For the sixth straight year, Montverde Academy are champions.
In the sixth year of the Montverde Academy Soccer Tournament (MAST), the Eagles went 3-0 and claimed the title for the sixth time.
The Eagles defeated Watsonville (CA), St. Paul's (LA), and Paramount (CA) over three days to extend their win streak to 157 matches.
This year's MAST featured eight teams, four from Florida and four from around the country. Teams from California, Louisiana, and Texas.
Also, new this year was the international showcase that included SIMA, The USA Men's National U-17 team, Flamengo (Brazil) and Feyenoord (Netherlands). SIMA took the inaugural championship with a 2-0-1 (7 points) record through the weekend.
"We worked hard the entire season to keep this trophy home. It's much more difficult to defend the title specially against international teams but our guys did it", said U-17 head coach Anderson Cardoso.
Thursday:
Woodlands 0
Tampa Jesuit 0
(Woodlands won 4-2 on penalty kicks)
Pembroke Pines Charter 1
Paramount 6
Gulliver Prep 1
St. Paul's 1
(St. Paul's won 4-2 on penalty kicks)
Watsonville 0
Montverde Academy 3
Friday:
Tampa Jesuit 1
Pembroke Pines Charter 0
Gulliver Prep 2
Watsonville 0
Woodlands 0
Paramount 2
St. Paul's 2
Montverde Academy 3
Saturday:
Pembroke Pines Charter 4
Watsonville 0
Gulliver Prep 4
Tampa Jesuit 2
Woodlands 1
St. Paul's 0
Paramount 1
Montverde 4
Champion – Montverde
Runner Up – Paramount
3rd Place – The Woodlands
4th Place – St. Paul's
5th Place – Gulliver Prep
6th Place –Tampa Jesuit
7th Place – Pembroke Pines Charter
8th Place – Watsonville
Results of the International Bracket:
SIMA: 2-0-1 (7 points)
USNT: 1-0-2 (5 points)
Flamengo: 1-1-1 (4 points)
Feyenoord: 0-3 (0 points
Best Goal of Tournament – Royce Pope - Tampa Jesuit
Best Save of Tournament – Kyle Schmit - St. Paul's
Golden Boot – Most Goals – Kizza Edward (Montverde)/Christian Perez (Paramount) (4 goals each)
MVP – Kizza Edward - Montverde
Best Goalie of Tourament - Connor Jones - Montverde
All-Tournament Team:
Josh Jackson - Montverde
Christian Perez - Paramount
Kizza Edward - Montverde
Royce Pope - Tampa Jesuit
Truman Gelnovatch - Gulliver Prep
Wesley Mitchell - Woodlands
Joao Lucas Santos - Montverde
Nicholas Pekel - Woodlands
Jesus Salazar - Paramount
Phillip Pearce - St. Paul's
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