LA County Sheriff’s Annual
Spring Soccer Cup 2015
Our 2nd tournament of the season kicked off in Walnut, CA at Mount San Antonio College soccer complex. The annual LA County Sheriff’s Spring Soccer Cup commenced on April 25th & 26th, 2015.
Eight teams competed for bragging rights to be the top dogs in the local law enforcement/ fire agencies.
TEAMS COMPETING:
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Gold Team
LAPD – Centurions
Orange County Fire
Los Angeles Airport Police
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Green Team
LAPD – United
LA Fire Combo
LA Unified School Police
LAPD United’s first competition began with LA County Sheriff’s Green Team. LAPD United had a rough start, appearing slow to the ball and out of sync with their passing game.
The Sheriff’s struck first with a goal, sending a message to LAPD United that they meant business. As the game progressed, LAPD began to build in their confidence and it started to show as they scored a tying goal. In the 2nd half, LAPD United began to organize their plays better, scoring a 2nd goal mid-way through the half.
The Sheriffs were stunned, however, they only played harder. Near the end of regulation time, the Sheriff’s clawed their way back and tied the score. Final score: 2 – 2.
On to our 2nd game of the day vs. LA School police. Again another close fought game. The end results, LAPD – United won.
The next day, April 26th, pit LAPD United against LA Fire Combo. It was obvious the more we played, the better we got. The pieces started to come together and we believed in our selves. Again LAPD – United was victorious in this match.
Due to THE point system implemented to determine the teams that would move forward to the finals, LAPD-United fell short because of our first game tie and wound up playing Orange County Fire for 3rd/4th place.
Fire came on strong, however, LAPD-United had gotten rid of all the cobwebs and began playing like the well-oiled machine that they are known to be. LAPD-United convincingly defeated Fire taking 3rd Place overall.
In the final championship game, it was LA County Sheriff’s Gold vs Green Teams. The Gold Team prevailed and won the overall Spring Cup Championship. Congratulations to the Sheriff’s for a great effort. It was well earned by them.
Below are actions photos of a few of our games. To enlarge the photo, place your cursor over it and click you mouse.
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| Joel Dominguez strikes a shot on goal |
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| #18 Kevin C. standing up for the defense |
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| #18 Kevin C. continues to battle with support from #17 Macaine Piercy |
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| Mark Hubert & Brian Rivas |
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| Brian Rivas |
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| Brian Rivas |
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| Greg Sayer works into the play |
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| Mario Hernandez advances the play forward |
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| Corner kick |
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| David Blake heads the ball wide. Good scoring attempt |
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| #17 Macaine Piercy fights for the ball |
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| #16 Pascualy takes a shot on goal |
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| Goalie Manny Mandieta stops a shot on goal |
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| Ignacio Villanueva works the ball down field |
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| #12 Ignacio Villanueva dribbles around the defense |
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| #12 Ignacio continues to push forward |
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| Ignacio |
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| #7 Brian Rivas heads the ball on goal |
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| Pascualy |
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| Pascualy |
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| Pascualy |
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| Pascualy passes the ball of to the corner |
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| Pascualy takes a centering pass and attempts a header on goal |
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| Hector Macias sets up the offensive play |
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| Ignacio drives down field |
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| Pascualy works the play down field |
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| Pascualy drives down field for a shot |
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| Goalie Manny Mandieta |
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| Goalie Manny Mandieta drives the ball to the offense |
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| Ignacio working with his mates. |
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| David Blake |
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| #4 Hector maneuvers dribbling down field |
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| Greg Sayer passes the ball off |
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| Joel Dominguez |
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| Ignacio collects the crossing ball |
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| Greg Sayer attempts to center the ball |
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| Joel Dominguez |
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| Joel Dominguez quarterbacks the play |
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| #16 Pascualy challenges the defense |
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| Pascualy dribbles past the defense |
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| Pascualy continues to work the ball, passing it downfield |
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| #12 Ignacio |
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| Goalie Manny Mandieta blocks a header attempt on his goal |
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| Joel Dominguez works down field |
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| Hector Macias with a crossing pass |
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| #3 David Blake |
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| #20 Armando Gutierrez sets up the play |
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| Ignacio sets up for a shot on goal |
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| Ignacio takes the shot |
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| #4 Hector passes up field |
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| Joel and David looking for a shot on goal |
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| Greg Sayer protects the ball from a pushy defender |
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| Greg Sayer continues to move down field |
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| Greg Sayer |
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| Greg Sayer |
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| #17 Macaine Piercy stops the opposing player |
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| Ignacio dribblinig |
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| Goalie Manny Mandiega looks to stop a shot on his goal |
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| Manny deflects the shot |
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| Manny pushes the ball out and recovers it |
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| #12 Ignacio driving down field |
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| Ignacio sets up for a shot on goal |
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| #10 Joel Dominguez working ht middle of the filed |
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| Our iron defense-man #11 Sean Norwood |
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| Sean clears the ball down field |
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| Goalie Manny drives the ball to the offense |
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| Armando comes back to support the defense |
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| Armando and Sean smother the offense play |
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| #19 Kenny Pintado driving down field |
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| Kenny Pintado |
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| Kennhy Pintado attacks the defense |
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| Kenny Pintado |
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| Greg Sayer |
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| Sean Norwood |
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| Manny Mandieta |
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| Manny |
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| #8 Elias Aguayo heads the ball away |
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| Manny clears the ball out of the defense |
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| #10 Joel Dominguez passes to Armando #20 |
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| Macaine Piercy drives down field with players draped all over him |
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| Macaine works had to bus through the defense |
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| Macaine drives a shot on goal |
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| #4 Hector controls the ball for the defense |
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| Kenny Pintado |
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| Elias Aguayo |
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| #19 Kenny Pintado |
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| Joel Dominguez |
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| Elias Aguayo |
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| Hector |
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| Hector Macias works the ball down field |
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| Joel & Greg drive hard to take a shot on goal |
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| Kenny Pintado looks to set up a shot on goal |
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| Joel Dominguez fights off the opposing player |
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| Joel Dominguez sets up the play |
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| Sean Norwood drives down field |
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| Sean Norwood forces the play down field |
