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Spartacus 2000 is happy to announce on a new addition to our coaching staff. Mark Alexander,
who has fulfilled unofficial role in the team during tournaments since 2007,
finally agreed to join as an assistant coach.

Mark brings extensive football knowledge along with his experience as a player
in various youth systems in Scotland.

Spartacus 2000 finished its successful 2009 outdoor season with a very decent participation in the Richmond Hill Challenge Cup.

 
Our players finished 1st in group 1 by winning Newmarket 2-1, Oak Ridges 2-0 and Richmond Hill White 4-0, only loosing the semi final to Richmond Hill Green by penalty kicks (0-0 in regulation).

While playing in this tournament, Spartacus’ players provided the best tournament’s defence, conceding only one goal in 4 games, and tried few different styles against more competitive teams than North York’s teams.

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Congratulations to Spartacus 2000 on winning NYYSL Cup and completing a double (league and cup winners)!!!

Spartacus 2000 players and coaching staff have worked intensively during the last 4 days and never underestimated the opponent.

Cup Final is always exciting and never has a real favourite, something that Hillcrest players have been told prior the game and it worked for them during the first 15 minutes.

Spartacus 2000 started the game hoping to score as early as possible, but Hillcrest defence and goalkeeper managed to deflect the first minutes’ storm on their goal.

However, after 15 minutes, Anthony Raso found Charlie Di Noto inside the box and the last scored with an accurate shot. Closer to the end of the 1st half Marco Aiello scored the 2nd by redirecting Dujon Martin shot in to the goal.

In 2nd half Hillcrest players gave up and Spartacus players scored 5 more goals. Sujay Ramanan scored from close range to the empty net after a nice pass from Ariasb Panahi.

Later Sujay managed to find Maro Aiello, who couldn’t miss the target. Michael Vilas scored a beautiful goal from a free kick after Dujon Martin has been brought down just on the edge of the box.

Sujay scored one more after nice assist from Alex Ivanov. Charlie Di Noto finished the celebration he started after receiving ball from tireless Alex Ivanov and beating the goalkeeper.

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Now most of our players will take some time off (more or less) to get ready for the school and record success not only on the soccer field, but also in their school subjects.

Next week all the players meet to start working towards Richmond Hill Challenge Cup.

This week Spartacus 2000 finished its performances in NYYSL U9 League competition. Despite securing the title a week ago, Spartacus players had no intention to drop any points.

On Tuesday, August 25, Spartacus 2000 played last place Weston. Spartacus players did not play for high score, but provided a stunning ball possession performance. During the game, our players made 5 to 10 passes in a row, before even trying to score. Final score was: Spartacus 10 Weston 1.

On Friday, August 28, Spartacus 2000 hosted second place NY Cosmos. As always, it was an interesting encounter between two strong teams, but different styles. While Cosmos relied on physical game with high pace and long balls, Spartacus preferred a possession game with ball on the ground and combination plays. Spartacus players had most of the game control, but struggled to translate it in to more goals.

Ariasb Panahi scored during the first half after pass from Alex Ivanov and nice run on the right flank which has been resulted in a shot that has been deflected in to the net. In the beginning of the 2nd half Alex Ivanov started the combination that resulted in the 2nd goal when his pass from the right found Charlie Di Noto who left Anthony Raso alone in front of the net. Anthony just rolled the ball to the far corner of the goal. Cosmos managed to reduce the score deficit after an accurate free kick, but it was too late. Spartacus won the game with the score of 2-1.

 
Wednesday, September 2nd, Norfinch #4 at 6:30pm - NYYSL Cup Final: Spartacus 2000 – Hillcrest.

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Spartacus 2000 NYYSL season summary will be posted after the game.

GOOD LUCK boys!!!

Congratulations to Spartacus 2000 players for securing NYYSL Championship 2nd year in a row!!!

Spartacus 2000 needed one more win in 3 remaining games to secure their title and win in Zion fields over Hillcrest can’t be a better place to do it.

Although tired from the intensive Thornhill Challenge Cup, Spartacus players started their game with Hillcrest on a high note when Marco Aiello scored the 1st after nice set up from Alex Ivanov and than assisted one more to Charlie Di Noto who finished with beautiful shot to the top corner. Hillcrest increased their pace and even scored a goal after a penalty kick.

