3v3 Tournaments #2 - #5

Tournament #2 - June 12th in Hendersonville

Rylan has his first tournament with his other 3v3 team (Banditos) in June.  We have 6 boys on this team with 5 of them coming to each tournament.  This time we had Brady, Reeves, Parker, and Caleb with us.

The boys won all 3 of their pool play games.

Which put them in first place in their pool.

And in the gold bracket.  The Banditos won their semi-final game but ended up losing in the championship by one.

Their were tears from most of the team after the game but we got four out of the five to smile with their 2nd place medals.

Tournament #3 - June 26th in Murfreesboro

The next tournament was also with the Banditos.  This time we had Grant, Caleb, Parker, and Reeves.

There were only 6 teams at this tournament and they were generally a stronger set of teams.  The boys won their first game but lost the second two.  They struggled more mentally this tournament.  They stopped passing and working together as they "panicked" when falling behind.

The boys ended up 3rd in their pool of 3 this time around.

And due to the number of teams, they missed getting put into a bracket and only played a consolation game against the 3rd place team in the other pool.

The boys won that game and it was good to finish with a strong game.  And they were happier after this tournament even though they didn't get a medal!

Tournament #4 - July 10th in Bowling Green, KY

Last weekend we were back with the Tri-Star Strikers.  We were supposed to play in a tournament in Columbia with a different organization (Kick It Soccer), but they ended up not getting enough teams to sign up for the tournament and cancelled it a few days beforehand.  While it wasn't ideal for everyone's schedule, the team really wanted to play and decided to do a tournament in Bowling Green with the 3v3 Live organization.

The boys did great and won all three of their pool games.  Again, the competition was tougher than it was at their first tournament, and the team only won two of their games by one goal.

The boys ended up first in their pool.

They played the second place team in the other pool in the semi-final and won that game by one goal again.  The boys then played the same team they played in their second pool game.  The Tri-Star Strikers were up 1-0 at about 5 minutes into the game when the thunderstorms got too close and we went into a lightning delay.  After about 2 hours the games were able to resume.  Unfortunately the boys ended up losing 2-1.  They lost to the same team that the Banditos also lost to in their championship game in Hendersonville.  Both games came down to the other team scoring a goal in the last couple of minutes that was due to a questionable call by the ref.

Ethan was still quite mad about the call and would not smile for the picture.  Again second place is tough when you're so close to being the champions!

Tournament #5 - July 17th in White House

The Banditos played their last tournament of the summer yesterday.  For this tournament, we had Caleb, Brady, Reeves, and Grant.

Unfortunately, storms were forecasted throughout the day.  The rain started just before the boys' second game of the day.  The boys were able to get in their first two games before a 30 minute lightning delay.

The Banditos ended up winning two games and tied the third.

That put them in second place in their pool due to having a lower goal differential than the team that they tied.

While waiting to play in the gold bracket, the rain started back up.  The boys played their semi-final game and lost 7-3.  However, after that game, the sky opened up.  It POURED.  

The tournament director ended up canceling the remaining games and not counting any of the bracket games.  That meant the Banditos ended up in second place for the tournament!

The Tri-Star Strikers are doing a regional-level tournament in two weeks.  We are excited to have one more tournament this summer!!!