North Branford Masters

2006 USASA National Veteran's Cup Over-45 Champions Connecticut Stars SC at Wilmington, North Carolina on July 18 - July 23, 2006 Hello All, As most of you probably know, Gigi Garofano (of Club Napoli 'A' in the SASL Masters League) organised three teams made up of mostly SASL players to play in this year's USASA Veteran's Cup tournament in Wilmington, North Carolina, July 18th through July 23th. The teams were entered into the Over-45, Over-50 and Over-55 brackets. Tournament general information is here: http://www.usasa.com/2006logo/cups.aspx and details are here: http://www.ncsoccer.org/ncasa/Veterans%20Cup.htm Unfortunately, Gigi didn't have an overabundance of players, some dropped out just before the tournament, and some of the players had to play in two or even three of the brackets! Considering the heat and humidity, it must have been exhausting to play two or three games each day and no doubt this was the cause of some disappointing results. As I understand it, there were close to 300 teams entered into the tournament this year, including mens and womens age group brackets from Over-30 all the way to Over-60 in 5-year increments. It has become a highly prestigious tournament, inaugurated in 1998. Without further ado, here is how Gigi's three teams fared: Mens Over-45 Bracket (a total of six teams entered): Group play: Connecticut Stars 5, Olimpia (Georgia) 0 Connecticut Stars 0, Radnor United 0-45 (Eastern Pennsylvania) 0 Connecticut Stars 2, Greensboro United 0-45 (North Carolina) 0 The Stars qualified in 1st place to play in the semi-finals: No details given, but they must have won! Final: Connecticut Stars 2, Showmars (North Carolina) 0 Undefeated and unscored against, they finished as Champions for the second year running -- and defeated the same team as last year! CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPIONS! Cheers, - Garry Archer (SASL Executive Board)

2006 USASA National Veteran's Cup Over-45 Champions Connecticut Stars SC at Wilmington, North Carolina on July 18 - July 23, 2006 Hello All, As most of you probably know, Gigi Garofano (of Club Napoli 'A' in the SASL Masters League) organised three teams made up of mostly SASL players to play in this year's USASA Veteran's Cup tournament in Wilmington, North Carolina, July 18th through July 23th. The teams were entered into the Over-45, Over-50 and Over-55 brackets. Tournament general information is here: http://www.usasa.com/2006logo/cups.aspx and details are here: http://www.ncsoccer.org/ncasa/Veterans%20Cup.htm Unfortunately, Gigi didn't have an overabundance of players, some dropped out just before the tournament, and some of the players had to play in two or even three of the brackets! Considering the heat and humidity, it must have been exhausting to play two or three games each day and no doubt this was the cause of some disappointing results. As I understand it, there were close to 300 teams entered into the tournament this year, including mens and womens age group brackets from Over-30 all the way to Over-60 in 5-year increments. It has become a highly prestigious tournament, inaugurated in 1998. Without further ado, here is how Gigi's three teams fared: Mens Over-45 Bracket (a total of six teams entered): Group play: Connecticut Stars 5, Olimpia (Georgia) 0 Connecticut Stars 0, Radnor United 0-45 (Eastern Pennsylvania) 0 Connecticut Stars 2, Greensboro United 0-45 (North Carolina) 0 The Stars qualified in 1st place to play in the semi-finals: No details given, but they must have won! Final: Connecticut Stars 2, Showmars (North Carolina) 0 Undefeated and unscored against, they finished as Champions for the second year running -- and defeated the same team as last year! CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPIONS! Cheers, - Garry Archer (SASL Executive Board)

2006 USASA National Veteran's Cup Over-45 Champions Connecticut Stars SC at Wilmington, North Carolina on July 18 - July 23, 2006 Hello All, As most of you probably know, Gigi Garofano (of Club Napoli 'A' in the SASL Masters League) organised three teams made up of mostly SASL players to play in this year's USASA Veteran's Cup tournament in Wilmington, North Carolina, July 18th through July 23th. The teams were entered into the Over-45, Over-50 and Over-55 brackets. Tournament general information is here: http://www.usasa.com/2006logo/cups.aspx and details are here: http://www.ncsoccer.org/ncasa/Veterans%20Cup.htm Unfortunately, Gigi didn't have an overabundance of players, some dropped out just before the tournament, and some of the players had to play in two or even three of the brackets! Considering the heat and humidity, it must have been exhausting to play two or three games each day and no doubt this was the cause of some disappointing results. As I understand it, there were close to 300 teams entered into the tournament this year, including mens and womens age group brackets from Over-30 all the way to Over-60 in 5-year increments. It has become a highly prestigious tournament, inaugurated in 1998. Without further ado, here is how Gigi's three teams fared: Mens Over-45 Bracket (a total of six teams entered): Group play: Connecticut Stars 5, Olimpia (Georgia) 0 Connecticut Stars 0, Radnor United 0-45 (Eastern Pennsylvania) 0 Connecticut Stars 2, Greensboro United 0-45 (North Carolina) 0 The Stars qualified in 1st place to play in the semi-finals: No details given, but they must have won! Final: Connecticut Stars 2, Showmars (North Carolina) 0 Undefeated and unscored against, they finished as Champions for the second year running -- and defeated the same team as last year! CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPIONS! Cheers, - Garry Archer (SASL Executive Board)

2006 USASA National Veteran's Cup Over-45 Champions Connecticut Stars SC at Wilmington, North Carolina on July 18 - July 23, 2006 Hello All, As most of you probably know, Gigi Garofano (of Club Napoli 'A' in the SASL Masters League) organised three teams made up of mostly SASL players to play in this year's USASA Veteran's Cup tournament in Wilmington, North Carolina, July 18th through July 23th. The teams were entered into the Over-45, Over-50 and Over-55 brackets. Tournament general information is here: http://www.usasa.com/2006logo/cups.aspx and details are here: http://www.ncsoccer.org/ncasa/Veterans%20Cup.htm Unfortunately, Gigi didn't have an overabundance of players, some dropped out just before the tournament, and some of the players had to play in two or even three of the brackets! Considering the heat and humidity, it must have been exhausting to play two or three games each day and no doubt this was the cause of some disappointing results. As I understand it, there were close to 300 teams entered into the tournament this year, including mens and womens age group brackets from Over-30 all the way to Over-60 in 5-year increments. It has become a highly prestigious tournament, inaugurated in 1998. Without further ado, here is how Gigi's three teams fared: Mens Over-45 Bracket (a total of six teams entered): Group play: Connecticut Stars 5, Olimpia (Georgia) 0 Connecticut Stars 0, Radnor United 0-45 (Eastern Pennsylvania) 0 Connecticut Stars 2, Greensboro United 0-45 (North Carolina) 0 The Stars qualified in 1st place to play in the semi-finals: No details given, but they must have won! Final: Connecticut Stars 2, Showmars (North Carolina) 0 Undefeated and unscored against, they finished as Champions for the second year running -- and defeated the same team as last year! CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPIONS! Cheers, - Garry Archer (SASL Executive Board)