It's Official Cyclones Welcome Three New Players

On the eve of a new season the Cyclones officially welcome their 3 newest edtions Elena, Deniz and Kathleen. Elena is no stranger to the team, having practiced with the girls several times in the spring, showing good speed and aggressiveness that the Cyclones hope to see more of this fall.

Deniz already a favorite with the Cyclone players before joining the team had an outstanding tryout in the spring and has been improving throughout the summer. Deniz performed well in her debut in last weeks Covanta Cup playing forward, midfield and fullback.

Kathleen joins the Cyclones after working out with the team all summer. The Cyclones staff recognized the great effort and determination exhibited at each of Kathleen's practices from start to finish. Kathleen also had a successful appearance in the Covanta Cup.

With the addition of these new faces the Cyclones bid farewell to Ravid who moved on to play with the XP. Ravid had a tremendous year with the Cyclones, rising rapidly from new player to reliable veteran. Although she could play any position on the pitch, Ravid was an outstanding defender who will be sorely missed.

Cyclones Thrive With A Little Help From Their Friends

It took a sequence of events that occurred during a short period in the second half of the Cyclones 1st game in the Covanta Tournament to notice that something special was happening.
The Cyclones were trailing 2-0 to eventual tournament winners Merrick with about 10 minutes to play when star guest player Kelly Iovino sent a harmless looking shot at the Merrick keeper. The keeper misplayed the ball and then fell down. As she reached back to recover the ball, it was too late, the ball had crossed the goal line and the Cyclones were back in the game. Just minutes later a Merrick forward found herself in a situation that strikers can only dream about, all alone with the ball, facing only the goal keeper Lisa Soehngen from 6 yards out. The striker blasted the ball, but the shot was sent directly into the reliable arms of the waiting keeper to keep the Cyclones within a goal.
Following Soehngen’s punt and with literally seconds remaining the Cyclones other star guest player Ali Gungor took a shot that the Merrick keeper did well to keep out, but Gungor emphatically blasted the rebound in to the net to tie the match. By the time Merrick regrouped and lined up for the kickoff the final whistle blew.
Trailing 2-0 late in the second half against a U-13 team, the U-12 Cyclones had come back to tie the game, yes something special was happening.
In the second game against fellow U-12 Floral Park, the Cyclone jumped out to a 2-0 lead on the very familiar left leg of the teams all time leading scorer Dana Mass. After Gungor, who ended up scoring a goal in each game, added a 3rd goal the Cyclones controlled play trying to work some of the other players into to offense. After closing it out with a 3-1 win the Cyclones were tied for 1st with Merrick after day 1.
Day 2 started out with a bang, 2 quick Dana Mass goals put the Cyclones in front of the NHP Pantherettes. The score was 4-0 at halftime after Jordan Allen & Maureen Bradley tickled the twine later in the half. After Ali Gungor scored early in the 2nd half the Cyclones pulled back and worked on their passing and possession game. The Pantherettes were able to get 2 goals back, but they never really threatened and the Cyclones cruised 5-2.
Game 4 would end up being the most critical game of the weekend as the Cyclones went up against the U-13 Oyster Bay Eclipse, the largest and most physical of all the opponents they would face. Ali Gungor gave the Cyclones the early 1-0 lead, which lasted until the final seconds of the 1st half when the Eclipse tied it.
What stood out most throughout the second half of this fiercely contested match was the high level of determination and skill on display from the entire Cyclones roster. Lots of credit goes to Jamie Reich and Lisa Soehngen for solid goalkeeping in this 1-1 tie.
Although the tie in game 4 meant that the Cyclones were virtually eliminated from a shot at the Covanta Cup, second place fell well within their grasp if they could take care of their nemesis from Levittown, the Levittown Lunachicks.
The Lunachicks were clearly not the same team that they were in the past and the Cyclones were a team on a mission, The Cyclones saw Dana Mass score 2 goals a game for the 3rd time in the tournament increasing her all-time team leading career total to 26 goals, Kelly Iovino and Ali Gungor also added goals. But more team highlights were to come.
In the second half both Marissa Hauser & Rachel Trueman scored their first Cyclone goals causing the sideline to erupt with joy. Both players had outstanding weekends playing the best soccer of their Cyclone careers.
The 6-1 win over Levittown meant that the Cyclones had finished the weekend in 2nd place, the highest tournament finish in team history.
There were many heroes who did not score during the tournament, but were no less instrumental in the success of the team. Anna Lin had her best games as a Cyclone, simply dominating the play in the midfield, with her ball control and pinpoint passing.
Jenna Malamud played a smart tournament playing with courage and an abundance of energy while also playing under control and being smart. Lisa Rosenstein had her best tournament as a Cyclone, playing with the edge that elevates her game. Lisa came very close to tapping home her second career left foot goal.
It has now become common place to expect Ariel Harned to shut down opposing wingers from her right fullback position. She once again demonstrated her coolness under pressure, steering many possible chances for the opponents to safety for the Cyclones. Ariel came close to scoring as well during a reluctant cameo appearance on offense on Sunday.
The tandem of goal keeper and field players Jamie Reich and Lisa Soehngen have also become a great weapon as both players continued to prove to be factors in goal and on offense for Jamie and defense for Lisa.
Deniz Harned’s Cyclone debut was a solid one. Deniz barely missed her first goal on Saturday against Floral Park. Meanwhile she was one of the few Cyclones to play at Forward, Midfield & Defense playing well in all 3 spots.
Hard working Kathleen Donovan also made her Cyclone debut. Kathleen had some great moments including some extended time on forward pressuring the Levittown defense in the tournament finale.
In contrast Ravid Granov made her farewell performance with the Cyclones a memorable one as she set up Jordan Allen with a beautiful thread the needle pass leading to a breakaway and a Cyclone goal. Ravid has improved greatly in her one year as a Cyclone and the team honored her achievements after the game.
The Cyclones left the Covanta Tournament proudly clutching the 2nd place plaques that they had worked so hard to earn. With a little help from their friends, Ali & Kelly, the Cyclones have kicked off the Fall season in outstanding style. Maybe something special is happening.

