Cyclones return to Division 7W

The Cyclones will be returning to Division 7W for the Fall season. There are several other teams returning that the Cyclones had some tight games with including the Syosset Infinity, Plainedge Fury & NHP Cheshire Cats. The other teams in the division are Hewlett-Lawrence, Little Neck, NHP Lady Leopards & CSH Firecrackers. The season schedule can be found on this website in early September.
The Cyclones bid farewell to 2 former opponents who folded after the Spring, the Syosset Dynamite & Floral Park Mahicans.

Cyclones Welcome 3 New Players

The Cyclones are excited to announce the arrival of 3 new players for the fall season, Kiera, Sevinc & Olivia. After losing 4 players following the spring, the Cyclones concerns about their future were alleviated by the 3 new arrivals. Kiera a player with travel experience from neighboring Bethpage will wear #10. Olivia returning to soccer after taking a break from a solid intramural career will wear #7. Sevinc, who despite the lack of experience ,had a strong showing at the tryout will wear #8.
All 12 returning Cyclones and their families are excited and grateful to have all 3 players join the family.

HALL OF FAMERS TO HAVE NUMBERS RETIRED

The POB Cyclones have announced their 2009 Hall of Fame inductees and it is a true star studded cast. The 4 original Cyclones will also be the first players in team history to have their uniform numbers retired. That means that no future Cyclones will ever wear the #18, #21, #22 & #24, a fitting tribute to 4 players who have meant so much to the team. The Hall of Fame also welcomes it's first adult member as Lon becomes the first coach to be enshrined.
Click on the POB Cyclones Hall of Fame link on the right to read more about the inductions of Dana, Lisa, Jamie, Maureen & Lon.

Sandy Honored As Volunteer of the Year

Cyclone parent and club Secretary Sandy Rosenstein was honored at the annual LIJSL dinner as the POB Soccer Club Volunteer of the year for 2009. It is a well desrved honor for a person that has dedicated his time and efforts to our community for the past 8 years. Sandy is running unopposed for club president in June. We are excited to support him and know that he will bring the great passion, organization and fairness he has always demonstrated to that position.

Cyclones Schedule Spring 2009

The Cyclones will begin their 8th season as a team on March 22nd. The team will hit a milestone on March 29th playing our 100th game as a team, a nice accomplishment. It should be a challenging, but fun season.

March 22nd 9:00 AM vs Syosset Dynamite at Home (Waldbaums Cup)
March 29th 12:30 PM vs NHP Lady Leopards at Home
April 5th 11:00 AM vs Port Washington Jaguars at Home
April 26th 11:00 AM at Levittown LunaChics
May 3rd 12:20 PM vs NHP Cheshire Cats at Home
May 10th 10:30 AM at Rockville Centre Blasters
May 17th 3:50 PM vs Mineola Tigers at Home
May 31st 9:00 AM vs Syosset Infinity at Home
June 7th 12:00 PM at Plainedge Fury
June 14th 3:30 PM at Floral Park Mahicans (followed by a bbq)

Cyclones End Season On A High Note

The Cyclones finished off the 16 game indoor season with a 2 game sweep of the HBC Fury Saturday afternoon at Coindre Hall. Rachel T playing her 2nd full game in goal remained unbeaten and picked up her first shutout in a 4-0 win in the first game. Offensively the Cyclones were led by Jordan who supported her friend in goal by scoring her first 2 goals of the indoor season. The Cyclones also received a goal each from the Xrossfire Connection of Emily & Lauren to complete the victory.

Game 2 saw the unlikely tandem of Anna & Ravid split the goaltending duties in a 5-1 win. Before going in goal Ravid began the scoring, then Marissa scored twice in a game for the first time in her Cyclone career, Deniz scored her 3rd goal of the season on a great pass from Emily and Emily reached double figures when she scored her 10th goal.

