18 boys up against the u-19 Clearwater Chargers. Many of the Clearwater players are already college soccer players that came back together over the Christmas Holidays to play in the Sun bowl. TCU was clearly the underdog coming in with eight u-17's and nine u-18's on the roster. Clearwater had advantage in every position with height and speed.
The first 5 minutes of play had each team feeling each other out. It was obvious that Clearwater was dangerous on the counter attack! TCU started applying pressure and attacking. In the 15 th minute the Clearwater GK was unable to handle a difficult ball and Giovanni Jimenez came in to slot the ball near post for his first goal of the tournament. 2 minutes later after some hard play by Trevor Monroe TCU's Kyle Conrad takes the ball from the left to right and drives in the second goal of the half for TCU. TCU's defense continues to come up with some big plays to keep Clearwater at bay. In the 35 th minuteTCU's Nic Nyssen scores the 3 goal of the half for TCU on some very determined play. In the 43 rd minute on an obvious Clearwater off sides (3 players off) that was not called TCU's Harry Gillespie made an incredible run to recover and break up the play. The referee went straight Red. Clearwater scored on the free kick just outside the box to end the half with TCU 3-1 over Clearwater. The second half had the smaller TCU team now trying to defend with only 10 men. Clearwater scored on some nice passing through larges spaces in only 7 minutes of play. Clearwater scored there 3rd goal on another obvious off sides that the referee failed to see. (3 players off). TCU continued playing hard and were unable to stop Clearwater. It seemed every hard play was a foul called against TCU. The game ended with TCU playing with 10 men for 47 minutes against a very good Clearwater chargers u-19 team. The man down disadvantage was too much for the TCU u-18s to over come.
TCU ended the tournament 6-1 Tampa Bay Sun Bowl Finalist!
TCU players that participated in the Sun bowl
Kyle Conrad-F
Lyle Dankenbring-GK
Andrew DiDonato-M
Alan Eckler-GK
Kevin Fitzpatrick-M
Harry Gillespie-M
Giovanni Jimenez-M
Lyle LeCaptain-F
Nic Nyssen-M/F
Kevin McGuire-D
Trevor Monroe-F
Thomas Moultrop-M
Carlos Sanchez-D
Jason Schaumburg-D
Spencer Scott-M
Steven Traumonte-D
Emerick Witkowski-D
Team is managed by
Jerry Schaumburg
www.tcusoccer.com
Coached and trained by
Paul Gibbons
Thomas Rongen