Janine Cappello Joins the Cyclone Family

Long Island Rough Riders defender Janine Cappello has joined the Cyclones as the new team trainer. Janine is a long island native who is a former captain of the Hofstra Pride Womens Soccer team and has also played for the New York Magic. The Cyclones are excited to have an experienced player like Janine to help them get to the next level.

POB Cyclones Kick in at Relay for Life

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The Cyclones inspired by our relay team captain and cancer survivor Lori Lee Noreman entered into the relay for life. It took us a while to finally decide upon getting involved, but there was enough interest and most importantly Lori Lee was willing to do the leg work to get us started.

We started collecting money just about a week before the relay and up to now have collected over $2515 as a team. There are more donations that have been sent by mail by some of the Cyclones which have yet to be registered on our site.

The Cyclones were the 5th place team in the race for donations and featured the 5th highest donor in Jenna Malamud. Jenna had already had a great day saturday when she scored her first Cyclone goal in a game against Syosset.

The relay was a great success and every one connected with this team thanks everyone who donated on behalf of the Cyclones.

Must be something in the water in East Fishkill!

The Cyclones made their first true road trip on the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend as they traveled to East Fishkill. The One day trip included 3 games against tough competition. The Jericho Force, undefeated leaders in our N5 Division, the Greenburgh Bulldogs from Westchester Division 3 and the East Fishkill Blue Ravens from East Hudson Division 2.
Although the girls were disappointed not to have Dana, Alexa & Sabrina available (those 3 players had accounted for 15 of the teams 18 goals in the fall) they were thrilled to welcome Mia R a standout Goalkeeper and field player for the POB Wildcats.
It was a gorgeous day in Dutchess County.
The Cyclones lost 4-1 to Jericho, but the game was much more hotly contested than the score would indicate. With Mia available to play keeper the Cyclones had the rare opportunity to place both Jamie and Lisa S on the field at the same time. Jamie scored her team leading third goal of the season early in the second half. But, the highlight had to be the entire commitment to the game by all 14 of the players.
After enjoying a 1 hour break of blow up rides and snacks the Cyclones took the field against a very physical and skilled team from Greenburgh. It was probably the best single game the girls played all season. They constantly won the 50/50 balls and out hustled their Westchester opponents all game. At halftime the girls could here the Bulldogs coaches screaming about being out hustled and outplayed completely. His speech did not work. Although the Cyclones were able to create several scoring chances, evidenced by Mia hitting the post, there was to be no victory. The Cyclones were bitten by 2 Bulldog goals, one with seconds remaining in the first half, the second coming late in the second half in a 2-0 loss.
The joke is that there must be something in the water that keeps the Plainview kids small. Playing against kids a year older usually doesn’t help either. But there really must be something “fishy” in the water in East Fiskill, because they are growing them awfully large there. In their final match of the tournament the diminutive Cyclones played the “Giant” Blue Ravens of east Fishkill. It was never really close as at least 7 of the Blue Ravens could probably dunk a basketball and the feisty Cyclones were tired.
I think we all enjoyed hanging out on a beautiful day in the country, I think we all recognized how well the girls competed and enjoyed themselves.
Finally the highlight was the dinner at Bella Vista (thanks to the parents), where you could feel the success of the day in the attitude of everyone involved and by the fact that everyone who made the trip, made it back in one piece, tired, but happy!

