TEAM NEWS ARTICLE: Cleveland Internationals Soccer Club U12 Boys win United Soccer League Super-Y Championship

For Immediate Release: December 8, 2011. Cleveland, OH – The Cleveland Internationals Soccer Club U12 boys Super-Y League team won the prestigious North American Finals in Tampa, Florida December 2 – 6. The boys clinched the championship with a 2-0 victory over the New Jersey Rangers, a team that had gone undefeated in the tournament. It was the Internationals’ third shut-out of the tournament after posting a 3-0 win over Ironbound Soccer Club of Newark, New Jersey and a 1-0 win over Fredericksburg Area Soccer Association of Virginia in earlier match play. Internationals also posted a 2-1 win over an “all star” West Pines, Florida team during the semi-finals, a win which went to overtime match play and penalty kicks for a final winning decision in favor of the Internationals.

The North American finals, featuring more than 130 boys and girls’ teams and nearly 2,500 players, was the culmination of the Super-Y League summer season, which included more than 700 teams from U-12 to U-17 competing in six regions across the U.S. and Canada. In July, the Internationals boys finished first in the Midwest Division with a 7-1-1 record, qualifying them for the finals in Tampa, Florida. More information at: www.uslsoccer.com.

Members of the Internationals Super-Y Championship Team are: Brennan Foran (Lakewood), Adam Haas (Chagrin Falls), Ryan Jackson (Hudson), Will Jackson (Hudson), Rees Jones (Aurora), Sammy Kraguljac (Broadview Hts.), Nick Malinowski (Aurora), Simon Manning (Shaker Hts.), Anthony Nauman (North Ridgeville), Ian Otter (Medina), Michael Presby (Bedford Hts.), David Quayle (Cleveland), Andrew Roseberry (North Canton), Joey Schmidt (Chagrin Falls), Mark Shafer (Valley View), Andrew Sobodosh (Aurora), Daniel Strachan (Lakewood), Nick Surowicz (Medina), Sammy Tojaga (Erie, PA) Gojko Vujovic (Brunswick) and Jack Wadden (Westlake).

The 2011 Internationals Champion Super-Y team was coached by Louie Nanchoff, former Professional Soccer Player, former member of the U.S. National Team (including the U.S. Olympic team and World Cup Team), former University of Akron standout player and co-founder of the Internationals Soccer Club.

Internationals Soccer Club was established in 1976. Today Internationals Soccer Club is comprised of more than twenty-two teams including the boys U16 and U18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams. The club’s reputation for excellence in training and player development precedes it wherever, and whenever, it competes. Internationals’ ability to place its players at Division 1, 2 and 3 colleges is well known throughout the U.S. and players have been placed in over 700 different colleges during its existence. Internationals’ players have gone on to play professionally both in the U.S. and abroad. Internationals’ Alumni players are located world-wide. www.internationalssoccer.com

Info provided by:
George Nanchoff, Internationals Soccer Club