Cyclones Volunteer At Pee Wee Girls Festival

The Cyclones took a break from their vigorous training regimen to lend a foot at the Pee Wee Girls Soccer Festival. The girls each supervised a differnt activity station, allowing the Pee Wee's to show off their skills, like running, passing, dribbling and shooting. The Cyclones were blown away with how well the Pee wee's played, not to mention how adorable they were.

The Cyclones were happy that the club was offering soccer for such young girls, something that was not available for them when they were Pee Wee's. The girls were glad they could help and wer impressed with the festival which was superbly run by Division Head Jeff Krieger.

Oh by the way, directly following the festival, perhaps inspired by the Pee Wee girls, the Cyclones won their second consecutive home game by beating the New Hyde Park Pantherettes 1-0 on Dana's 31st career Cyclone goal. It was the 5th time the Cyclones had beaten the Pantherettes this season and the 6th time overall.

Cyclones Break The Streak...& PARTY!!!

It had been over 2 years, 24 months, 742 days, 106 weeks and 19 games since the Cyclones had won a home game. No matter how you add it up, the Plainview-Old Bethpage Travel Fields on Round Swamp Road was more of a house of horrors than a home field for the Cyclones.
It was on October 22nd 2005, the Cyclones had beaten the Oyster Bay Dream 4-0 on goals by Dana (of course), Kristen & Emily "Hyper" remeber them. Since then the Cyclones had lost 14 and tied 5 at the home field.
UNTIL TODAY!!!
The Cyclones outplayed the Dix Hills Demons on the way to a 2-0 win. In Cyclone like weather conditions the girls from POB held back the demons through a first half of running into the wind. In the 2nd half with the wind at their backs the Cyclones took over the game, Jordan scored her 6th career goal early in the half and Dana scored her team leading 30th late in the game to ice it. In between every Cyclone, Ariel, Kathleen, Deniz, Elena, Marissa, Jordan, Dana, Rosey, Lisa, Jamie, Jenna, Maureen, Alexa, Anna L, Sabrina, Rachel won their battles, hustled and earned their way to the victory. Even Anna N, on the verge of coming back from the injured list outcheered the opponents. Great Job Cyclones!!!

The Cyclones celebrated the win at Baskin Robbins, doing what they do best...PARTYING!!!

Cyclones Name Captains

With the Cyclones battling through a tough October the Cyclone coaching staff decided to pick more permanent captains. The captains were chosen on each players ability to verbally motivate and assist their team mates on and off the field. Each player chosen also demonstrates a consistent effort on the field. It was a tough decision with so many players being so strong in so many areas, but the staff decided that Jamie, Ariel and Alexa are currently the 3 players who best exemplify all of the leadership skills on a consistent basis. Rumor has it that next season the players may select the captains themselves...stay tuned.

Cyclones Ride the Rollercoaster

The Cyclones have experienced a roller coaster fall season thus far.

After beating the Pantherettes 2-0 at Harbor Links on September 29th on goals from Dana and Maureen, the Cyclones were all alone in second place with a 2 win, 1 loss record. Both wins had come on the road, with Rosey scoring the lone goal in a shut out win at Dix Hills.

At the North Hempstead Cup (see picture above) the Cyclones played some of their best and
not so best soccer of the season. Highlights were the 6 goal effort against New Hyde Park and the tough 2-1 loss to Mineola. The Cyclones also dominated a feisty Manhasset team whose keeper played one of the best games that a keeper had played against the Cyclones in their entire existence in a 2-2 tie. In the tournament the Cyclones got 3 goals from Jamie, 2 goals from Anna L & Maureen with Jordan, Alexa and Marissa adding 1 goal each.

With Anna N sidelined with an injured hand, the Cyclones struggled their way through the rest of October going winless in the remaining 4 games. But, with one month remaining in the season the Cycloned continue to develop. The 17 player team has started to communicate better on the field. The newer players have begun to grasp the responsibilities of all of the different positions. November promoses to be a good month.