January 15, 2010, Pompano Beach Football Club (PBFC) sent two teams to the 2009 Kick-it 3v3 World Championships at the Disney Wide World of Sports complex, in Orlando, Florida. The teams that qualified for this, invitation only tournament, were the 1993 and 1991 boys teams.

The 1991 boy’s team, Andrew Green, Kevin Waiante, Matthew Elder, Matthew Weingard, Travis Bejlovec and Kris Rosales, were seeded first in their division, as the defending Champions.  Pool play began with a 6-2 win against the Terminators from Middleburg, Florida. In the second game, the Hammerheads defeated an old rival, Celtic from Belle River, Canada 4-1. The third game was a rematch of last year’s final, Old Skool from Franklinville, NJ.  For the first time in several matches Old Skool defeated the Hammerheads 4-3 in the final match of the day.

On Sunday, in their 4th match, the 2-1 Hammerheads faced the Mafia, who were undefeated.  Who would be top of the bracket. The Mafia scored two goals within the first three minutes, but the Hammerheads continued coming forward. The score should have been tied after the Mafia defender stepped in the box while clearing the ball (a goal, in 3v3 competition) and Matthew Weingard’s goal just on the offensive side was disallowed. At the conclusion of the game the Hammerheads had suffered their second loss 5 -3.

In the semi-final match on Sunday, the Hammerheads faced off against Celtic. At the conclusion of regulation time, the game was tied. In extra time, Golden Goal, a Celtic defender attempted to clear a shot but accidently directed the ball into his own goal. The Hammerheads were set to repeat their Championship form.

The 1991 boy’s are the most decorated team, with a National Championship in 2007, 2nd place at the 2007 World Championships, 2nd place at the 2008 National Championships, the 2008 World Champions, and now repeat Champions at the 2009 World Championships and 3rd place at the 2009 National Championships. This team retired at the conclusion of the World Championships, since players in this age group move to open brackets or will leave PBFC for college and furtherance of their soccer careers.

For the 1993 boys, pool play began on Saturday, January 16, 2010, with, Fletcher Bentley, Alex Green, Borys Borja, Cesar Mendoza, David Jaramillo, Bryan Sanchez and Benlee Chery. The Hammerheads began pool play with a victory over the Guthrie, Ohio, Storm winning 4-2, in the next game against Plant City, FL, Roughriders they were defeated 6-0, in the final game on Saturday the Hammerheads fought hard but lost to the Saltzburg, PA, Thunder 5-3, with Borja scoring all three goals.

On Sunday pool play ended with the Hammerheads losing to the Montz, LA, St. John Warriors 5-2. The Hammerheads entered the tournament in the number 4 seed playing the Warriors for a shot at the title, but there would be no such luck as they lost to the Warriors. In the consolation match on Monday, the Hammerheads were unable to defeat the Roughriders. Ending their tournament play in the number 4 seed.

All teams are commended for their play and sportsmanship. PBFC is proud of all players and appreciates the assistance and support from all the families that support us.

If you are interested in trying out and playing the Hammerheads, you can email us at PBFC2007@AOL.COM                                                  

Until next time…………………………..stay out of the water.