Merry Merry Month of May?

May proved to be one of the more difficult months in Cyclone history. After stunning Baldwin the first week of the season and collecting a point with a tie at home against Wantagh-Seaford the Cyclones went winless the rest of the way.
There were some highlights, like watching the Atlantic Beach Drawbridge go up and down while losing at Hewlett-Lawrence.
There was Dana, the Cyclones all-time scoring leader, playing on one foot, reaching the 20 goal plateau for her career as the Cyclones played a good second half against New Hyde Park. Unfortunately we were trailing 3-0 at halftime.
There was the outstanding defensive effort in a 2-0 home loss to Oceanside.
The worst of it was losing Dana for rest of the month and the first 2 games in June with that same injury.
The highlight of May had to be the trip to East Fishkill.

Captain Phil's Corner

This is Phil, captain for the Cyclone soccer game on 4/21/07 vs Wantagh-Seaford. You guys all did amazing. Jamie was in goal the entire game, but she made amazing saves, and she stayed in there and we tied!

Alexa sprinted the whole game and played amazing offense. I think we have found Anna L's new position! It was amazing when she scored! It was so close to being a corner kick. Dana, Ariel, Ravid and Anna N were all amazing on Defense! I thought we should have won because we played so well! Maureen, Lisa R & Sabrina were on midfield and did really well also. Marissa, Rachel and the Jordster did really,very well. We all played amazing and we would not have done it without everyone. I was very proud to be captain of this game.

Captains Corner with Alexa

The POB Cyclones had a rough start of the season, but they are back in action! During the match against the Baldwin Eagles, we barley had enough players to put on the field! With 9 players, the Cyclones played outstandingly well. In the 1st half Lisa S did some amazing goaltending. On defense, we had Dana, Jenna and Ariel and they stopped every ball that came to them, like a wall! On mid-field, Anna N and Lisa R were making amazing passes like we have never lost a game! On offense, we had Jamie, Rachel, and Sabrina playing at the top of there game! TOOT! 2nd half and the score is still 0-0. Lisa S is still in goal, Sabrina is on midfield, and Jamie (BOB) is on offense. Jamie dribbles up...shoots...and scores!! The score is now 1-0 POB! But in a matter of time they get one back. The score is now 1-1. But the game is not over yet! Jamie scored another goal to make it a 2-1 game. TOOT! That's the game! The Cyclones WON!! Excellent game played by the POB Cyclones with only 9 players!!!

Special Thanks To Alexa & Marissa For Coming To Support Our Team!!!!


By: Alexa (Jerry)

Name That Cyclone

It is time for the long awaited return of...

NAME THAT CYCLONE!!!!

Captains Corner With Captain Jordan

The POB cyclones were indestructible against the Syosset Dynamite. Even though the Cyclones lost, doesn’t mean we didn’t play good. Lisa S. did an amazing job on defense and she also did great in goal. Jamie was a star goalie in the game along with the many other positions. Lisa R & Maureen made great passes just like Rachel did. Alexa scored a goal making the score two to one Dynamite. Sabrina made great throws, while Anna Lin used her big kick to help the team. Jordan ran fast along with Ravid and Anna N. Dana was awesome on offense just like Jenna. Too bad Marissa was hurt and Ariel couldn’t be there. Dave, Lon, and Rich were great coaches.

GO POB CYCLONES DOMINATE THE REST OF THE SEASON!!!!

By: Jordan AKA The JORDSTER!!

Cyclones Suffer Another Bad Break

The Cyclones suffered a bad break last week when it was learned that Marissa had broken her wrist. The injury will sideline the star midfielder/forward for 3 weeks. The first year Cyclone had been training hard all winter and shown great improvement. Always among the most eager players to get onto the field the team wishes their #15 a speedy recovery and hope to have her back on the pitch for there April 21st match with Wantagh-Seaford.

