U 17 B @ Regionals Draw
TNFC '90 Blue will play LFC Arsenal (LA), Andromeda '90 (NTX), and Dallas Texans Red (NTX)
KFC Crush will play Lexington United 89 (SC), NOKC Padova '90 (OK), RSL Florida Kickers (FL)
Father Ryan's '05 team was amazing they beat both of AAA's State Champ Brentwood and finalist Hendersonville, while also defeating CBHS in the final and being ranked nationally in the top 10.
West- Of course who else other than Chistian Brothers will win the region they get a great amount of talent fed into the school but somehow get unlucky with results at the end of the year
Middle- Father Ryan started of slow this year but picked it up with 10 wins in a row before losing to Baylor and have good enough players to win the region again next year
East- Baylor were unlucky in losing two games to Webb, but i would say they avenged their earlier losses to Father Ryan and Webb by beating Ryan and following it up with a win over CBHS, don't have the best players but play together and as a team and that's what it takes to win a championship and possibly back to back
I think what mr. GK for Brentwood is trying to say is that he doesn't feel sorry for CBHS and their 3rd straight loss in the championship. I partly agree with him in that there is no way a team can make it to the last game that many times and choke so much.
Close it was six goals in the final 24 minutes. The last goal by #5 from Farragut was a free kick with the outside of his foot into the top corner, has to be the goal of the year. Backstrom got a red card (2nd yellow) for an obscene gesture with 15 minutes left. Bearden tied it up with a backheel goal from #23.... What a game, congrats to both teams it was really fun to watch.
Christian Brothers 2-0 Baylor
CBHS will be able to spread that real tight diamond in the midfield that Baylor plays with. With the possesion type game that CBHS plays it will be tough for Baylor to handle. Having said that i want Baylor to win but CBHS will make the third time the charm, their players deserve a championship.
Ive seen both Blackman and Houston play and they were both against MBA, Houston does have Lightfoot and Habba up top but i think Matt Reed can handle them both. From what i saw Houston either played with a withdrawn forward or with three up top. Both teams have solid midfielders but Houston's defenders got out of shape a lot, but that was probably cause of Darsinos. My pick is Blackman 1-0.
East Region Final Webb 1-0 Baylor
Middle Region Semis
MBA 4-1 JP2
Father Ryan 5-1 USN
Final Thursday MBA vs Father Ryan @ 7
3/4th place game JP2 vs USN
Alexander Darsinos from MBA is probably one of if not the best player in middle Tennessee. I'm not sure on his statistics but he seems to always play well unfortunately when you go from playing for the best club team in the state to a high school team your play drops a little, but not at all for Alex.
Middle Region @ MBA on Thursday
(1) Father Ryan vs (5) USN
(2) MBA vs (3) JP2
East Final
Webb vs Baylor winner will play 2nd place team from west and loser plays 2nd place team from middle in quarterfinal of state.
East- (1) Webb vs (4) Kings Academy
(2) McCallie vs (3) Baylor
Middle- (1) Father Ryan vs (8) Davidson Academy/ (9) Webb Bellbuckle
(2) MBA vs (7) Ensworth
(3) JP2 vs (6) Brentwood Academy
(4) BGA vs (5) USN