Bethesda Internationals

20 Jan. 03. The DC United MLK Dream Cup attracted (4) top Div. 1-2/U11 teams in the area to compete in a grueling one day back-to-back tournament held at the Discovery Sports Center in Germantown, MD, on 20 Jan. 2003. Teams played 3-4 games of 2 x 20 min. halves w/2 min. halftime in almost 3-4 hours. Inter Bethesda couldn't get past formidable MSC United in the opener, but managed to prevail over very good FESC Rangers and REST FC '91 teams in the next two games to advance to the championship game against MSC United. IB's offense was shutdown by MSC United who won the match/championship,7-0.

24 Nov. 02. Due to rainy, wet weather during the week, the Saturday games (23 Nov. 2002) were canceled to allow fields to dry, and rescheduled on Sunday, 24 Nov. 2002; but, all games were shortended to 30 minutes with no halftime, which proved to be IB's achilles heel. In the end, Inter Bethesda lost to the ABGC Midtown Sharks, 0-1, tied DCST Blue Thunder and the Jersey Crew Celtics in both games, 0-0.

10 Nov. 02. Inter Bethesda ended the season today with a very successful, 7-1-1, finishing in 2nd Place behind a very fine REST FC '91, 7-0-2, who handed IB's its only loss. Thus, IB's Fall 2002 goal has been achieved to move to Division 1 in the 2003 Spring Season!

13 Oct. 02. Due to the battering of the Virginia Beach area by Tropical Storm Kyle with up 6-8 inches of rain and flooding, the two games scheduled on Sat. were played on Sunday, 13th Oct. 2002, and the Sunday scheduled was canceled. IB prevailed (3-1) over the Richmond Kickers but was tied (0-0) by the Kirkwood Chaos Premier team, and was awarded 2nd Place in the truncated tournament. See game summaries.

1 Sep. 02. Inter Bethesda played it's 1st (4) games together as a new team in a 11 v. 11 format over the Labor Day weekend in the Jimmy Dilenno Kickoff tournament (31 Aug. - 1 Sep. '02) at the Kirkwood Soccer Complex in New Castle, Delaware. IB played well against top division opponent Lower Merion Velez (PA) but in the end LM Velez prevailed 3-2 over IB in its 1st game ever together. The tide turned in favor of IB in its 2nd game against YMCA Mutiny (DE), and IB won a tight game, 1-0. In game 3 against formidable NCSL/Div. 1 opponent, MSC United (MD), Inter Bethesda again played well but in the end lost a tough match, 0-2. IB played another tough match in its 4th game against the Strike Force (NJ), with the scored tied 0-0 at halftime. But, IB stormed back in the 2nd half with a 3-0 victory. The Inter Bethesda team's roots stem from the United Team Harkes team of the Washington Soccer Club, who played 7 v. 7 together for three seasons with a (9) player roster before upsizing the team to a 11 v. 11 team by adding (6) new top division players, transferring the team to the Bethesda Soccer Club and renaming it to Inter Bethesda in the summer '02.