The Cyclones came within 1 goal of qualifying for the playoffs after tying Syosset 1-1 the week before. With no subs the girls had built a 1-0 lead on a goal by Lauren S. But the shorthanded Cyclones couldn't hold on to the lead as they tired in the second half settling for a 1-1 tie when they needed a win.

All in all a fun and competitive indoor season. The Cyclones finished with a 7-8-1 record. Included in the 7 wins were big victories over the eventual champ Elwood Spirit 4-1 and eventual 2nd place finisher South Huntington 2-1, both U-14 teams.
The team got great performances on all sides of the ball from longtime Cyclones Ariel, Deniz, Ravid, Marissa, Anna, Jordan, Lisa & Rachel. The team benifitted greatly during the winter break getting outstanding efforst in cameo appearances from Dana, Jenna & Alexa.
Enough cannot be said about the contributions recieved from 4 members or the POB Xrossfiire. Gabby B & Rachel S came by 1 time each to not only help the Cyclones avoid a forfeit, but to help lead the team to victory.
A major contributor from the Xrossfire was Lauren S. Lauren bailed the Cyclones out week in and week out by not only playing a superb defense, but by scoring some big goals as well. Finally, thanks to Emily who had asked to play with the Cyclones for the winter and was among the league leaders in goals scored througout the season. Emily not only found the net 10 times, but set up her teammates a bunch of times as well.

Thanks to all the parents for a great season and workig together to get the girls to and from the games!

Cyclones Kick Off New Year With A Bang

The Cyclones swept their first two games of the year for the second year in a row beating the HBC Fury & Elwood Spirit 6-0 & 4-1.
Game one featured a dominant performance by the Cyclones who went into possession mode midway through the second half. The game featured 3 exciting firsts. Ravid who plays an outstanding midfield and stopper outdoors opened the scoring with her first indoor goal, her first goal since returning to the team and her first Cyclones goal since October 14, 2006.
Then it was Emily's turn to take over the game scoring 2 goals to end the first half giving the Cyclones a 3-0 halftime lead. Emily then completed her first Cyclone hat-trick with a goal to open up a 4-0 lead.
Finally, it was Deniz's turn. Deniz who has played in over 50 games mostly on defense, midfield and most recently in goal scored not just her first goal, but her first 2 goals to help clinch the 6-0 win in game one.
Once again the Cyclones benefitted from their relationship with the Xrossfire. This time it was Gabby B who stepped in and had 2 huge games. The defense of Gabby, Jordan, Ariel & Lisa was airtight and flawless.

Game 2 was a rematch between the Cyclones and the Elwood Spirit who had shutout the Cyclones back in week one. There would be no shut out in this game. The Spirit came out strong, but it was the Cyclones day. It was 1-1 at halftime with Dana scoring the Cyclones goal. Late in the first half Deniz made a great save...with her face. She was willing to stay in, but with the blood starting to flow she had to replaced by Lisa who shutout the Spirit the rest of the way. Meanwhile Deniz fully recovered and out on the floor set up Emily with a beautiful pass to give the Cyclones a 3-1 lead. Then it was Dana's turn. Hobbled by a toe injury Dana scored the final goal of the game icing the 4-1 win. It was only the Spirits second loss of the season.
Dana's final goal was her 60th a tremendous accomplishment. It was her 5th career hat-trick and the 13th time she has scored 2 or more goals in a game.

The Cyclones have won 3 of their last 4 game and are an even 4 and 4 on the season.

