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Youth Boys and Girls Soccer Garner Championships
The Scotch Plains Panthers and the Metuchen Rovers Travel Soccer Team emerged victorious on Saturday, November 19
Saturday, November 19 was a triumphant day for boys and girls youth soccer as two exceptional teams; the Scotch Plains Panthers and the Metuchen Rovers Travel Soccer Team each captured victories at the end of two outstanding seasons.
The Scotch Plains Panthers found victory, beating rival team, Westfield Freedom in 4-2 shootouts to capture the U14 Group C Inter-County Girls Championship on Saturday.
On Saturday, the Metuchen Rovers Travel Soccer team won the U-14 New Jersey Youth Soccer Association State Cup. The 18 boys, 8 of whom are from Scotch Plains became champions, played their hearts out, tying the game in the last two minutes of regulation play and scoring the two winning goals in overtime. This is the second straight State Championship for the boys, who won the U-13 U.S. Club N.J. State Cup last spring.
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“In youth soccer circles this is a big, big deal, something the boys have worked on for years,” stated David Bernstein, a resident of Scotch Plains and the proud Noah, one of the eighteen soccer champions.
The boys from Scotch Plains include: Noah Bernstein, Julian Korduba, Jake Longo, Brian McManus, Tyler O’Brien, Ari Rosenzweig, Matt Scariati, Stav Shadmi. The team was led to victory by their longtime coach Jeff Josell, and asst. Mike Holim.
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