2008 News
 

	Cosmic Eclipse 98 Boys Win Tax Time Tournament, April 9, 2008 Congratulations to the Cosmic Eclipse 98 Boys who won the U10 bracket of the Tax Time Tournament on April 8 and 9.
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	Eclipse Players help Dynamo U18s to Dallas Cup Win. March 23, 2008 Five Eclipse Soccer Club players were on the Dynamo U18 Academy team that won the U19 bracket of the prestigious Dallas Cup on Sunday March 23rd. Jorge Escobar, Jonathan Leon, Felipe Marin, Andy McDaniel and Pat Wall all played a big part in the Dynamos impressive win. In the final the Dynamo beat IMG Soccer Academy 1-0, reversing the result of last year's Dallas Cup when they lost to IMG in the final on penalties. For the whole tournament the Dynamo went 5-0-1 scoring 15 goals and only allowing 2. In the semi-final against the Dallas Texans Red the score was 2-2 at the end of regulation and extra time. In the penalty shootout Eclipse 91 Black goalkeeper, Pat Wall, stopped two penalties and Eclipse 91 Black midfielder, Jorge Escobar, slotted home the winning penalty. More details of the Dynamo U18 Academy Dallas Cup games can be found on the Dynamo website at: http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp? Dynamo U18 Academy squad Felipe Marin controls the midfield Pat Wall stops the Dallas Texans in the semi-final penalty shootout Jorge Escobar slots home the winning penalty in the semi-final Andy shutting down the opposition
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	Eclipse 93 Black  vs Norway at Lost Creek Park, March8, 2008 Eclipse hosted a U18 girls team from Norway on Saturday March 8 with a game against our Eclipse 93 Black U15 girls. The Norwegians were a select team chosen from eight clubs in the Stavanger area. They are on a ten day tour of the Houston and Galveston area. The Norwegians took an early lead with a couple of early goals from fast breaks. However, Eclipse pressed hard in the second half and clawed one of the goals back and nearly got a second in the last few minutes. The final score was 3-1 to the Norwegians.
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	Eclipse 96 Black Wins Eclipse Invitational	February 24, 2008
	Eclipse 96 Black Wins Eclipse Invitational, February 24, 2008 Eclipse 96 Black Boys captured the championship in the U12 National Cup bracket of the 2008 Eclipse Invitational on February 23-24. The team scored 6 goals in the tournament and allowed only one goal in the final game to cap a strong showing against some of EDDOA's elite teams in the age group. Pictured, top row, left to right: Harrison Cromwell, Ivan Caicedo, Jason Weed, Kevin Matthews, Andres Penaloza, Travis Stubenrouch. Middle row: Dawda Faye, Nicolas Fillip, Domonik Montano, Trinidad Luna, Matthew Sobczak. Bottom row: Chris Weston, Shaayaan Sayed, Agustin Rodriguez, Blaine Wiles, Gabriel Camera, and Colin Kirchof. Not pictured: Graham Duncan and Trainer: Jimmy O'Sullivan
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	Eclipse 96 Red Wins Fusion Winter Classic	February 10, 2008
	Eclipse 96 Red Wins Fusion Winter Classic, February 19, 2008 Eclipse 96 Red U12 Boys won first place in the bronze bracket of the U12 division at the Fusion Winter Classic over the weekend of February 9-10, 2008.  Congratulations to the boys on their first tournament win!
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	Solar Eclipse 98 Wins Fusion Winter Classic	February 10, 2008
	Solar Eclipse 98 Wins Fusion Winter Classic, February 10, 2008 Solar Eclipse 98 won first place in the upper division U10 bracket at the Fusion Winter Classic over the weekend of February 9-10, 2008.  They achieved a hard fought 2-0-2 record against a very strong competitive bracket, finishing as the leader in points. Left to right: Back Row - Schaeffer Duncan, Sidney Opot, Naveen Jain, Carter Heard, Jonathan Scharfman, Coach Ian Scharfman. Front Row - Gabriel Ruiz, Scott Brown, Xavier Maza, Rami Namani, Hiren Karamchandani, Jamison Wilborn
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	National College Signing Night, February 7, 2008 Fifteen Eclipse girls and one boy committed to college soccer on National College Signing Night at the Eclipse Office. Pictured are: Top row Left  Brianne Cagle (Georgia State), Samantha Toner (U of Texas), Kristin Hartmann (Penn State), Christian Davidson (UNC Wilmington), Kaitlyn Eidson (SMU), Stephanie Brown (Stephen F Austin), Colleen Hogan (Dartmouth) Bottom row Left Natalie Vu (Rice), Michelle Alexander (U of Oklahoma), Haley West (LSU), Jaclyn Taylor (Fairfield University) Katie Schutz (St. Edwards), Virginia Ascencio (SMU) Not pictured Stephanie Gerow (Davidson), Claire Tilton (St Edwards), Katie Jameson (St. Edwards) Subsequently the following boys have committed to colleges: Carlos DeFranco (Rensselaer, Troy NY), Antony Santoro (Univ. of Ozarks), Guido Salas (Univ. of Ozarks), Roberto Contreras (Swathmore), Fabian Castro (Swathmore), Colin McCulloch (Southwestern Univ., Georgetown, TX), David Restropo (Haverford College), Sean Head (Birmingham Southern College, AL), Seth Anderson (Univ. of Ozarks), Kyle Espinoza (Univ. of Incarnate Word), Ryan Payne (Texas A&M), Alex McVey (Univ. of Chicago).
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	Eclipse 94 White U14 Girls  win Bronze Medals in State Champs	January 24, 2008
	Eclipse 94 White U14 Girls  win Bronze Medals in State Champs, January 24, 2008 Eclipse 94 White came third in the STYSA Super II U-14 girls State Championships on December 8 and 9. They also won their first Division 1 tournament at the recent Texas Heat Winter Heatwave Tournament on January 19-20.  Congratulations girls!
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