Click here for the updated standingsupdated on Monday: http://www.coindrehallsoccer.com/Coindre_Hall_Indoor_Soccer_League/Tables.html

Click here for the league leaders updated on Monday:
http://www.coindrehallsoccer.com/Coindre_Hall_Indoor_Soccer_League/Golden_Boot.html

Makeshift Cyclones Make Some Hay

A makeshift Cyclones lineup went into Coindre Hall for week three of the 8 week indoor season. With 5 regulars missing from the lineup the Cyclones dug a bit deeper into their roster to make up for the players who could not be there. The Cyclones also picked up another player on loan from the POB Xrossfire to fill out the team.
The combination of Dana, Alexa, Jenna & Lauren teamed up with indoor staples Ariel, Deniz, Jordan, Emily & Lisa S and shocked the U-14 South Huntington Red Storm 2-1 in the opener.
As they have countless times before the Cyclones benefited from Dana’s offense to take a 1-0 lead. It was Dana’s 23rd indoor goal scored in her 23rd indoor game. Then it was the Xrossfire connection of Emily & Lauren combining to give the upset minded Cyclones the 2-0 halftime lead on Emily’s second goal of the season. The Red Storm threw everything they had at the girls in the 2nd half and were able to pull within 2-1. But, Deniz was too sharp and made the big saves in the final minutes to preserve the win.

In the 2nd game of the day the Cyclones took another crack at the Elwood Mias who had beaten them 4-1 the previous week. This time things looked different as Lisa S, playing great positional defense stepped up and drilled home the first goal of the game to give the Cyclones the 1-0 halftime advantage. Despite the continued strong play the Mias came back strong in the second half to win the game 3-1.

With 2 wins in their last 4 the Cyclones are currently occupying 4th place and the final playoff spot with 5 weeks to go.

Cyclones Get First Coindre Win

It took 2 weeks and 4 games but the Cyclones got into the win column on a snowy Saturday afternoon at Coindre Hall. At game time in the first game the Cyclones had only 5 players ready to go against the D4 bound Elwood Mias, Jordan, Rachel, Ravid, Deniz & Emily. In a classy move the Elwood coach removed his extra player to even things out. The Cyclones kept things close and had their chances but were still in search of their first indoor goal at half time of this their third game.
Trailing 3-0 in the second half and with 6 players on the field, Marissa arrived midway through the first half. The Cyclones scored what might have been their prettiest goal ever as 4 players combined to give the girls their first goal of the indoor season. Ravid cleared the ball up from defense where Marissa one timed a pass to Emily on the wing. Emily then sent a perfect centering pass to Rachel whose one timer beat the Elwood keeper who was unable to even get a hand on it. It was a Tic-Tac-Toe combination goal that was worth the trip in the icy conditions.
With the arrival of Anna the Cyclones had a full roster with no subs for the 2nd game of the back to back matches. Although they were tired the Cyclones completely dominated the HBC Fury, out shooting them by a wide margin throughout the game. It wasn’t until late in the second half when Emily finally converted to give the Cyclones a 1-0 advantage and their first victory of the indoor season.
It was a fun and exciting afternoon as the short-handed Cyclones stepped up and played very well against a strong Elwood team. Then even though they were tired the girls played their best game of the 4 so far in the 1-0 win over HBC.

Cyclones Celebrate Dana's Big Day

It was a perfect fall afternoon and the Cyclones were not dressed in their sparkling home whites or in their striking road blacks. But they were sparkling and striking nonetheless as they were on hand to celebrate Dana becoming a Bat-Mitzvah!

Dana did an outstanding job at her service, surpassing her many great Cyclone performances.

Mazel Tov Dana!!!

By the way...can you name these Cyclones???

Cyclones Add Some Punch

Going into what should be a tough indoor league this winter the Cyclones have added some punch to the roster. The Cyclones have signed Emily K (aka Bam-Bam) on loan from the POB Xrossfire for the winter season. Bam Bam has been a fixture on the U-12 Xrossfire since their inagural season in 2006. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Freedom Squeak By Cyclones

The Cyclones finished out the fall season against the Smithtown Freedom at the Field of Dreams. It was another short handed Cyclone roster in a season where the girls had learned that it's not who is missing that matters, but who is there.
The girls put forth one of their best efforts of the season going toe to toe with one of the division favorites. In the end it was a penalty shot goal that gave the Freedom a 1-0 win.