Spring in the Air

The Cyclones remain in Nassau Division 5 for the Spring 2007 season. After a rough start in the fall, the Cyclones finished with a winning record over the second half of the season which included a 3rd place finish at the North Hempstead Cup.
The fall was filled with many pleasant surprises highlighted by the performance of our newest players, Anna, Marissa, Ariel, Ravid & Sabrina. Sabrina's 3 goals were 3rd best on the team and another pleasant surprise.
With the addition of Rachel to the roster the Cyclones are psyched up for the spring!
With old foes like Syosset & Oceanside back in our division and upstarts Hewlett-Lawrence & Little Neck who dominated Division 6 in the fall, this season is shaping up to be another good challenge for the girls from POB. The Cyclones will also meet familiar teams like New Hyde Park, Baldwin, Lynbrook-East Rockaway, Wantagh-Seaford & Jericho.
Here is our spring schedule:

3/24-Waldbaum's Cup Round 1 at Home vs Syosset
3/31-at Baldwin
4/21-at Home vs Wantagh-Seaford
4/28-at Hewlett-Lawrence
5/5- at Home vs New Hyde Park
5/12-at Little Neck
5/19-at Home vs Oceanside
6/2- at Jericho
6/9- at Syosset
6/16 at Home vs Lynbrook-East Rockaway

Cyclones Welcome Number 42

The Cyclones are thrilled to welcome Rachel to the team this spring. Rachel was present at one of our early training sessions with Kaz, and showed true Cyclone grit, by still showing up to practice again with the team and wanting to join the roster. The coaching staff is excited to add another enthusiastic athlete to the mix. Rachel will sport the #42!
Welcome Aboard Rachel!!!

Cyclones have a Blast

The Cyclones won their second game and their second road game of the fall, 2-0 over the Rockville Centre Blasters on Saturday. Although the teams appeared to be evenly matched, the Cyclones combined the techniques learned from training to their already established aggressive style of play to come out on top. Every player on the team is showing improvement from the start of the season and should be proud of the effort. Thanks to Ariel for setting a great example by showing up and supporting her teammates.
After collecting money from all of the parents and coaches the Cyclones were responsible for collecting $400 is donations for Levittown U-9 Soccer player Mairead Ryan, who is battling Ewings Sarcoma. The donation was delivered in person on Monday. The Cyclones family has been repsonsible for $1100 in charitable donations in 2006. No doubt our greatest accomplishment as a team.

Cyclone Trivia: Can you name the only 4 players to play goalie for the Cyclones?

Cyclones Suffer First Real Loss

The losses we suffer on the field are never a complete loss. There is always a lesson to be learned and winning efforts to be praised despite the score. Losing Ariel to a fractured elbow at Sundays practice is our first real loss as a team. Ariel's cheerful personality and positive attitude will be missed on the field for the rest of the season. Hopefully Ariel will be able to join us at some of our games.

GET WELL ARIEL!!!

Cyclones Turn the Leopards into Pussycats

The Cyclones put together another complete performance in a 5-2 road victory at New Hyde Park. The offense came out flying as Dana scored 3 times in the first half to give POB a 3-1 halftime lead. It was the first Cyclone hat trick since the Oceanside tournament in September of 2005. The Cyclones respected NHP and came out in the second half with the same hustle and commitment as they did to start the game. With the score 3-2 midway through the 2nd half, Sabrina sent the Cyclones sideline into a celebration by scoring her first goal to give the Cyclones some insurance. The game was put out of reach when Ravid scored several minutes later to make the score 5-2. It was an outstanding game by the entire team, offense, defense, midfield and goalkeepers.

Oh by the way...

Cyclones Earn Some Hardware in North Hempstead

Congratulations to the Cyclones on a 3rd place finish at the 2006 North Hempstead Cup.
The Cyclones, led by their stingy defense allowed only 3 goals in the 4 game event. The 1-0 victory over Port Washington in the final game on Sunday providing the points needed to secure the 3rd place finish. The 3-0 victory over New Hyde Park in the first game on Saturday was the Cyclones first win of the fall season and was as complete a team victory as this team has had since being formed in June of last year.
Every player contributed to the overall success and the coaches are proud. Alexa, Jordan & Dana supplied the scoring, while Marissa and Sabrina shined in their tournament debuts, clearly utilizing the skills obtained from training.
Maureen, Rosey, Jenna & Anna N were outstanding in the midfield, playing a gritty and effective tournament, turning the 50/50 balls into 80/20 balls in our favor.
Anna L anchored the tournaments second most effective defense, with tremendous support from a calm and cool, Ravid & Ariel who handled anything that was thrown at them all weekend. Finally, we could never do it without the toughest goalies in town! Jamie playing the first half of all four games always kept the Cyclones in the game. Lisa playing the second half of each game again performed magic, this time robbing Rockville Centre (4th Place) from a sure goal that may have been the difference between getting and not getting 3rd place.