However 2nd half was all about Spartacus game, Sujay Ramanan scored twice, both from Marco Aiello’s assists. Daniel Lee added his team’s 5th goal after finishing his own rebound. Anthony Raso scored after nice set up from Sujay Ramanan and than assisted one more to Alex Ivanov who scored by chipping the ball over the Hillcrest goalkeeper from the edge of the box. 7-1 was the final score.

Next step would be first ever NYYSL double in Spartacus 2000 history.

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Over the weekend, August 15-16, 2009,   Spartacus 2000 rep soccer team has participated in Thornhill Challenge Cup.

In a group stage of the tournament Spartacus’ opponents were Mississauga Falcons Blue, Etobicoke Energy 2000 and Pickering Power.

Group Stage Results:

Spartacus vs Mississauga Falcons Blue    1:0

Spartacus vs Etobicoke Energy 2000 White  0:0

Spartacus vs Pickering Power  7:0

Spartacus achieved first place in a group and played against Kitchener in Semi on Sunday afternoon.

Semifinal game:

Spartacus vs Kitchener   6:1

Spartacus has advanced to the final in order to meet with Mississauga Falcons who won Pickering power in another semifinal.

Final:

Spartacus 2000 vs Mississauga Falcons Blue  0:1

We would like to congratulate Spartacus 2000 players, their parents and coach Eugene Shafronsky with  Thornhill Challenge Cup Finalists title.

Good luck in NYYSL  game against Hillcrest !

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Spartacus 2000 – Weston 8:0

Spartacus players scored 3 goals in first 2 minutes of the game, and then reduced the game tempo and scored only 3 more goals during the 1st half.

In the 2nd half Spartacus players created dozen scoring opportunities, but lack of concentration and post-vacation shape are the only explanation to impossible misses and only 3 goals.

Determined Dujon Martin and Charlie Di Noto recorded hattricks. Christopher Magony scored his 1st of the season and Marco Aiello, besides 3 assists and number of misses, added his 10th of the season. Adan Dosmatov capped his very good performance with 2 assists and very consistent Alex Ivanov finished the game with 1 assist.

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Good luck in Thornhill Challenge Cup!!!

On Thursday, August 6th, Spartacus 2000 players and their families attended Real Madrid’s open practice at BMO Field. It was once in a life time opportunity for our children to meet their soccer idols.

 
Spartacus 2000 thanks parents for that initiative.

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Click here to view the video from the Real Madrid Open Practice.

NYYSL U9 leaders Spartacus 2000 and NY Cosmos provided an exciting game on Tuesday evening at Greenland field, when only 5 points separate between them.

Game started with Spartacus pressure and after couple misses Daniel Lee finally found the net after Cosmos defence lost possession on the ball. NY Cosmos players recovered quickly and started pressing Spartacus midfield which resulted in number of good opportunities, but Robert Gaczella gave very solid goalkeeping performance and kept his net clean. However, even he wasn’t able to help his team when Cosmos forward broke through Spartacus defence and scored with an accurate shot to the far corner. 1-1 was the 1st half score.

2nd half started when both teams trying hard to score the winner and it seems like Spartacus players achieved it when Sujay Ramanan gave a nice pass to Dujon Martin, who managed to overrun his defender and scored his first goal of the season. However NY Cosmos pilled the pressure and equalized the score after Spartacus players weren’t able to clear a corner kick from the penalty box. 6 minutes to the end Amir Kerimov couldn’t handle a long ball and Cosmos forward finished it with close range shot. Cosmos gained 3-2 lead and it seemed like Spartacus are about to suffer their first ever loss in NYYSL league. Spartacus 2000 players again showed their character and started pressing NY Cosmos to their goal. 3 minutes to the end Daniel Lee brought down in Cosmos penalty box and Sujay Ramanan scored the final goal from a penalty kick. 3-3 was the final score.

Spartacus 2000 kept their 1st place and 5 points advantage on 2nd place NY Cosmos when both teams have only 4 games left to play.

Spartacus 2000 continued cruising towards the NYYSL U9 Championship by beating Hillcrest 7-0 on Tuesday night.

Despite missing some key players, strong wind and poor field’s conditions, Spartacus 2000 managed to pull out a very good performance.

Sujay Ramanan and Daniel Lee each scored a hattrick and added 1 assist. Also Marco Aiello added 1 goal by finishing beautiful counter attack after nice pass from Charlie Di Noto, who also managed to be booked in the beginning of the 1st half. Michael Vilas added 2 assists and missed a penalty kick. Finally, Ariasb Panahi recorded 1 assist.

Next Tuesday: NY Cosmos – Spartacus 2000.