The Cyclones closed out the fall with a 4 win, 4 loss record. The record does not tell the whole story as the girls could have very easily won 6 or 7 games. The constant shortage of players may work out to benefit the Cyclones in the long run. Many girls showed their versatility by not only playing different positions, but excelling at them.

The Cyclones will take 9 players to Coindre Hall for what should be an exceedingly challenging and fun winter indoor league.

Alexa Aces Demons

For the first and last time in the fall season the Cyclones dressed and played all 16 players in Sunday's early morning wind chill bowl in Dix Hills. After 8 weeks and 7 games the Cyclones welcomed Lisa S back from a broken arm, so you knew the defense would be strong.
For Alexa the matchup with the Dix Hills Demons would be a camp reunion of sorts with several Camp Wah-Nee buddies on the opposing team.
Alexa carried the Cyclone offense in the 2-0 win scoring both goals, 1 in each half. It was Alexa's 2nd multi goal game and the Cyclones 3rd victory in tries vs the Demons.

Cyclones Celebrate Sportsmanship Award

The Cyclones were rewarded last night by the LIJSL for their 1st Place finish in Sportsmanship during the spring season. 13 Cyclones were on hand to enjoy the Ice Cream, Soda & Accolades.

Cyclones beat the Cyclones

No the Cyclones did not beat themselves, which is not unheard of. This time it is the POB Cyclones beating the Cold Spring Harbor (CSH) Cyclones. Rarely has the prospect of a victory looked dimmer than it did on Sunday morning as the POB Cyclones missing 3 of their 4 regular defensive starters traveled to CSH for a 9:00 AM start. Compounding matters for POB was the fact that 6 of the 12 players dressing were cited for breaking the 11:00 PM curfew by attending a Bat-Mitzvah the night before most not arriving back at their homes until 1:30 in the morning.
With the rain streaming down during the ride to CSH, it looked like the bleary eyed Cyclones might catch a break and get a rain out. But the weather would not cooperate and the rain stopped just in time for kick-off.
As things turned out the girls from POB were ready after all and took the play to CSH from the opening kick. After taking the ball in the chest and being assisted off the field the gutty Rachel T was ready moments later to blast home a ball that Dana put off the post to give the Cyclones a lead that they would not relinquish.
POB would continue to control the play in the second half when Dana would score her 1st of 2 goals on the day on a gorgeous feed from Marissa to make it 2-0. To their credit the "other" Cyclones did not quit and with Alexa down in the box with an injury CHS capitalized as the ref allowed play to continue and scored to make it a 1 goal game.
But, an illegal pass back to the keeper by CSH gave POB an indirect kick in the box. Jenna's subtle tap left the ball for Dana to deposit in the far corner thus icing the victory.
The win put the POB Cyclones in a virtual tie for 1st place at the Columbus Day break, the latest that the Cyclones have held that position since the fall of 2006, their first season.
After the game the coaching staff announced that there would be no players suspended for breaking the curfew at the Bat-Mitzvah the night before and are now actually encouraging the girls to stay out later.

Can You Name That Cyclone???

Cyclones Pull Rabbit Out Of Hat Vs Magic

The Cyclones headed out farther east then they ever had before to Hauppauge for their 3rd game of the season. Despite an extraordinary first half effort the Cyclones trailed the Hauppauge Magic 1-0 as the half time whistle blew. The quality scoring chances seem to come in bunches in the first 35 minutes, but as much as the Magic bent, they would not break.
At halftime the girls were commmended for their efforts but they had dug a small hole that they needed to climb out of.
The Cyclones stepped it up in the second half and with Dana, Jamie & Anna L up front it was only matter of time before they would break through. With a play starting out in their defensive zone, by Jenna, the Cyclones got their first break. Jenna found Dana wide on the wing, Dana sent an excellent pass up the wing to Anna who broke through the defense before being fouled in the box. Anna then deposited the ensuing penalty kick in the left corner to the game.
The Cyclones kept battling and with seconds remaining, Jenna once again found an open player, this time it was Jamie who scored the game winner.
It was a well earned victory against a spirited opponent. Deniz shut down the chances the Magic mustered in the second half and there was outstanding play across the board. Anna's goal was her 3rd straight of a penalty kick. The Cyclones are currently tied for 2nd place going into week 4!

