Friday, April 22, 2011

Football: U-15 boys national team, Dallas Cup Quarter-Finals

Prior post 4/21/11
Prior post 4/20/11

The team was competing in a local US tournament called The Dallas Cup where they are playing against very good U-15 club teams from around the world.

Here is the points table for the tournament: Dallas Cup points table

Update:
I would like to sadly inform you all that the Indian U-15 team was ousted from the tournament quarterfinals. It was a hard fought match that stayed close until the end of the game, but they lost with a final score of 3-4 against FC Golden State. Alen Deory, Jimmy Maibam and Muana Lalram were the goal scorers in the game for India.

This is not at all a bad result, building a team to win tournaments such as the Dallas cup is a long term process and the players (as young as they are) who are away from home will have a tough time to compete. They should be appreciated for their effort and watch them progress into very good players by the time they play for the national team.

Current Team: 
Anis Kaithara, Hanan Javed Nellikavil, Siddharth Mukhi, Sanga Vanlal Duat, Jimmy Singh Maibam, Utam Rai, Alen Deory, Muana Lalram, Myron Mendes, Agiapal Singh, Supratim Bhattarcharjee,Mohammad Sajid Dhot, Harmanjot Singh, Germanpreet Singh, Nitin Jyal, Myron Mendes.

Remember them, may be someday you can boast of the fact that you knew about these kids before everyone else. After the Indian Arrows these kids are certainly the ones who will carry the Mantle.

The next tournament for them will be the AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers in September of this year. We'll definitely hear about them again.

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