Your U18s Take the Stage
by Steve Pastorino / September 04, 2009
Converging from across the USA, Brazil, Norway, Iceland and Germany, the USA U18 national teams gathered in Dormagen, Germany on Thursday for their first ever international competitions.
Just hours after stepping off flights, both teams acquitted themselves quite well. Congrats to the Women, who prevailed 25-14 over a youth side from Pulheimer SC. We'll provide more details as soon as we have them.
The men, meantime, were paced offensively by Weston Holmes, Nick Davis, Kobi Rex and John Bellard and racked up 32 goals. Goalkeeper Chris Hesser stopped two 7-meters, but it wasn't enough and the USA fell 41-32 against the TSV Dormagen U17's. Christopher Koerner, who plays for Rhein Neckar Loewen's second team in the Regionaliga, made his USA debut and was an important addition to the team, said coach Mike Maunula.
"Nick was our star player, scoring off of strong breakthroughs and great backcourt shots. Our offense overall was a delight - 11 out 12 players scored at least one goal," Maunula said.
After the games, the teams checked into their Dormagen Hotel for some much-needed sleep. Both teams have two days to practice before their next matches against TSG Benrath on Sunday.
Meantime, reports indicate that Keith Fine, Army '08 alum and WCAP member, has been promoted to the TSV Dormagen 2nd team - competing in the Regionaliga (3rd division). Congrats, Keith!
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Comments RSSOn September 04, 2009 Christian Hofmann wrote
Sounds good! We're proud to be your hosts on Sunday. Be welcome in Benrath :-)
On September 05, 2009 victor davila III wrote
oh thats great, congrats boys and girls, there are big news. I hope they do better in the nexts matches, i'm feeling so proud, very nice team! I hope to see you soon guys REALLY, take advantage of this, CHEERS FOR EVERYONE!!! Victor Davila greetings from Mexico
On September 08, 2009 Mary Bellard wrote
How proud I am! Great job everyone, representing the US in Germany! Go John Go!
On September 10, 2009 Steve Rex wrote
The team departed for the US and Iceland this morning September 10 after a weeklong training and competiton week. The USA Girls Team played SG Vons Girls U18 on Monday and won 25-9, against the division 2 team. On Tuesday they played Nesser HV U18 division 1 team and lost 27:29, on Wednesday they played TSV Bayer Leverkusen U18 division 1 and lost 27:29. Both of the final games were very close and the team was improving every day! The girls went 3-2 on the trip. The USA Boys Team played TSV Bayer Dormagen U18 division 1 on Tuesday and lost 26:36 and play their divison 2 team on Wednesday and won 32:15. The boys were 2-2 on the trip. The coaches saw much improvement throughout the week they competed in Germany. We now have three U18 girls and five U18 boys playing handball in Iceland until December 17.
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