UNDER 11 SEASON

Fall 2007 Season - The Under 11 Rage enjoyed enormous success in 2007 by advancing to the division finals for the first time. The season started slow, adjusting to six new players and a new head coach, Michael Cerrato. After losing their first game to Lionville, the Rage went on a tear, not losing a game the rest of the regular season.

A huge part of that success came from a stifling defense comprised of Jamie Leyden, Greg Kastein, Jonathan Pontecorvo, Ben Salzer, Jimmy Hueber and goalie Will Daly. Their consistent and outstanding play resulted in 5 shutouts out of 11 games. Offensively the Rage did extremely well scoring 35 goals this season with major contributions from Andrew Gushner, Christopher “Kippy” Garino, Jansen Aoyama and Nate Pillion. The midfielders who created many of our scoring chances and helped the defense tremendously consisted of Alec Haas, Ben Lorry, Tommy King, Jordan Canter and Sina Mortazavi.

The Rage entered the playoffs as the second seed and faced Radnor in the semi-finals. The game started very well for the Rage, who scored 10 minutes into the first half. The scored remained 1-0 with time just about to expire when a tough penalty shot was called against the Rage, enabling Radnor to tie the game. Both teams fought hard in the overtime period, each scoring a goal and forcing the game to be won on penalty kicks by the Rage. The championship game proved to be just as dramatic against an extremely talented Nether Providence team that went undefeated in the regular season. The Rage battled for 60 minutes, forcing the game into overtime but eventually lost 2- 0. The team ended the season with a 9-2-2 record. Congratulations to all the boys on a great season!