
Fifteen of BRYC’s 27 tournament teams ended Fathers’ Day weekend with winning records, and a bunch more were right behind with a win, a loss and a tie to their credit. Congratulations to all of them on a great tournament.
At the top of the list, five teams finished play with unblemished records. A U8 Boys squad coached by Kyle Allison finished undefeated in its four FPYC tournament games on Saturday and Sunday. Playing "just for the fun of it" with no championships or trophies at stake, Allison’s players showed their mettle in roaring past teams from Fairfax, Ashburn, Chantilly and McLean.
Coach Scott Sarratt’s U9 Boys, the Blue Thunder (pictured at left) also won four games...but in their case it meant coming home with a championship trophy after besting Prince William, Annandale, and Reston in preliminary games and then surviving a scare in the championship before beating Northern Virginia Soccer Club (Springfield) in the championship game.
Fred Welther’s U11 Boys finished their three preliminary round games undefeated as well, winning over Springfield, Vienna, and Loudon. But it was all the tournament organizers could do to squeeze in three games on natural fields due to the heavy rains on Saturday, and there was no championship contest. BRYC was one of only two teams in the bracket to finish undefeated and would have earned a trophy if a final game had been played.
Mitch Peyser’s U13 Boys won their first three games over Springfield, Sterling and Reston by a combined score of 8-1. They then faced the same Springfield club in a rematch for the championship. The score was knotted at 0-0 with only 15 minutes to play before BRYC broke the ice...with one of their forwards scoring three times in quick succession, to earn the winner’s trophy. Pictured at the right, they hoisted their goal scorer on their shoulders as they left the field.

And finally, way out at the Warrenton tournament, Ed Knorr’s U16 Boys squad, the Wakefield Crew (pictured at left), played four games against Annandale, Stafford, Shenandoah, and host Warrenton, winning each of them handily (a combined 22 goals for, 2 goals against) and coming home with handsome championship trophies, the Warenton Cup.
Special congratulations to these five teams, but to all of the BRYC squads for good sportsmanship and spirited play...win, lose or draw.
More photos and highlights coming soon.