Cyclones Open with a Win

The Cyclones opened their 7th season at home against the team that eliminated them from Waldbaums Cup contention just 6 months earlier, the Copiague Blue Angels. Despite the warm feelings the 2 teams had for one another based on the Cyclones memorial day festival in which the Cyclones & Angels teamed up to take on their parents, both team meant business at game time.

The game was played evenly in the first half, a good sign for the Cyclones who had been outplayed in the cup match which they had lost 1-0. But, the complexion of things changed in the second half as the Cyclones started to control the tempo. As the half wore on the Cyclones seem to be in control and finally found the finishing touch off the familiar foot of all-time Cyclone goal scoring leader Dana, off a pretty feed from Marissa. Despite the 100% effort the Angels could not break down the stubborn Cyclone defense which seemed to really build off the tournament from the week before. Jamie finished the complete game shutout and the Cyclones had only their 2nd season opening win a 1-0 thriller.

Cyclones Labor on Labor Day Weekend

Playing shorthanded against stronger competition the Cyclones put in a full weekend of work in honor of labor day. Wearing the black jerseys in the heat against Floral Park, the Cyclones put in their best effort of the weekend. Scoreless at the half the Cyclones were hanging tough against the Mahicans from 2 divisions higher even after a goal midway through the 2nd half. Floral Park scored 2 more times in the waning moments to walk away with a 3-0 victory.

The Cyclones wore the white in their next match against Hewlett-Lawrence, that was the good news. The bad news was that the girls fared no better this time than they did a year and half ago when they lost by the same 4-0 score. The girls worked hard on Saturday and would no doubt get some reward down the road.

If things were tough on Saturday, there were comparitively rosey compared to Sunday. With Emily "Hyper" back in the lineup for a cameo appearance the Cyclones were prepared to take on 2 teams that had given them a tough time in their previous meetings Syosset & Plainedge. But, with Jordan sidelined with a cold that had hampered her the day before the girls would again be playing with a short bench on a long, hot summer afternoon. Despite numerous breakaways and close offsides calls the Cyclones had kept Syosset in their sights in game one. Trailing 3-1 late in the 2nd half the Cyclones suffered what will be their worst loss of the season when Lisa S went down after a collision just outside her own 18 yard box with an arm that was broken in 2 places. The game was suspended while the officials awaited the ambulance that would take Lisa to the hospital. To her credit Lisa got up on her own power and got on to the stretcher and into the ambulance her self. The Cyclones had lost one of their most valuable players and team captains likely for the season. Final score Syosset 3-1.

Despite the distraction of seeing one of their team leaders carted off the field an hour earlier the remaining Cyclones did their best to battle their old nemesis from Plainedge the Magic. Despite their best efforts the girls were short on numbers and ran out of steam falling 5-0.

Whatever benefit was gained by playing tougher competition in the tournament was tempered by the loss of suck a key player. How the cyclones would bounce back for next weeks season opener was anybody's guess.

Cyclones Welcome Back Hall of Famer

The Cyclones welcome back Ravid to the roster for the fall season. Like Michael Jordan in the NBA, Ravid is the first Cyclone Hall of Famer to return to the team. In one full season on the roster Ravid had proven herself to be a versatile asset on the field As a defender she was consistently shutting down the oppositions wingers, as a midfielder she was an established playmaker. Ravid scored her only Cyclone goal from the midfield position in a 5-2 win at the New Hyde Park Lady Leopards on 10/14/06.