Rich, Lon, Dave and all of the parents were thrilled that the Cyclones were rewarded for the effort with a third place trophy!
This team had gone thorough a rough stretch of results, but never gives up. We are all proud of the hard work and hustle these 14 girls show. WAY TO GO CYCLONES!!!

Cyclones Make Statement in Opener

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The Cyclones opened the fall season against their freindly rivals from down south...the Plainedge Magic. After roster changes, tryouts and a turnover of 8 players in total, the Cyclones are virtually a new team. With all of those changes the big question was how would the "New" 2006 Cyclones respond? The initial results were great!
All 14 Cyclones made the statement that they will not give an inch to any team, by playing with the grit, determination and hustle that have made this team famous from South Oyster Bay Road to Round Swamp Road. Even though this was the first game of the season and the Cyclones have had only 1 practice with their entire roster they showed great stamina and teamwork in cutting the score to 2-1 on Jerry's 2nd career goal on a rebound of a DJ shot, late in the second half and coming within a foot of tying the score on another DJ blast, just seconds before the final whistle.
Congratulations to Ariel, Ravid, Sabrina, Marissa & Anna for doing such a great job in their first game.


Thanks to Alex Harned for the great pictures. Click on the new Photo Album link on the right for more pictures.

Cyclones Fall Game & Training Schedule

Below is our complete fall schedule. Unless told otherwise, all home games will be played at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Lower Travel Fields on Round Swamp Road. Directions to away games will be emailed the week of the game, as will uniform color needed. As always players must arrive at the field, home or away 30 minutes prior to the game time. That is 30 minutes prior to the times listed on the games below. If you see a conflict or you will be unable to attend a game please let the coaches know as soon as possible.

Fall Game Schedule
Game 1 9-Sep 2:00 PM Home vs Plainedge Magic
Game 2 16-Sep 10:20 AM at Manhasset Mighty
Game 3 30-Sep 2:00 PM Home vs Carle Place Lightning
Game 4 14-Oct 9:00 AM at NHP Lady Leopards
Game 5 21-Oct 2:00 PM Home vs Lynbrook-East Rockaway X-Treme
Game 6 28-Oct 10:00 AM at Levittown LunaChicks
Game 7 4-Nov 2:00 PM at RVC Blasters
Game 8 11-Nov 9:00 AM Home vs Hicksville Patriots
Game 9 18-Nov 2:20 PMS at Baldwin Lions (Played at Soccer Park in Plainview)

The Cyclones will be competing in Nassau Division 5. We have already played against 4 of the teams in this division, winning one against Plainedge, losing one against Levittown and tying two against New Hyde Park & Rockville Centre. It will be a fun and competitive season.


Training Schedule
This fall the Cyclones are excited to announce that they will be trained by Kaz Gungor, the Director of Player Development for the United States Academy of Soccer. Training will take place at 4:30 PM every Friday at Jamaica Avenue.

Cyclones Earn Sportsmanship Honor

Congratulations go to everyone involved with the Cyclones for winning a Bronze Chevron for Sportsmanship from the LIJSL for our performance this past spring season. We finished in 2nd place in our division for sportsmanship, missing 1st place by just 5 points. However, our consistent week in and week out performance has earned us a Bronze Chevron which can be worn on the sleeve of our uniforms.
It is an achievement that takes a positive effort from everyone who attends our games that includes players, coaches, parents & siblings. The Cyclones are one of only 2 POB travel teams to be recognized for sportsmanship out of the 24 travel teams in the club.
See the letter received from LIJSL below.
Great job everyone!!!


Dear Coach,
On behalf of the Long Island Junior Soccer League and Modell’s Sporting Goods, it is our distinct pleasure and honor to inform you that the Cyclones have won a Bronze Chevron for the Spring 2006 Season. Like the sportsmanship patch, the chevron can be proudly displayed on your players left sleeve.
Sportsmanship is about character and fair play and how one carries these ideals through soccer. The chevron is our way of giving recognition for a job well done.
As a recipient of this award kindly accept the League’s heartfelt congratulations.

Thank You,

Richard Baroniunas
Sportsmanship Chairperson