Aliaza Football Club defeated Street Kickers, 2-0, to win the San Quentin soccer tournament held to scout talent for the newly created Golden Eagles.
Golden Eagles is the name chosen for the 21-man team that will represent San Quentin in soccer against all comers.
“The tournament went well. No problems at all,” Commissioner Garvin Robinson said after the November contest. “In running the tournament, we got to see who can play what position. Also, we saw that we need to practice. Once we practice, we can learn to play together and learn positions.”
The tournament scores wins as three points, draws as one and losses as zero. After six games, Street Kickers led the league with 13 to Aliaza’s 11. Aliaza needed a win to take the tournament.
The first half of the game was a street fight between both teams’ goalies. Marco Villa guarded the goal post for Aliaza, while Paul “Irish” Kirwan did so for the Street Kickers. They combined for 23 blocking shots.
Six minutes into the second half, Alianza broke through with a goal by Erik Lino, who was assisted by Coach/Player Alexe “Peru” Ruiz. With 2:52 left to play, Lino kicked another goal, assisted by Lupez Jesus.
“It was a great team effort by both teams. We were the better team today,” Ruiz said.
Standouts prospects for the Golden Eagles who emerged from the tournament are:
Defensive players: Villa, Kirwan, Chris Marshall, Dexton Thetford, Juan Meza, Garvin Robinson and E. Gonzalez.
Forwards: Venado “Orange Shoe” Ramirez, Jeff Williams and Abelkader Morceli.
Mid-fielders: Ruiz, Agustin Munoz, Jose “Shorty” Vieyra and Lino.
Others will be picked later.
