4 local soccer teams compete in Tucson Shootout

By Bruce Whetten
Douglas Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 11:31 PM MST


Four soccer teams from Douglas were in Tucson Jan. 18-20 competing in the Tucson Association of Realtors Shootout, formally know as the Fort Lowell Shootout.


The Douglas Dawgs won their pool at the Fort Lowell Shootout Jan. 18-20. Team members are, back row left to right, Coach Robert Encinas, Hector Ortiz, Arturo Felix, Alexes Flores, Matteo Vlasic, Nathan Grijalva, Damien Ramirez, Julian Tanabe, Hector Morales and Coach Jesus "Chuey" Duarte. Front row left to right, Paco Mendoza, David Cruz, Osbaldo Grijalva, Carlos Escogido, Misael Valenzuela and Alex Duarte. Submitted Photo

The Douglas Dawgs, coached by Jesus “Chuey” Duarte and Robert Enicas went 4-0 in the U13M Bronze division winning the championship 2-1 over a team called the Blue Thunder.

There were six teams in the bracket and they were broken up into two pools of three.

The Dawgs began the tournament facing the Blue Thunder and coming away with a 2-0 win as Alexes Flores scored both goals.

The Dawgs then faced a team called Chain Reaction FC Zoom 2000 and came away with a 5-0 win as Flores scored three goals and Osbaldo Grijalva and David Cruz each had one.

The two wins put Douglas into the semifinals where they faced the San Tan Legacy 00 White Boys. Flores and Ortiz each had a goal.

In the championship game the Dawgs had a rematch with the Blue Thunder from the opening game. Douglas gave up its first goal of the tournament but still managed to come away with a 2-1 win as Flores and Morales each scored goals for the Dawgs who finished the tournament 4-0.

The Douglas United, coached by Marco Romero, Rene Figueroa and Victor Ramos competed in the U12M Bronze division.

The United began the tourney tying the Tanque Verde Soccer Club ’01 Boys White team 0-0.

In game two the Douglas United beat Region 206 United 2-0 as Juan Pablo Ramos and Alan Ruiz each scored goals.

Game three was a semifinal showdown with the Arizona Soccer Club Thunder 01 Boys Gold team. Douglas also won that game 2-0 as Ramos and Ruiz each scored goals for Douglas.

In the championship game Douglas fell 2-1 to the Las Cruces Youth Soccer Thunder 2-1 as Ruiz had the lone goal.

The Douglas Nightmares, coached by Dessa Montoya, went 0-2-1 in the U10M Romaia division.

Douglas played the Tanque Verde Soccer Club 03 LC in game one and lost 3-2.

They then fell 4-1 to the Desert Foothills Soccer Club before tying 1-1 the Tucson Soccer Academy Heat.

Names of the local athletes who scored goals for Douglas were not provided to the Dispatch.

The Douglas Athletics, coached by Jerry Curfman and Ricardo Miranda, went 0-3 in their games losing 7-0 to the Tucson Soccer Academy Red Girls; 4-0 to the CDO Soccer Club ’99 Prospects and 3-0 to the Tanque Verde Soccer Club ‘99G Blue.

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Comments

    AYSO PARENT wrote on Feb 11, 2013 3:14 PM:

    " I KNOW THAT ONE O THE PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM IS NOT EVEN SUPPOSE TO BE PLAYING ON THIS TEAM, HE DID NOT PLAY ONE GAME DURING THE REGULAR AYSO SEASON, AS FOR MY UNDERSTANDING, HE IS NOT SUPPOSE TO BE TRAVELING.. YOU SHLD HAVE PICKED UP KIDS THAT DID PLAY AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO TRAVEL!!! "

    to soccer fan wrote on Feb 9, 2013 7:36 AM:

    " That is all you are a fan. Any athlete will recognize the work it takes to win a championship at any level. Athletics teach humility and respect of the game and the opponent, of which you have none. Great job to the kids of Douglas for trying to better themselves. A former Bulldog. "

    Chuey Duarte wrote on Feb 8, 2013 9:48 PM:

    " fyi: as a coach, you have to put your athletes in a position to succeed... the fort lowell shootout was the first tournament of the season for my team, we had not played competitively at all since the season ended in november... every team in our bracket had already played in tournaments and the team we beat in the championship match has been playing tournaments since august and had a couple championships under their belt and yet they were playing in the bronze bracket... sad that i have to justify what i do but i am here to protect my players so no one takes this accomplishment away from them... we are headed to tucson this weekend for another tourney and we are in gold bracket, every team in the bracket has won at least 1 championship in the last 3 months... we are preparing the players to hopefully one day be ready for high school ball. the championships will take care of themselves with sweat, hard work and preseverance... but give credit where credit is due, the PLAYERS!!! "

    true sports fan wrote on Feb 8, 2013 4:33 PM:

    " why is it that douglas people are so envious of each other? yes soccer fan i am talking to you and all the others just like you... the fact is this group of kids went and competed and won their group don't take anything away from them. same with the bulldogs, people they had a great season and all the focus was on negativity. nobody is taking anything away from previous teams. the effects can be seen at the hs level years later. thanks to the coaches of these 4 teams for giving of their time to help douglas kids play a game they enjoy at a competitive level "

    soccer fan wrote on Feb 8, 2013 12:51 PM:

    " really best soccer coaches??? play in the gold division like some of the travel teams of the past...... and your team will find the true meaning of playing with the best teams in those divisions! bronze division is a joke! "

    Virginia L wrote on Feb 7, 2013 10:17 AM:

    " This should've been in the front page. Positive news and two of the best soccer coaches in town "

    Soccer mom wrote on Feb 7, 2013 10:10 AM:

    " Great job, Douglas Dawg Coaches! You are both great to our kids "

    soccer mom wrote on Feb 7, 2013 12:08 AM:

    " great job to all the teams and thanks coaches for doing something for the kids "

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