The Santa Barbara Soccer Club Boys Under 12 White Team won the prestigious Coast Soccer League Cup tournament in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday. The tournament consisted of 164 youth club soccer teams vying to be the best in Southern California.
Santa Barbara Soccer Club Boys Under 12 White Team: Timothy Heiduk, Carson Vom Steeg, Raul Guerrero, Eric Contreras, Lalo Delgado, Giovanni Acosta, Juan Pablo Alverez, Shea Blackman, Jacob Blacker, Tony Andoyan, Benjamin Garcia, Peter Bermant, Tanner Mees, Francisco Arroyo and Chariat (Lucky) Puengrod.
The boys team defeated the South Bay Gunners in the finals 2-1. Timothy Heiduk scored the first goal for SBSC early in the second half with a clean header from a free kick by Juan Pablo Alvarez. The SBSC boys took a 2-0 lead in the 55th minute of the 60 minute game from a low shot to the far post by Benjamin Garcia. The Gunners, never letting up, scored in the final minute of the game.
In the semi-final game, played during torrential rains, the SBSC boys defeated Real So Cal in a penalty kick shoot-out after ending the game tied at 0-0. The boys won the shootout after a brilliant save by Eric Contreras on Real So Cal’s first shot and solid penalty kick goals by Benjamin Garcia, Lucky Puengrod, Shea Blackman, and Lalo Delgado who scored the winning penalty kick.
The SBSC boys Under 12 team is coached Rudy Ybarra and his assistant coach, Junior Ybarra. The team finished in second place, for the second consecutive year, in the Coast Soccer League, Gold Division – the top division in all of Southern California soccer. As of December 8th, prior to this tournament championship, the SBSC Boys Under 12 White team was ranked 5th in the United States by National Ranking.Com.
Yeah boiiii!!! Lets go SBSC. the best in the coast!!! Benjie and Francisco are ballers!!!